<p>Hamilton is smaller than Colgate; Div III vs. Div I. I think the campuses have very different feels to them. It’s probably a matter of personal preference; worth visiting both schools while you are in the area.</p>
<p>Here’s a link via Gonzaga’s website to info about Spokane metropolitan area. <a href=“http://www.gonzaga.edu/About/Spokane+Area/default.htm[/url]”>http://www.gonzaga.edu/About/Spokane+Area/default.htm</a></p>
<p>I’ve only visited or driven through a couple of times. But based on our conversation in another thread, you may be interested to know it is becoming more of a retirement area, especially Coeur d’Alene, ID about 20 min from downtown Spokane. Beautiful Lake Coeur d’Alene, butting up against mountains, ski areas nearby. Climate is much drier than Western WA, but does get colder and more snow in winter. Nice and warm (but not too warm) in the summer.</p>
<p>Thanks jrpar and Maize&Blue. And Maize&Blue, I will check out the link.</p>
<p>This is going to sound picky. We visited both. Hamilton is atop a lovely hill and gets tons of light. Colagte is ON the slope of a hill (and sort of on the north facing slope of the hill.) I was really turned off by the idea of my D navigating that darn hill on shadowy & icy walkways.</p>
<p>Would suggest Holy Cross if one is interested in baseball-HC’s field is one of the best in New England and will be improved even more as a new minor league baseball team has selected Holy Cross as its new location. Colgate gave up baseball about 4-5 years ago-hard to figure.</p>
<p>dstark: I can answer quite a bit about Spokane if you’re interested…send me a PM or email. </p>
<p>BTW, S is considering Gonzaga as well.</p>
<p>St Joe’s and Villanova in Philadelphia suburbs</p>
<p>Check out Colby. In short, I think all of the NESCAC schools will offer the combination you are looking for. I will be playing baseball at Colby next year.</p>
<p>Wlidcatdud, congratulations. What kind of high school baseball career did you have? How did you get seen by the Colby coach?</p>
<p>Dstark, I have enjoyed a successful high school baseball career. I have started for the varsity team at a competitive high school on the west coast since my freshman year. I’ve twice been named all league as a pitcher and received all conference this past season. I looked at both the patriot league and nescac and a few other academic lac’s. In the end, I decided my first priority was to find a school where I would be happy academically/socially without baseball. My second priority was finding a program where I would be given the opportunity to compete for playing time all 4 years and where I liked the coach, the players and the balance between athletics/schoolwork. Playing in the nescac appealed to me because of the tradition and academic emphasis all teams in the league share. Baseball can undoubtedly create opportunities which may not be presented otherwise. Best of luck to you and feel free to PM me if you have any other questions.</p>
<p>university of washington, won rose bowl three years ago and are ranked inside the top 15 for basketball. smaller sports like swimming is also good and tennis is ranked top 5</p>