West Coast Academic Schools

Any school in the University of California system will be very good (and very tough admissions-wise). Occidental is a great school. University of San Diego is a good choice. There are many others.

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Originally posted by jemaz:
And school in the University of California system will be very good (and very tough admissions-wise).

True, here's a rundown....

D1, solid programs:
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
UC Riverside

Also, a very good academic school popular with many CA kids:
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (technically considered a 'state' school)

D2, one of the best D2's in the nation:
UC San Diego

No baseball program:
UC Santa Cruz (club team)

And, if they manage to pull off saving the program (which some friends very close to the situation are becoming very confident WILL happen) don't forget CAL, UC Berkeley.


As a 'Tree' dad, I knew he couldn't bring himself to mention the Golden Bears.

Unfortunately out of state tuition for the UC's is as much as private colleges so this will probably be a consideration when looking @ the UC's or CSU's.

Good luck- Did you mean "West" coast or just CA schools?? Lots more choices on the entire west coast.

CaBB you are right about the cost; but that is a two edged sword. I have heard more than one UC "official" state that they are now giving some "preference" to out-of-state students because it helps bring in money that they don't receive from in-state students.

Here is a link to a google docs spreadsheet that has the Ivy's plus all of the west coast schools. Download it and modify it as you see fit. There are a few errors in some recent coaching changes, but it should be 95% accurate. You will have to sort through them and figure out which fit your profile. There are some very very good academic schools that are not D1.

Not to be too negative but there are more high caliber baseball players in California than there are spots in the top D1 programs in the state. For example there are 6 UC’s that currently are recruiting (Cal is in limbo) and if each program brings in 7-8 kids you have to be one of the top 50 players in California to get one of these spots. If you think you are this good then go for it, but be aware most of these schools do not need to recruit outside of the state to get enough talent.

Good luck!


https://spreadsheets.google.co...C1RSGgxMGI5TEE&hl=en

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...but be aware most of these schools do not need to recruit outside of the state to get enough talent.

Very, very good point. Do not underestimate that comment.

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Originally posted by justbaseball:

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...but be aware most of these schools do not need to recruit outside of the state to get enough talent.

Very, very good point. Do not underestimate that comment.

I agree it is a good point but I wouldn't go too far with BOF's logic. Signing at one of those places certainly means you are "likely" a good player but it does not necessarily mean you are one of the 50 best players in California let alone anywhere else for that matter. Some of those 50 players go to other states for example. Some of those 50 players are yet to be discovered regardless of who has signed e.g., Evan Longoria. Some of them are in other divisions like at the powerhouse UC San Diego mentioned above. Some of them are at JUCO's and so forth. Some of those 50 players will never make the playing field.

My experience with college baseball is many sign and few get to play. Lets see who plays before we determine who the best players are.

CD - All of that, of course, is a given.

CD I certainly do not want to discourage anyone, but just to highlight the reality of how difficult it is to get on one of these UC rosters, let alone play. It is even more difficult for someone coming from the midwest. These coaches are looking at these kids over many weekends at scout games, travel ball games, and tournaments all in their back yard. It is certainly doable, and there are non California kids at some of these schools, but they should just know the reality of the situation before they spend much time and money going this route. They should take the time and go through the rosters and see how many there are, my bet is there are very very few.

There are other high academic schools out here that play a very high level of baseball that are not D1 also.

FWIW. The U.C system by and large runs on the quarter system. Consider two sets of finals during the spring. Get sick and miss a week, tank a mid-term and your pretty much swimming up stream. After several interviews with other atheletes at three different U.C's, revealed academic support was in a word "suspect".