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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son is a good baseball player, but not a recruited athlete. He has been doing the fall baseball workouts at DeMatha, and the coach who is handling the younger guys has been a jerk to my kid. Any insight or experience with this? We did touch base with one friend whose son had a similar experience as a freshman, but we don’t know many families there and have been told the head coach “doesn’t like emails/calls from parents”.

Our son has loved baseball since he was 5, very dedicated, worked hard to come out of injury and now he is saying he may give it all up and is miserable. I don’t know if this is the jr coach trying to weed people out, but it does seem targeted towards my kid.

Thanks for any experience or suggestions for this program![/quote]

I can’t speak to DeMatha specifically, but can speak with first hand knowledge that playing baseball in the WCAC is not for the faint of heart.  For 90% of the players your role on the team is constantly in flux.  Before senior year players are transferring in and out.  And, incoming kids who have reclassed or who were home schooled can air drop in and take a starters spot. The time commitment is intense and the stress is fairly constant for both players and parents. The upside is that if you survive and make varsity your [b]DS is well prepared for the rigors of college ball[/b].  [/quote]

You have to realize that even on the SJC 2025 team (which may have been their best team ever...ranked #5 in the country with only one loss to the #1 team in the country), only like 7 of the seniors ended up playing in college (and I think there are only 2 or 3 committed 2026 players right now).

That includes 4 D1 commits and 3 D3 commits.  Two of the three D3 commits have already quit their teams as freshmen and are looking to transfer to bigger schools where they will just play club or not play at all.[/quote]

This sounds about right.  But the D1 baseball landscape is incredibly different than it was just 5 years ago. So much more challenging even for kids with the SJC pedigree. Getting a D3 offer was always an accomplishment and even more so now with D1 roster limits.  Many of the D3 kids out of SJC eventually make it to D1 like one of their 2024s who is headed to Maryland next season.  [/quote]

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