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Mar 28/24
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MV-P-W Baseball
RECRUITING
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COLLEGIATE RECRUITING INFORMATION:

1. Sign up to take the ACT test prior to, or during your junior year. You will need at least an 18 on your ACT to meet part of the collegiate eligability requirements.

2. Compile a list of schools that interest you both athletically and academically. Do this prior to your junior year. Be realistic in your choices. If you're not an NCAA Division I or II player, don't waste your time filling out materials at that level.

3. Visit the websites of each of these schools to get the name and addresses for each coach. In addition, fill out their online recruiting questionnaires. There are also several websites that have the names of all of the various baseball coaches across the divisions in one handy place, but it will cost you to access these sites.

4. Have your high school coach put together a highlight film of all of your greatest plays, or you need to put one together yourself. Also, cut articles from newspapers and magazines and keep track of all your high school accolades. If you don't have game film, the next best thing is to put together film of you performing skills and drills during practice.

5. Send the tape, commonly called a recruiting tape, to the prospective coaches along with your articles.  In addition, send a letter asking the coach to look at your film and consider you for a potential scholarship. Make sure your high school coach also sends a letter of endorsement for you. Be sure to not only include your contact information, but also the contact information for your high school coach.

6. Attend as many baseball camps as you can, especially the camps of the schools where you are interested in playing. If you attend baseball camps at the schools you're interested in, be sure to call the coaches beforehand, so they know you're coming.  Also, introduce yourself while at camp.

7. Return any requests for information from prospective college coaches immediately, and ask your high school coach to do the same.

8. Set up an official campus visit where you are interested in playing. If possible, met with the coaching staff during your visit.

9. Apply for admission to the schools where you are interested in playing. 

10. When completing your Free Applicaiton for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), make sure you list the schools where you are interested in playing. This way, the school and their baseball programs can put together their financial aid letters for you.

11. If you have been evaluated as a possible collegiate baseball player, either NCAA or NAIA, register with their Eligibility Clearinghouse when you are a senior to make sure you are eligible to participate in collegiate athletics. You cannot receive an NCAA scholarship without this certification.  The NAIA started an eligiability clearinghouse in 2011, but unlike the NCAA, you do not have to be NAIA certified to receive a scholarship.  NAIA certification just has to be done prior to competing as an NAIA collegiate player.

TIPS AND WARNINGS:

If you are a talented, well-known athlete within your state, you probably won't have to go through these steps because local college coaches will come to you. Still, there might be a school outside your state that isn't familiar with you or that you're interested in. Follow these steps to get the proper attention.

If you have been evaluated as a possible NCAA player, familiarize yourself with the rules of NCAA recruiting either on the NCAA website or from your high school coach. There are certain things you cannot do with respect to recruiting. Familiarizing yourself with these rules will keep you eligible for an NCAA scholarship. If possible, take all of your official NCAA visits. You are allotted five from the NCAA. Sometimes the school you think might be a fit might not work out after you visited the campus. You can commit verbally to playing for a school at any time, but that committment is not binding until you sign your NCAA national Letter of Intent.

If you have signed an NAIA National Letter of Intent to a school and later recieve an NCAA scholarship offer, you are allowed to decommit from the NAIA school and take the NCAA offer without penalty.




 


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