Originally posted by jbbaseball: Can't they also make phone calls to Seniors right now? 1 per week?
Right now is an NCAA quiet period, until 2/29/08. That means no personal contact except on the college campus. They can recieve 1 call a week from the coaching staff. The recruit may call the coaches as many times as he likes.
Let's not confuse activity with achievement...
Posts: 1700 | Location: northern burbs, IL | Registered: November 15, 2006
Originally posted by Hornets20: Thanks for all the help, everyone. To answer the question, the schools I've been attempting to contact are all D2 schools in California.
As I have mentioned before, have you actually gone to Sonoma State to see the team play or practice, from that you can see "realistically" where you are at in terms of skill set.
As others have mentioned, the D2 State schools in Calif mainly rely on JC transfers as their main source of talent. UCSD as a rule take the most high school players but then again, they also are a very difficult school academically to get into and have recently moved toward getting JC transfers more than before.
Division III ball may be an option but the price tag is relatively high without athletic scholarships not knowing what your financial or academic background is.
Posts: 1059 | Location: CA | Registered: March 12, 2003
Cast a bigger net. Mail to 50 schools, not just 5. Include D1's, D II's and JUCO's. Mail to schools outside your area. Send a letter and include a Player Profile and team schedule. Include your grades, ACT or SAT scores. Include addresses and telephone numbers of your coaches and school guidance couselor for references. Hand addressing the envelopes is a great suggestion. Understand that the college baseball season has just begun and the coaches are busier than ever and may take a while to get back to you. Read what's been said on this site about the recruiting process. Register with the Clearinghouse. Go ahead and find a quality summer travel team. Register for early summer showcases in your area. Ask your HS coach to help you.
Don't give up. Be persistent. Send a follow-up mailing to the first 50 and let them know how your season is going. When you've sent 50 letters, send 50 more.
In the meantime, play hard, make good grades, have fun and hustle! You never know who might be watching.
"The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing." --Baseball great Dizzy Dean explaining how he felt after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series
Posts: 248 | Location: Nashville! | Registered: January 07, 2003
If you are interested in playing for those 5 D2 schools and they all rely heavily on JC transfers, look at their rosters to discover which JUCO's their players come from and then contact those JUCO's yourself. You may need to play at a JUCO for 2 years before playing for one of these D2 schools.
Posts: 2189 | Location: San Antonio, TX | Registered: April 11, 2006
Depending on the person you're trying to contact, email may or may not be a good method of communication.
Some individuals have a decided preference NOT to use email for thing like thank you letters and letter of of introduction.
Further, some coaches get actively involved in recruiting correspondence but many do not, so that the person you need to be in touch with turns out to be the recruiting coach.
AFTER my son signed his NLI, his coach told us that he doesn't do email at all. So, any prospect who may have tried to make his initial contact that way will never have had a response.
So, before sending out all those letters, I think it's wise to see if you can find out the preference of the party you are contacting.
~~~~ "There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball." --Bill Veeck
Originally posted by Infield08: If you are interested in playing for those 5 D2 schools and they all rely heavily on JC transfers, look at their rosters to discover which JUCO's their players come from and then contact those JUCO's yourself. You may need to play at a JUCO for 2 years before playing for one of these D2 schools.
Excellent advice, same goes for D1 schools.
Posts: 10902 | Location: South Florida | Registered: July 28, 2003
I wanted to thank everyone again for the advice, you were all really helpful. I ended up committing to play at City College of San Francisco, a fairly local J.C. Couldn't have done it without this site and everyone on it, so again, thank you.
Posts: 12 | Location: Novato, CA | Registered: March 30, 2007
Congratulations, that is great news! It's not the end of the story, though. Now you will have to stay in touch and share with us your experience with college baseball.
Very best wishes!
Julie
Posts: 3679 | Location: Minnesota | Registered: January 04, 2003
