<p>Hello. My son who is a sophomore has a few As, lots of B+s, and some Bs in all honors and AP courses (2 AP courses so far--the rest honors) at a very competitive private prep school. He hopes to play baseball in college, but he won't be a recruited athlete at a D1 school. He's a good player, who should end up with a fairly strong weighted GPA. Our hope would be that his decent grades in tough courses might pique the interest of a baseball coach at a D2 or D3 school. We don't really know where to begin looking, though. We live in the south and preferably, he'd like to be somewhere that won't get tooooo cold. He'd consider just about anything, though. Any thoughts on schools we should look into? I've started to look through the "good schools for B students" threads but they have gotten so long that it's overwhelming. They also don't take athletics into consideration. Thanks for any help you can give.</p>
<p>Post this in the recruited athlete forum. It’s not only about D1 there, there are people who know D2 and D3 and know baseball. Is his coach of any help?</p>
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<p>I doubt his coach will be much help–he’s new this year without much experience.</p>
<p>I should add that we don’t have any test scores yet, although his PLAN (pre-ACT) test showed potential for a strong ACT score. We’ll get him tutoring to make sure.</p>
<p>Agreed, look in the athletes forums. But, he must have some ideas about schools his friends are attending or schools nearby? My kids play a different sport but there are lots of summer camps at colleges with coaches for them… alternately, you may want to reach out to the youth league in which he play(ed?) to see if anyone there has ideas. Those are often great information sources.</p>
<p>He sounds like a candidate for good LACs, although most of them are in the midwest and northeast, which would be an issue if you want warm weather.</p>
<p>D has many friends who were recruited by Juco’s out of HS for baseball. (these kids had good grade 3.0+) but not quite ready for D1 ball.
I would speak to the coach and just ask him to find out. Also do check out the recruited athletes thread</p>
<p>If he won’t mind a small school, do a google search for NAIA schools. They are typically small and are allowed to grant athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>My DS played college baseball - so this brings back all kinds of good memories.</p>
<p>The sophomore year is a great time to start the process. First and foremost, he need to get out on the travel baseball circuit this upcoming summer. These days college coaches really don’t attend HS games to watch kids play. After all, that is when their own team is playing. For the most part, this Sophomore-Junior summer is where your name gets “out there”. Then your Junior to Senior summer is when the coaches really do their major recruiting. Through your summer team, hopefully you will play in some of the regional events where college coaches are in attendance. Individually, you should attend a couple of the showcases (I really like Perfect Game and, for the more academically oriented, Headfirst). The reports written up at those events are read by college coaches.</p>
<p>You should also check out High School Baseball Web… it is a CC for high school baseball - and has dozens of people who have gone through the process there. (I’m a frequent visitor there)</p>