A Must-Have Tool if you Want to Play College Baseball
College baseball coaches have to conduct their recruiting activities in compliance with the NCAA recruiting calendar, which has contact, dead, and quiet period classifications. Understanding these periods and timelines is an important piece to the college baseball recruiting process. With this information, players can develop an effective plan to build exposure to college baseball coaches. …
The East Coast Pro Baseball showcase is an invite only, multi day event which gives the top high school baseball players an opportunity to compete in front of hundreds of MLB scouts. As the name suggests, the event is east coast focused, so players must live in the eastern portion of the country to be …
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Playing college baseball is an impressive accomplishment. Looking at the numbers alone, only about 7% of high school baseball players have the opportunity to continue playing at an NCAA institution. Every year, there are a little over 120,000 high school senior baseball players, with only 9,000 open roster spots within NCAA baseball programs. Prospective college …
As one of the largest and most successful amateur baseball scouting organizations, Perfect Game has generated impressive results with the number of college commits they have on a yearly basis. The growth the organization has experienced over the past several years is visible through their college commitment statistics. As an organization that focuses on promoting …
The NCAA imposes strict rules to ensure that all college baseball programs are on an even playing field with their recruiting efforts. While there are many reasons for this, creating an environment that facilitates a competitive level of play is at the top of the list. In the last 10 years, there have been 8 …
Exposure has become a buzzword in the baseball recruiting space, and for good reason. Without it, talent goes unseen. With it, players can make meaningful progress on their path to playing college baseball and beyond. Baseball exposure events are a key piece in helping high school baseball players achieve their goal of competing at the …
For players that are starting their college baseball search, it’s helpful to have a list of the NCAA institutions that offer baseball as a sport. There are over 1,200 institutions that are members of the NCAA, but only 952 of them have baseball programs. This may seem like a very large number of college baseball …
D3 is the lowest ranking division within the NCAA structure. Having said that, these schools still provide excellent opportunities for players to continue their baseball careers at the collegiate level. If a player hasn’t made any progress pursuing D1 or D2 baseball programs, it might be time to consider exploring the D3 baseball schools. A …
College baseball scholarships are highly sought after and for good reason. With the increasing costs of attending college, fine tuning your baseball skills is a great way to potentially lessen that financial burden. Some of the top academic institutions can set you back $60,000 an academic year. For these schools, an athletic scholarship could save …
Division II is the second tier within the NCAA, and it contains the smallest number of baseball programs, compared to the other divisions. There are currently 263 D2 baseball schools, which are highly concentrated within the east coast. About 60% of these programs are located in the northeast and southeast, leaving only 105 of these …