Playing beyond high school:


Common mistakes that players and their families make.


1. If I have a good high school season a college will see me and offer a scholarship
          High school baseball in the north is not very competitive.  Very few college coaches attend high school games. Hitting .650
against 75 mph fastballs means nothing.  Your stats are not a measure of your marketability. Having your name in the local newspaper isn't bringing college coaches to games.

2. I will post a video on the Internet and a college coach will want me.
          College coaches do not blindly surf the Internet looking at videos. Tens of thousands of kids post their videos, why would they pick yours out?

3. My mom, dad or coach will call and tell a coach how good I am.
         Coaches get dozens of phone calls, emails and texts each week from parents and coaches. These mean nothing. They only information college coach will listen to is a report from a REPUTABLE source. Moms, dads and most coaches ARENT reputable sources.

4. Ill sign up for every showcase around and get noticed.
        This is a great way to spend your first years tuition and get nothing in return.( These things are money pits) If you dont have at least one tool that jumps off the page nobody will notice.  If you don't run under 7 for a position player or throw mid to upper 80s as a RHP stay home.

5. My summer team is going to big tournaments with alot of coaches attending.
        If you play on a team that nobody has heard of, or play for a coach who has no credability nobody will come see your team play.
Coaches show up to see good teams from good PROGRAMS....they have no interest in any other teams.

6. I am a very good player and my grades dont really matter.
        If you are not a solid student  YOU WILL BE OVERLOOKED by a number of schools. No coach wants to bring in a student athlete that is going to have trouble staying eligible.     STUDY...GET GOOD GRADES.

7. I play in a good summer league.
This is Western Pa., not East Cobb GA. College coaches arent driving for hours to watch to average teams play on a Tuesday night. Count the number of college coaches at your next summer league game.



The recruiting process is usually a long difficult process for most players. College baseball programs are limited in the resources that they have to offer.  Coaches do not have huge recruiting budgets to use in finding players. They rely on a network of CREDIBLE contacts to help them identify players that might help their program. 




Our staff is the best arond.  Our experience, knowledge, and reputation allow us to get college coaches to come watch our teams. We don't give false reports to schools to make parents happy. We are always honest and upfront about a players ability....Our reputation depends on it.


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Recruiting update

Ben Hartz   LHP   commits to University of Buffalo

8 Dawgs players have scholarship offers on the table so far this summer




How Many Scholarships
Are Allowed At The Different College Levels

by: Bob Howdeshell
High School Baseball Web

NCAA Division I

  • 11.7 full scholarships
  • Scholarship monies can be divided up
  • Full scholarships are VERY rare
  • Some lower level Division I schools do not fully fund all 11.7 available scholarships
  • Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NCAA Division II

  • 9 full scholarships
  • Scholarships monies can be divided up
  • Full scholarships in baseball are very rare
  • Many NCAA DII programs do not fully fund all 9 scholarships
    In other words a school may only have 6 funded scholarships to work with – due to athletic department funding restrictions
  • Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NCAA Division III

  • 0 athletic scholarships available
  • Many Division III schools do a very good job of finding the players academic and other aid funding

Ivy League & Patriot League

  • The schools in the NCAA Division I “Ivy League and Patriot League” conferences do not offer athletic scholarship aid.
  • Some schools in these conferences have programs available to offer “need based” aid to student-athletes
  • Exceptional academically student-athletes may qualify for academic scholarship assistance

NAIA

  • 12 full scholarships
  • Scholarship monies can be divided up
  • Full scholarships in baseball are very rare
  • Some NAIA baseball programs do not have the full 12 scholarships funded
    Typically the “year in year out” NAIA baseball powers have the full 12 scholarships
  • Several NAIA baseball programs also have “junior varsity” baseball programs
  • Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NJCAA Division I

  • 24 full scholarships (including the following):
  • Tuition, room, board, books and fees
  • Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NJCAA Division II

  • 24 scholarships (including the following):
  • Tuition and books
  • No room, board or fees
  • Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NJCAA Division III

  • 0 athletic scholarships
  • Typically junior and community colleges are very inexpensive so many DIII juco baseball programs are able to field very competitive programs






























 
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