<p>Where would you advise a Georgian, whose grades are just average but who has talent in baseball, to look at for college?
Any advise would be great!
He attends a large public as a rising Junior.
He has been on varsity all through High School--even as a Freshman.
I'm not familiar with how one goes about navigating the sports side of admissions.
THANKS!!!</p>
<p>If you’re not getting recruited you’re probably not going to ge anywhere to bend admissions for you because of baseball. To get that started you could email a few coaches at schools you like or mail them game tapes (football and basketball people do this, not sure if it’d work as well in baseball but you could try) and hope that someone starts recruiting you.</p>
<p>Yeah… you need to go on the websites and get contact information for the coaches and read about their recruitment process. I can give you a better idea where he might want to look if I know his stats (GPA/SAT/ACT) too.</p>
<p>when you say talent do you mean that in three years you will be an MLB prospect or are just a local/team all-star?</p>
<p>Part of this is understanding the culture of NCAA baseball. They just recently passed rules against transferring without sitting out a year, but there’s still a culture of mobility. </p>
<p>One of the biggest issues is that baseball teams (at least in Division I) are limited to 11.7 total scholarships, and it’s extremely rare than any player gets a full scholarship, since those 11.7 can be distributed in any form between an unlimited number of players. You could technically give 117 players, each a 10% scholarship…</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s inappropriate if you have significant talent to at least peruse what sorts of scholarships you can earn through baseball. You may find that they simply aren’t at the caliber (or size or location) of schools you are hoping to attend. On the other hand, you may find that your desire to play ball trumps all other considerations and end up very happy at a very small or very distant school.
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<p>Go to NCAA.org and check out their pdf on the 2007-8 Guide for the College Bound Student Athlete.</p>
<p>thanks to everyone for the feedback.
the young man is just finishing grade 10.
what he does with his pitching next year will make a difference in the way he proceeds, i’m guessing.
getting a full scholarship is not a high probability, but getting pursued, or getting an advantage due to a coach’s interest.
i know there’s rules about when a coach can talk to a potential player when it’s division one, but a division 3 school? how does that work?
what school’s on the east coast would be willing to overlook grades that are just at the B level if the boy is a strong, say, pitcher?
thanks so much!</p>
<p>Bigredman, Those same rule changes shrunk the roster size to 35 and the number that can earn a athletic scholarship to 27. The result is, like hockey, if you’re a baseball player on a full-scholarship squad, it’s likely you’ll have a substantial scholarship. However, even some major universities don’t offer the full allotment of scholarships for baseball.</p>
<p>To the OP: Talk with the coaches. They’re going to play a critical part in the process even if it’s him, his parents or an independent firm is doing all the leg work. Besides, they’ve likely been down this road before.</p>
<p>Do your best to get your GPA as high as you can by the end of junior year…GRADES count, even with highly recruited athletes…they also open more doors for academic and merit scholarships and can help with the college admissions process…overall, you are MUCH more marketable with good athletics to accompany good GPA…if you are a B student now, strive to achieve higher…you can probably do this with more time and effort into your studies…start preparing for the ACT and SAT - they are different tests, and many times one student does better on one than the other…CONTACT coaches at the schools you are interested in, send them any articles, awards, stats, etc. and have your high school coach call them…also, check out the team rosters to see what their needs are for your position…this approach has helped many high school students to get recruited at D1,2,and 3 schools - also try to go to showcases at the schools you are interested in…or the perfect game showcase…</p>