There's always the Pennsbury Academic camp where the girls need high scores & grades just to get in, all the Ivies & other top Northeast schools coaches attend
http://www.pennsburyinvitational.com/index.php
ontheblack wrote:DII - UCSD
stellar education
top 3 DII softball program
not fully funded though.
CheckWriter wrote:ontheblack wrote:DII - UCSD
stellar education
top 3 DII softball program
not fully funded though.
Agree with all of the above.
Not to mention location.
Not fully funded = $500/year stipend. At least that's what it was a couple of years ago when DDs were being recruited there.
catcherdad wrote:Well, I think you can put them in categories:
Ivy League - D1 - top one gets berth to NCAA tourney - Penn won it last year, Dartmouth won North division, and Harvard has won it recently in the past. Princeton won it for years, but not recently, but they now have a great coach. The coaches from these 4 programs are going to Cali and Texas for talent. BUT, Ivies usually do not give athletic scholarships, you get money based upon need.
Pac 10 - Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA have some top academic programs, but you must be a beast to play there. We played with a Texas player who had top grades and was a top D1 prospect and Stanford said, no. Lightening fast and a .500 hitter.
ACC - Georgia Tech if you want engineering. Did not do well last year, but usually plays in NCAA playoffs. They have a new coach.
Big 10 - Northwestern but you have to be as tall as the sister coaches are. Michigan is an excellent school and has a top program.
Non D1 - I would put Tufts first, but there are so many excellent academic schools in D2 and D3, your area of interest and geography would matter a lot. I like Coach Herman at Williams and the coach at Emory. But then MIT and Chicago are excellent schools as are the other great liberal arts and sciences colleges.
Ivies usually do not give athletic scholarships, you get money based upon need