<p>I just committed to a d1 college with a forty percent athletic scholarship and am going into my senior year. My brother keeps saying i should have waited, maybe until my senior year, but i think it becomes to much of a gamble. Would i be right in that assumption or did i make a mistake.</p>
<p>shankees123,</p>
<p>Congrats on your verball committment. That is very exciting. Truthfully, you aren’t going to know 100% for some time until you are on campus if you made the right decision. You can only go by what offers are presented to you. If you went to a program that wants you, and program that will give you the best chance to earn playing time then I think you selected wisely. You stated in another thread that you wanted to get drafted. Typically players that earn playing time are the ones that get drafted. 
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<p>Most D1 recruits are committing right now, because most D1 colleges are offering right now. So your timing is good to maximize your potential offers. I know rising juniors that have verbally committed to D1s, so you are not early by any stretch of the imagination. What you did and when you did it is very normal for D1 college baseball. </p>
<p>Unless your brother is a college baseball coach or a clairvoyant, he’s got nothing on you. Listen to your parents!</p>
<p>thank you for your input is it greatly appreciated</p>
<p>I agree, with application season upon us, you will see a lot of people committing over the next month or two-depending on the season of the sport. Most of the coaches DD has talked to want her to sign at the Nov national signing day. We still have a few schools to look at and most of vaguely indicated money but many of the schools have a policy that they can’t give exact figures until the student/athlete has applied to the school, which is fine. I expect her to make her decision in early September.</p>
<p>shankees123,</p>
<p>After you sign your NLI, please return to this thread and let us know where you are going. You will learn very quickly that college baseball is a small community.</p>
<p>Enjoy your senior year. It will go by very fast. I’d like to suggest you go see some of your future college’s conference games in the Spring if possible. Conference games are everything to college coaches and players. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Shank if you feel good about your decision it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks including your brother. My son made an early decision for his sport and got the same sort of feeback about why he should have waited. He has been at his school for 2 years now and it has been the perfect fit for him. Trust your gut…</p>
<p>Shank – there are a lot of people that will give you advice that know nothing about athletic recruiting at the college level. People told me my son was crazy to commit to a school in August before senior year (with a pre read from admissions in his pocket). He would have been crazy not to commit – and that was 2005. Things have heated up a lot.</p>
<p>If you are happy with the school that’s recruited you – wonderful news and congratulations!</p>
<p>It never hurts to have a plan B – but you don’t need to publicize it!</p>
<p>Your senior year will be MUCH less stressful if you commit early-same with just applying to schools, send off one rolling admissions application to a safety school as early as possible because that one YES makes a world of difference senior year.</p>
<p>Last week I verbally committed to pay my D college tuition. LOL</p>