<p>Hey, does anyone know what schools have the best softball teams? Thanks</p>
<p>If it were me I would go to all the websites of the schools I wanted to apply to, and go under athletics and click on their softball page to see their record. Otherwise its just he said she said. Numbers don't lie.</p>
<p>aha! good one, hockeykid! lol
know i feel like an idiot</p>
<p>I would think all boarding schools have a good team. If you really depended on the softball teams alone, i would look into schools of the MAPL, go to each individual website, and look at the stats, the coaches past/bio, etc</p>
<p>With bs, though, it is difficult. Team's records can vary wildly from year to year, because even though the coach may be good, he has to make do with who he gets for team members. In a public school setting, you might have a great local feeder program for a particular sport, so that school can be consistantly strong at the JV and V levels. In the prep world, it is often only the Varsity teams that show this strength, because they are "made to order". Most schools, do not "build" their varsity team using JV players; they recruit players on to the Varsity team directly, and these are mostly upperclassmen, and at many schools, PG's. An excellent example of this is the NEPSAC Class A Basketball Tournament which my husband I had the pleasure of attending Friday evening in Andover, MA. I am not even really a big fan of the game, but the level of play was amazing. The 8 schools: NMH, St. Thomas More, Exeter, Winchendon, Bridgton, South Kent, Brewster, and Worcester, had teams which consisted largely of PG's from all over the world. Many have already committed to colleges. 6 of NMH's players are committed: Louisville, Lafayette, U Penn, Dartmouth, Harvard, and MIT. The place was crawling with scouts....Winchendon even has an NBA pick.
So....long and short....I don't know if the JV records tell the tale. Lots of schools archive the records, so you can search over several years to see if there is a school that is consistantly strong.</p>
<p>my daughter is not a softball player, but I know Brooks has outstanding softball</p>
<p>oh shucks! too bad I didn't apply there...but thank you!</p>
<p>Miss Porter's team is outstanding!</p>
<p>the miss porter's team was outstanding but most of their top players graduated in my class. So they're rebuilding and have been struggling. After three-peating, there's been a lot of pressure to do well.</p>
<p>Actually... most of the top players in NE Prep League graduated in my year. I would look into:</p>
<p>Suffield
Miss Porter's
Loomis
Choate
Deerfield
Andover
Williston Northhampton</p>
<p>lol, just found these and wanted to let u know that choate won the chamionships recently(like last month) where r u going???</p>
<p>Hmf, figures.
I am going to Exeter next year, but I've decided that I'm fine with whatever caliber team I land with. As long as I get to play for the love of the game, I'm good. Besides, I wasn't planning on pursuing it as a career or anything of the sort. I think that too much competition truly ruins the sport, or any other for that matter.</p>
<p>true, i play softball too btw :)</p>
<p>Oh, really?! That's awesome! I feel like softball is such an under-hyped sport in so many ways, but it's also like the best ever!! Us softball players gotta stick togetha babe! So what position do you play?</p>
<p>lol, right!! and people r also trying its not hard cause the ball is bigger...but i just tell them to screw it...lol...well i play alot o positions...everything i guess but pithcer and catcher.....but mostly third :)...u???</p>
<p>Honestly, softball doesn't seem like a high priority at these schools (at least from what I've observed in the ISL and a few other schools around Boston). Very few of the schools even have dedicated softball fields - most were corners of the football fields with cut outs around the bases and temporary backstops. I'm actually shocked at the conditions of some of the fields we've played - the parents of those girls should really complain when they look at all the space and facilities that other sports get - they pay the same tuition, right? Plenty of space, just not dedicated to softball, I guess.</p>
<p>Having said that, I was impressed with the level of play at most of the schools - most had "real" pitchers (meaning that they've taken some lessons or play for club teams elsewhere, you softball people know what I mean!). Some really great hitters too! My daughter plays on a competitive summer ball team so she looks at the school season as a warm up and actually has a lot of fun playing a game she loves without it being yet another pressure cooker for her. So, I guess my advice would be: pick your school because you love it first and then go by softball records and programs second. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>