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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Academic D3 schools are indeed the best athletically among D3 schools for many sports.[/quote]

Unfortunately Baseball isn't one of those sports. There are a few high academic D3 baseball powers (Hopkins, CMS, Pomona-Pitzer, Denison) but it isn't like many other sports where there is significant overlap between D1 and D3 for high academic schools.

In many sports for example the bottom of the Ivy League overlaps with the top of the Patriot League and the bottom of the Patriot League overlaps with the top of the NESCAC creating a situation where a very goods player with excellent academics could end up with interesting choices. I am using the NESCAC as a proxy for NESCAC, UAA, and some schools from other conferences here. We all know the schools.[/quote]

Baseball players can develop a great deal during their college years. Our friend's son was quite small and slight as a 17yo freshman on a D3 team. He was kind of "the baby" of the team. Not a starter. By his senior year, he had grown a few inches and packed on muscle, and he was winning MVP awards. He played in the minor leagues for a couple of years. Great kid. [/quote]

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