Virginia Tech Club Baseball

Congrats. My niece was a Hokie. She loved her time there.  Well, most of it.

I know a player who was the pitcher of the year two years ago at a high school that won the state championship that year, and he loves club ball at Tech.  He said it was competitive, and that they have a lot of talent.  

Batty67

Congrats to you  and your son.  That is great news.  My son has loved his time at VT, and I can't believe he is going to graduate in a few months.   It has been hard, fast and rewarding all at the same time for him.  He (and all his senior buddies) just got back from Orlando at the ACC championship football game.  There was a huge VT alumni presence and he ran into his future boss at one of the beer tents....they tossed back a few colds ones and he had a great time.  Once a Hokie always a Hokie.

Best of luck to your son and possible club baseball!  I hope it works out.

Congratulations on VT!  Two Hokies in my household and one by marriage

Keep us posted here on the hsbaseballweb how it goes!  

Congratulations to your son & the family on his acceptance to such a wonderful institution!  I have a senior there, as well, who made a similar decision, but with football though.  I do not know anything about the club team. 

I do however know that several years back a NoVA kid was a bullpen catcher there for Coach Mason who was on the roster but strictly caught pens.  He was part of the team, but did not travel or play. 

I am sure that your son probably wants to continue playing + I know bullpens take their toll, but he may want to consider talking to Mason to see if that is still a possibility.  Best of luck to him and hopefully whatever he chooses will be a really great experience @ Tech.  Let's go...HOKIES! 

My son's best friend plays club at a D1 here in Ohio.  From what my son has said after watching them this fall it's pretty good baseball.  They practiced a couple times this fall and played a couple weekends....both out of town where they had to travel and stay in hotels.  The $$$ is all on the players....basically like travel ball.  They cover travel, uniforms and hotels while on road trips.  Not sure of the cost, but between fall and next spring, my son's friend told him that it ended up more $$$ than he had expected.   The varsity team does have a pitcher who played club his first two years.  He tried out for varsity fall of his junior year and actually threw 15-20 varsity innings last spring.  He'll get to throw more this coming spring.

• Was it UVA that needed to dip into the club squad due to injuries?
• FWIW: friend has a son who plays club at Syracuse University. Very competitive, fun and there's plenty of time for studies.

joemktg posted:

• Was it UVA that needed to dip into the club squad due to injuries?

Yes, two seasons ago...their championship year, no less.  I believe 3 players from club got "called up".

Thanks for the responses. He's excited and happy to know where he's going next Fall.

I'm still thrilled he got in. VT is FAR more competitive than it was when I went in the Fall of 1985. My brother Steve did not get accepted just one year later and his SATs blew mine away...he transferred in one year later.

My son has joked about being a strictly bullpen catcher for VT...  I think he'd love to play, but he's very outgoing and makes friends and does sports wherever he goes, so if not baseball, it will be something else. Education comes first.

I've heard great things about VT's club baseball team - they frequently make it to regional playoffs and are usually one of the better mid-Atlantic teams.   FWIW, the VT coaches do occasionally consider walk-ons for potential varsity roster spots.  My son (Herndon '16 grad) made the team as a RHP walk-on.