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bballman
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 Posted - 08/14/2014 : 19:01:04
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I know a lot of people on this board have kids too young to really consider this, but there are some with kids getting older who may be interested. This is a link to a page that lists all the college's in the country that have baseball programs. It lists roster size, number of scholarships available and what the average scholarship is in dollars for baseball.
http://www.scholarshipstats.com/baseball.html
You will note on the bottom of the page that 11.2% of high school baseball players will go on to play in college. Running the numbers, here's a further breakdown of the classification of school and what percent of HS players will go on to play there:
NCAA:
Division 1 - 2.1%
Division 2 - 2%
Division 3 - 2.6%
Total NCAA - 6.7%
NAIA - 1.4%
Junior College - 2.4%
Others - 0.8%
This is a cool link because it lists all the colleges in the country, how big their roster is and the average baseball sholarship for that school. It may help when considering what schools you may be interested in when it gets to that point with your ballplayer. |
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jmac83
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Posted - 08/14/2014 : 20:33:42
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| Those scholarship dollar figures listed are for all sports combined, not for baseball specifically. They're lumping together sports that don't split scholarships, like basketball, with those that do, like baseball. |
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bballman
1432 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2014 : 21:59:53
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| You may be right. I was wondering why the DI numbers were so much higher than other schools. If it includes football and basketball, then that would jack the averages up. Football hands out 85 full scholarships I believe and all basketball scholarships are full rides, so those would skew the averages for DI programs with football teams. You'll also notice private schools have higher averages. This is because those schools are more expensive. So, although you get more, you still have to pay more. |
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zwndad
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Posted - 08/15/2014 : 15:15:44
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| If nothing else, this is great data to get a list of all the baseball schools. I just pulled it into Excel. It's going to come in handy as my next kid is thinking about playing at the next level. Thanks for sharing. |
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bbsis
42 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2014 : 16:19:39
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| are college showcases a waste of time and money? why are some $450 for 2 days while others are $175 for 2 days? has anybody ever bypassed the showcase and had a private meeting/tryout with a baseball coach during a visit to the campus for academic purposes? 5seems like so many players are "committed" before fall of their senior year that college teams are more or less finalized before seniors actually have to submit an application to the college. in that regard, it is like a travel tryout -- in reality there are only a few spots open on the team and they are not looking for a "diamond in the rough" because they have an inventory/idea of numerous players waiting in the wings. |
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bballman
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Posted - 08/23/2014 : 17:05:56
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I would say some are a waste of money, some are not. That is a decision you will have to make based on the history of the school you are interested in going to. They are all fundraisers to some extent. However, some schools use them to find players and some not so much. Why the price discrepancy? I would say that a school will charge what they can and still get a good number of kids to come out to the camp.
If I'm not mistaken, I don't believe D1 schools can do individual tryouts or workouts per NCAA regulations. D2 can, not sure about the others. Most schools are pretty full by NLI signing in fall of senior year, but there could always be situations where that is not the case. Whether it be because kids get signed in the draft, or back out of the NLI or they just did not get the guys they wanted to commit. So, it is not a given that all schools are done at this time. The big D1's will usually be not only full, but overfull. Mid D1s will have locked up their baseball money and a lot of times, D2s, D3s and JUCO and NAIA will wait back to see who is left after everyone commits to the D1s, so there will be room. Not always, but sometimes. It really all depends on the individual school and often times how many kids want to play there.
I think the top D2s, D3s, JUCOs and NAIA will fill up quicker, but the average to lower of these may have spots open for a while. Your best bet is to start contacting schools early and get them to come out and see you over the summer at the PG events. Get them interested, give them your schedule and then look good while they are there.
For my son, he first got noticed at the Georgia Dugout Club Top 100 event. Got a call from one of his now coaches who wanted to see him at a PG event. He liked what he saw at PG and wanted the head coach to see him. His travel team happened to have a day at this school where the 15-18 year old teams went there for the day to play games in front of the coaching staff. He got to pitch and the head coach liked him and offered him a scholarship on the spot. We took a couple of weeks to decide and son made the decision to go there. It has turned out good for him so far. He's in his junior year there this year. |
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Peanutsr
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Posted - 08/25/2014 : 17:09:27
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Go to high school baseball web.
Lots of info about recruiting. |
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