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frito_burrito wrote:freetacos wrote:wow frito...chus englash is mucho bettero.
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catcherdad wrote:I am going to go against the grain here. Our oldest went to a private school and our youngest went to a 5A public school. Both softball programs were rated in the state and the private one even finished higher in TAPPs playoffs. (FYI: The public school team beat the private school team in a head to head preseason game 15-0.)
The private school had a couple of very good players who I expected to receive small school d1 interest. The best they could do is D3 and these players chose not to play college softball. They went to better academic schools or cheaper schools such as Texas and A & M. These players did play select and did go to Colorado and some nationals before 18U. The select teams were not able to make gold.
The public school team has produced close to a dozen college players at the D1 level in a 4 year period. These players play when they get there and many of them had very good scholarships or admission to elite academic schools that play D1 ball. Our college coach constantly kept up with how my dd was doing in high school ball. She called the coach and emailed my daughter. Other teams wanted updated stats. They knew when we were playing the Woodlands and these schools are from out of state.
So, you will find some college teams will look at a private school player. You better play for Impact Gold or a comparable team. But coaches want a player who has played tough opponents. They want a player who travels to the big high school tourneys and still can make good grades. So I think it is much better to be at a public school, particularly one with a coach with connections to college teams.
fastpitchforever wrote:Our public HS team has been in the top 10 the last few years, and we refused to even list the contact information for the HS coach on recruiting materials. DD is headed to D-1 too. We never had a coach even ask.
DonnieS wrote:fastpitchforever wrote:Our public HS team has been in the top 10 the last few years, and we refused to even list the contact information for the HS coach on recruiting materials. DD is headed to D-1 too. We never had a coach even ask.
That's interesting - we had the kid's D1 coaches ask to speak to the high school coaches on both kids during the recruiting - I bet it was because I was their travel team coach most of the time - and who is going to believe dad. That's got to be why.
sward wrote:I would choose the school that will best prepare your DD for life. While softball will teach her to work with others, the education aspect is the primary goal. Doubt many future employers will care if she was a 4-Year varsity starter in HS. However, if she went to a good private school and graduated top in her class, it might carry a little extra weight. I will say that while I lived in Oregon, we were going to send our DD's to private school becase the public education was not as good as I wanted.
Scott
MavFan wrote: The sooner young student athletes, especially female student athletes, begin making decisions that will benefit them for the next 40 to 50 years of their lives instead of just the next 4 or 5, the better.