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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is a baseball player.  From his freshman year, he attended showcases/tournaments.  At every tournament/showcase he attended, there were multiple D3 coaches watching him.  Since their recruiting rules are not as strigent as D1, he was receiving communication from D3 coaches as early as the summer between his sophomore and junior year.  He had significant interest from D3 coaches.  They would approach him at tournaments and talk to him, send him texts and emails.  DS also saw quite a few schools when going to these tournaments.  So by the spring of his junior year, he knew what type of school he wanted.  The interest was so strong that if he was not interested at all in the school, he would ignore the texts/emails (for example, he had no desire to go to school north of the DMV.)

Fast forward to the summer between junior and senior year.  I know DS received at least four verbal offers from coaches (those were the ones he told us about.)  He only seriously entertained two of them.  One was a very high academic school, extremely low admission rate.  DH and I talked to the coach and asked him point blank if he had looked at DS' grades.  DS is not a "stupid jock" but in this area, he is an average student (B+) and pigs would have to fly before DS would ever get admitted to this school  But the coach really wanted him and assured us that the school was holistic and looked at the entire student.  So he sent in an unofficial transcript for a pre-read.  As suspected, a couple of weeks later, he found out he would not be admitted.  The other school he seriously considered, we knew he would be admitted on his own accord.  But he also did a pre-read.  We received a pre aid package (which ended up being more than the pre-read.)  He did ED admissions - the only school he applied to.[/quote]

Many thanks for this!  Did your DS do specific showcases like Head First?  Or did he just do the usual Perfect Game/Dynamic/PBR showcases with the D1 bound boys on his travel team?

Our DS has good grades (4.0 UW at FCPS as a freshman) but is not a pitcher and relatively short (5'10" in cleats, like Mookie Betts). Exit velocity is upper 80's.  D1 is not likely but we hope he can get an Ivy or D3 highly selective offer.  [/quote]

Different PP with two D3 baseball players. Clarification - Ivies are considered D1, just no athletic money (you can still get need based aid).  First of all, know your HS and travel coaches will most likely not help in getting your kid recruited despite what they say/rumors.  So know this is on your kid/you. D targeted Showcases and school specific camps.  Fill out the online recruiting questionnaire and email the recruiting coach with a short, polite summary of stats/academics. Follow up, esp with updates around great performances/"all team" posting and grades/test scores. No doubt you will get invites to camps, don't think your kid is special - lots of schools just use them as money makers, but if your kid is targeting that school and a fit you should go.  One of my kids basically recruited himself by targeting a HA school hard, my other was hoping to go D1 but a D3 school chased him hard and offered significant merit money.  It's your kids journey to control.  There's also a website/message board called HSBaseball Web (you can google the actual name) that has some helpful advice if you can wade through it.  Good luck.[/quote]

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