William and Mary

High academic college, considered one of the "public ivies". Lovely historic campus and a great town to visit, shop, and eat.  Football field located smack-dab in the middle of campus.  Nice, newer baseball facilities located a short drive off campus. Baseball (and s****r) players are the only Freshman allowed to have cars...so they can get to the field, but upperclassmen will make sure freshmen have a ride.  Coach Pinzino just finished his second year at W&M, and his first as head coach.  He led the team to the NCAA regionals this spring for the third time in school history (I think that is correct).  Bryant University, where he was the former head coach, made it to the NCAA regionals as well with many of his recruits.  Future looks bright for W&M baseball!

Thank you Keewart, and I did recive your Dialog

most of what was said is spot on...i see the staff working hard all summer

Thanks whits!

We will be visiting W&M in mid Nov for a tour/visit and  a football game. Coach kept in consistent contact with my 2015 during his summer injury and remained very positive through out which was a very reinforcing to my son during this down time. Very impressed with that and looking forward to this trip.

Very biased post!

Class of 2001.

Started 3B the day Plumeri Park opened.

Virginia College Bus Tour works out there too.

William & Mary checks of a lot of boxes for both players & parents.  

"Ivy equivalent" education packaged in a "state school" price!  I never had a TA instruct a class.  Never.  

D1 baseball.  Very strong strength of schedule.  

Beautiful and historic campus with many new modern facilities.  

Beautiful stadium.  

Smart & hard working staff.

Keep us posted on the progress.

Rich

www.PlayInSchool.com

Tribe Pride

Although my son isn't going to W&M he was recruited by them.  And from my opinion - incredible school.  Honest coaching staff.  Great program.  (Grew leaps and bound in the last year.)  I have heard that the hardest thing for the players is keeping up with the academics.  Very tough academically and slacking is not an option.  I would say W&M is touted more for a 4.0 student. 

Son is a solid 3.7 to 3.8 type of student, Hmmm...

Great school with a lot of positives.  Good luck.

BballFan brings up very important point.  

"Ivy" level academics taught by professors (not TA's) creates a tough environment.

I would know.

Played in half the games my freshman year.  Started every game sophomore year.  Grades were very bad.  Told coaches after conference tournament "thanks for the memories".

With a WM degree on the horizon there was never a thought of transferring to chase baseball.

Junior & senior year I did not play baseball.  Grades soared.  Graduated on time.  Now people commonly think I'm way smarter than I am because I have a W&M degree!  That thought fades quickly.  Just kidding.

Honestly would not have traded 2 more years of baseball for a lesser degree.  And truth be told, I was "over" baseball at the time.

Rich

www.PlayInSchool.com

PIS & BBALL thanks for sharing, you left us with some hard thinking to do but also more prepared for the visit...

The coaches will ask for transcrips for an "academic pre-read".   Also, there is mandatory study hall (minimum hours per week for frehmen) and a full time Director of Academic Support Services.  Things are in place to help all athletes succeed.

We supplied them with transcripts from Frosh and Soph years. 3.7 was his GPA on those. He is a mostly A student with a B sometimes 2 but has no AP classes and a couple Honors. Academically this may be over his head.... we'll have to see...

What is the basis for your opinion? Comments from other parents and kids? Some data you have seen?

According to this source, W&M admits a lot of students with GPAs below 4.0

http://www.parchment.com/c/col...itter=0.5&filter[]=accepted&filterLogic[]=ge&filterVal[]=&filter[]=accepted&filterLogic[]=ge&filterVal[]=&type=undefined&type=histogram&size=medium&legend=0&legend=1&meanLines=0&meanLines=1

Rich (PIS),

Did they have the mandatory study hall and a Dir. of Academic Suport Services when you played at W&M?  I wonder if the use of tablets and laptop computers (can take on bus rides, see notes from missed classes, etc) has helped?

 As part of our research, I reviewed rosters from the 5 years prior to see if any players "dropped off" the roster that weren't seniors.  I counted 2.

At W&M Is there a minimum ACT and/or SAT score potential players must achieve before they can receive an offer? 

From what I understand, no minimum has been stated or published.  But, the higher the better to pass the pre-read.  A SAT study course will be recommended by the coach if warranted.

Maybe they assume that if you have to ask then you probably won't have a high enough score?  

I have a good friend whose son is at Georgia Tech playing football. He is a OL so we know he is smart. He said that if you don't make your grades at a D1 school it is all on you. The amount of support is unbelievable but you do have to put your mouth in the water and swallow. That being said he made Deans List Semester1 and got out of mandatory study hall. That frees up a lot of time. His other comment was that baseball players have the worst deal b/c they have 2 1/2 seasons and 3 games a week in the spring. Football is cake and bball 2nd from a time constraint.