College Baseball
As a coaching staff, we are here to help players reach their goals. If one of their goals is to play college baseball, we are happy to be as much a part of that process as possible. It’s important for student-athletes to look into schools that would be the right fit both academically and athletically. There are various levels of college baseball across the country. Out staff has experience playing at the Division I, II and III levels and communicate with college coaches regularly about players.
Below is some general information:
Important Tips
- Make a brief highlight video (not a full game) of specific skills (Make sure you show what you want the coaches to see in the first 30 seconds)
- Send introduction letter to coaches. Pick a few school specific camps and showcases to attend.
- Send coaches your spring and summer baseball schedule
- Play on a competitive summer baseball team and communicate the schedule to colleges you're looking at
- Tryout for the Bay State Games and other showcase type events (Perfect Game)
As a coaching staff, we are here to help players reach their goals. If one of their goals is to play college baseball, we are happy to be as much a part of that process as possible. It’s important for student-athletes to look into schools that would be the right fit both academically and athletically. There are various levels of college baseball across the country. Out staff has experience playing at the Division I, II and III levels and communicate with college coaches regularly about players.
Below is some general information:
- There are over 1,600 college baseball programs in the country with almost 50,000 college baseball players.
- Division 1: 298 programs (teams have a maximum of 11.7 athletic scholarships that can be divided per team)
- Division 2: 238 programs (Teams have a maximum of 9 scholarships per team)
- Division 3: 365 programs (the most of any level for four-year schools). Division 3 does not offer athletic scholarships (however, do have merit based and need based scholarship money available).
- NAIA: 205 programs with a maximum of 12 scholarships available per team
- Junior College (2 year school): 512 programs with each team allowed up to 24 scholarships (it is rare to find a fully funded Junior College Program)
- To play college baseball at the D1, D2 or NAIA level, a student-athlete must be registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center (formerly known as the Clearinghouse). If you’re considering any of these three levels, please visit www.eligibilitycenter.org and hand in your pin to Ms. McDavitt in the guidance office.
Important Tips
- Make a brief highlight video (not a full game) of specific skills (Make sure you show what you want the coaches to see in the first 30 seconds)
- Send introduction letter to coaches. Pick a few school specific camps and showcases to attend.
- Send coaches your spring and summer baseball schedule
- Play on a competitive summer baseball team and communicate the schedule to colleges you're looking at
- Tryout for the Bay State Games and other showcase type events (Perfect Game)
- It’s never too early for you to reach out to coaches: D1 and D2 coaches cannot contact you until junior year, but you can always contact them.
- Research schools to find academic and athletic “Target Schools”
- Fill out baseball questionnaires for each schools
- Make unofficial visits (if recruited, you’re allowed five official visits)
- Think about what is important to you in a college experience?
- Broaden your search (there are many college baseball programs outside of New England)
- Be Present throughout the process (do your best academically, work hard and make the most of your high school experience)
- Be the best teammate you can be