I'm so frustrated!!!!

[Gone in 2.6]

Obviously from my post, we were not at HB Sports Complex.

There were plenty of college coaches at Harvard Park.

[jag1]

I doubt very seriously that Brush Hill Junior College offers a recognized pre-med program. I think some of you need a reality check....ultimately the reason a kid SHOULD want to pursue playing ball at the next level is an education first, and the opportunity to compete second..! To ascertain that a kid should take whatever's free just to be a "college athlete" is a little short-sighted....(I know one who's an asst. mgr. at the local Pizza Hut, too bad she didn't take the academic award for engineering out of high school..!)

[DonnieS]

>> I doubt very seriously that Brush Hill Junior College offers a recognized pre-med program. <<

I doubt many JC's have a pre-med program but the point is if someone wants to play college ball - they can.

[Tucson]

Believe me, a pre-med student can't play D-1 ball, neither can a nursing student, engineering major or architecture student.

I can't tell you the students that tell me that (at least here in Tucson) the ADs off ice tells them exactly what courses they can take.

[DonnieS]

>> neither can a nursing student, <<

Yikes.

[Tucson]

Donnie, Go here http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/robocoach and ask the parents of D1 softball athletes. These folks can help you a lot. Amy

[Blind Squirrel]

Believe me, a pre-med student can't play D-1 ball, neither can a nursing student, engineering major or architecture student.

I can't tell you the students that tell me that (at least here in Tucson) the ADs off ice tells them exactly what courses they can take.

I have no idea where you get your information, but in the case of my 2 kids (both recruited players), neither has spoken to any AD and neither has been directed to or from any courses of study except to be provided with the standard list of majors/courses. One goes to Rutgers and the other will be at a school in one the biggest athletic conferences in the nation. I have talked directly with a number of parents with kids playing D1 ball and I have yet to hear them mention such a thing. I'm sure it happens. I seriously doubt that it is anywhere near the norm given how insulting it is, on a few levels, to a kid you want to play ball for your school. So I guess I don't believe you.

I wonder how Georgia Tech recruits? "Hey, come to an Engineering school so you can get a BS in Pottery."

Or how about a more generic pitch: "We have a fine academic institution. We are very proud of our academic reputation. Come here and you won't be allowed to benefit from it."

What's that smell?

John

[Pridefpsb17]

I doubt very seriously that Brush Hill Junior College offers a recognized pre-med program. I think some of you need a reality check....ultimately the reason a kid SHOULD want to pursue playing ball at the next level is an education first, and the opportunity to compete second..!)

Some JC do offer pre-med. Our local JC does http://www.lakeland.cc.il.us/models/transfer/272.htm.

DD played two years of JC and then played at a DI school while majoring in Biology with Teacher Certification. She is currently in her fifth year. It can be done. She had to accept the fact that she had to take summer courses and an additional year of school with all the lab classes and student teaching. She did have a little trouble with some JC courses that did not transfer. (She transferred after her first year to a different JC which is an entirely a different story,)

When she first started college she really wanted to be a nurse. But after finishing a program to become a CNA while in HS, she decided that wasn't what she really wanted to do.

I asked her and her fiance (he also played baseball at JC and then transferred to D1) knowing what they know now, would they still have done the same thing, or not play ball and just go to school. They both say, they would not have changed a thing. DD did add however, she would have been a little more careful in making sure her credits transferred instead of just following a counselors advice.

[Tucson]

Hey, Pridefp - believe it or not I am a graduate of LakeLand (although it was many moons ago.) I transfered and graduated from ISU.

I coached softball at Lincoln Land, when I was first married.

If your DD played at LLCC, she had the privilege of playing for one of the best coaches in the US. He and I played softball during the same time period in Casey.

Who paid for your DDs fifth year and all of the summer courses? Amy

[Tucson]

My family friends that have had their courses directed where at U of IL and U of AZ. Two were men that graduated with degrees in Sports Management. Both expected to go pro and didn't. One had already had 5 years at Uof I and went to WIU to add a teaching degree, so he has had 6.5 years of education just to get a BS.

My friend that just finished her catching career has a degree in History that she not only did not want, she isn't even interested in it.

The counselors would bring the kids in and give them their schedules. The counselors got their orders from the AD.

Maybe it is just because most of the athletes that I know are men, but their educations at colleges in the Big 10, stunk. moo