Yale

I thought the coaching staff would've been great had my S gone there. There is a lot more then winning - and the Ivy League is not about winning - in choosing a coach. Read up on HC background. Quite a story. The assistant is headed towards a HCing job somewhere eventually - high energy intense baseball.

iMO, unless it's Stanford, if you can go to HYP the choice is easy. There are only a handful of kids - roughly 56 that matriculate to Ivy League baseball. Of that number, only a handful will go into proball. The rest go anywhere they want.

The John Stupor story is pretty amazing. He was a HS classmate and a  summerball teammate. I got to sit on the bench and cheer him on!  He was always one of the "good guys". He was a fiery competitor, never wanted to lose at anything. But if someone would have bet me that he would end up in the Ivy league some how, I would have lost that bet.

It's always special to see a former classmate do well, but when they pitch in the WS that's hard to top.

There is a good amount of information on the  website(Yale baseball page). Make sure to look at the recruiting section. 

As far as the program and coaches I can tell you the players are treated very well by the coaches. They expect them to work very hard on the field and the classroom. The coaches are excellent. Asst  Coach Frawley is an outstanding teacher & communicator. IMO coaches are very fair giving players a fair shake. From a pitchers standpoint you cant get much better than a former MLB pitcher with 2 wins in the WS.   There is a great bond among all the players they get along very well. Terrific atmosphere in the program. Last year the team took a game from then #1 LSU after getting pounded the 1st game of the series. If anything more specific feel free to PM me.

In looking at any college program (especially Ivy) it is incredibly important to get to know the position coach.  Your son will spend the bulk of his time with his position coach.  Sometimes that is the HC, RC, PC or AC....it just depends on the program  Ivy Head Coaches are business men, administrators, and baseball coaches all in one.  They have to self fund their programs every year and they have to keep the money coming in.  They don't get to know all their players as much as they'd like to which is why the asst and position coaches are instrumental.  Whether or not the HCs listen to their assts in planning for game or game situations is another matter entirely. 

From a competitors point of view, I was impressed with Yale's team and how they carried themselves the last couple years.  I've seen them for 4 years, and I've seen them make many tactical and personnel mistakes in game situations as I had with my own team and other Ivys.  Overall, the Ivy game coaching is not excellent but these Ivy HC are asked to more than just coach baseball games.  They do a great job of working within the framework of the schools academic charter, and it produces some very talented people on and off the baseball field.  JMO.

Thanks much for all the information--it was very helpful.