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What were their majors?

G Goosegg10,000+ posts

We have often discussed that the life of a college baseball player is intense and that it is challenging to attend to baseball, academics and still have a robust social life. I thought it might be productive to list the various majors these baseball playing kids take in college in order to give HS parents a feel for how the process unfolds.

(So, I'll start.)

Preliminary major (pre-matriculation): chemistry.

Final Major: economics (floated a trial balloon after fr year for sociology which we shot down).

Baseball team predominant major: economics (4/8 players).

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BucsFanBucsFan5,000+ posts

My son is going Economics (liberal arts school, so that is as close to business/finance he can go) but keeping the door open for political science (depending on how hard Econometrics is for him!).  I think he will do fine with Econ.

Funny story, though.  One of the upperclassmen on the the team has this great line.  When he hears about freshmen or sophomores who want to major in engineering, or pre-med or the like, he says "Oh...so you are a pre-Poli Sci Major"?  I just love that line.

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C cabbagedadHSBaseballWeb member since 2011

My son's is probably more of what Goosegg wanted to see illustrated as a "don't do this" precaution...

Keep in mind, early on, baseball drove the bus...

JC - general ed with a Sports Management major in mind

D2- switched to Business.  School didn't have a Sports Management major

NAIA- switched back to Sports Management and now taking 24 units this semester to finish his degree a year after playing his fourth year of eligibility

Now, he's actually looking at grad school, so some academic focus came around eventually. 

TPMTPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003

Most of sons college was paid for by Clemson and the Cardinals. Too bad that he never got to enroll in his intended major, engineering, but that is ok.

Took him 12 years to graduate from start of college to graduation,PRTM with minor in event management. His office has been on a baseball field since 2007. 

I don't recommend this path for everyone, but it worked for him and he loves every minute of it, most of the time. 

 

younggunyounggun5,000+ posts

Sports Management. Baseball is definitely driving the bus as Cabbage put it. May not be the path for all, but I want him “all in” as long as he desires to chase the baseball dream. I’m fortunate to be in a position to allow this. I’ve told him as long as he is working and making progress up the ladder I’ll help support the dream. Obviously an endpoint will come, I just haven’t set those parameters. He is ahead as he went 2 summers while rehabbing. So while he is a RS Sophomore, he will finish classes next fall. A lot will depend on the 2018 draft. 

A 9and7dad10,000+ posts

Mine is doubling - finance and management at an Ivy.  

Several business related majors on the team.  Some economics, which is actually not in the business school (its part of the College of Arts/Sciences), and several guys are PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) majors.  I can think of a couple of engineering majors, but the number is certainly smaller.

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fenwaysouthfenwaysouth10,000+ posts

Goosegg - Great topic for a thread.  There are two things that I believe most recruits don't fully understand until they are actually doing it.  Lots of due diligence is needed for both.  The first is how competitive it is to get playing time for a college program anywhere, anytime.  The second is how impactful their major can have on their 4 years while playing a college sport.   Some D1 programs will try to dissuade a recruit from a particular major or not recruit them at all.    We experienced both during the recruiting process until my son finally committed.  I know you know that, but wanted to share with the wider audience.

My son attended a D1 High Academic school.  Went in a mechanical engineer and graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree, and is currently working on an Advanced degree.  Overwhelmingly, most of the players on his team were business majors in the College of Arts and Sciences.   Some played summer college baseball and all of them  interned on Wall Street by their junior/senior years (winter).  My son interned for engineering positions during the summer, and that is were he landed his first job (division of GE) out of school.  There were a handful of engineers on the team during his 4 years, and most of them were pitchers.  I only recall one engineering major who was a position player.  May God have mercy on his soul.

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RJMRJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007
HitRunThrowCatch posted:

Having been 30 years since college, why is Econ major so popular with scholarship athletes?

Maybe the initial responses are from parents of top academic kids. I’m sure it is where the same posters mention teammates majoring in engineering. Economics is not an easy major. It was my major because I found math easy. My concentration was quantitative analysis. It was essentially calculus. My son chose it for the same reason. At his college it was called quantitative analytics. Buc’s response is another reason. It’s as close to business/finance as you get at a liberal arts college. 

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