John R. Botelho a SS/RHP from Marcos De Niza HS in Tempe AZ has agreed to enroll at Babson College in Wellesley, MA and play for Coach Noone. The school has one of the best undergraduate business programs in the country and John R. welcomes the chance to compete for playing time as a two-way player.

Congratulations to your son----great school for academics and Coach Noone is a great coach, not to mention gentleman--- your son should truly enjoy it there

Thanks, my side of the family is thrilled but it will be difficult to get out there to see him play.

3rdgen,
Congrats to 4thgen.
CADad

Thanks, It does not hurt that the HC throws BP for the Sox. 4thGen had a bunch of great academic and baseball options but he felt like Babson was the best choice for him in terms of the academic and college life experiences he wanted. I hope he's ready for the cold.

Congrats 4th and 3rd. I've been chatting with 3rd on another board since our kids were in LL. His kid is a solid baseball player. There were interested D1's. 4th and 3rd made a sensible decision based on education first.

Note: CADad was also a member of that board. The three of us could be a trivia question. Name three posters who son's LL all star teams were eliminated by a team that proceeded to make it to the LLWS.

Congrats!!
I don't suppose he would be willing to take the Pinnacle game off to rest since he has his ride?

Great news.

Thank you, he's pretty banged up right now but still managed a couple of hits the other day against Pinnacle. His team has to start playing with some urgency or they are going to find themselves on the outside looking in.

The PIMA region is brutal to put it mildly this year. Teams should get a few more power points just because they are in it.

Once again, congrats!!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to you guys. Fantastic school and location. Like I said, had it been an option I'd have been all over mine to go there as well.

A little culture shock.
A little weather shock.
Change is Good!

congratulations 4 & 3.

Make sure to get keep those Frequent Flier miles from falling through the cracks.

(There will likely be a moment when last-second, long distance travel is essential and a flight using miles can save 1000+$.)

And make Seat Guru one of your favorites.

HaverDad:

Thank you. At least he is not up the road in Baltimore playing against Tim's team three or more times a year. 4thGen's teammate, the outfielder, got wait listed at Haverford and decided to play at Emory in Atl.

Southwest Airline Phx to Prv direct is my new weekend get away.

Get wait listed at Haverford and then choose Emory---not a bad way to go

An Emory alum might even say that it was the right way to go!