D3 baseball recruiting - now what?

scualum
Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:53:17 +0000

I would not put too much importance in the speed of reply. Two of the schools that recruited my son barely responded to emails - but were great on the phone. Another was great on email and couldn’t ever be found on the phone (even their cell phone).

In fact, on the visit to one of the schools, the coach said he never did email - left it for an assistant - who did it once a week. I should point out that this coach runs one of the best programs in the country - with regular trips to the playoffs and semi regular trips to the D3 CWS.

One of the tough parts about d3 baseball is that the coaches don’t know who is actually coming until the first day of school. There is no NLI - and kids will switch schools over the summer, walking away from deposits if they find a better school. So the most successful coaches recruit to the end, getting as much talent as possible and sorting it out in the fall.