WWYD if you knew your D3 recruit would receive an "invitation to tryout" in year 1+

Jr10234 · Sep 27, 2016

rdbass said:
Aren't you at every college DI, DII & DIII for an education first.

DD's friend plays D1, even as a non-starter she was forced to change her major from science to a more manageable one.
Another gal we know is now on her third college (small D2, juco, now another D2) for softball. She's not there for the education, and will attend where she can guarantee playing time.
For other girls, their major is non-negotiable (nursing, sciences, etc) so they find a school where they can pursue their degree and play.
Perhaps I should have said at D3 girls are more likely attending for their major first, ball 2nd.

TamiAz · Sep 27, 2016

rdbass said:
Aren't you at every college DI, DII & DIII for an education first.

My daughter is pursuing DII, because she wants to go into the medical field, possibly nursing. The mid-D1 schools she spoke with said no to nursing, while the DII schools she is in contact with are more supportive.

rdbass · Sep 28, 2016

I guess it depends on a 'students' priorities......and whom they 'allow' to make that decision for them. JMHO.

Seattlecoach · Sep 28, 2016

I think the nursing issue is very different than a typical major. The problem with nursing isn't its rigor, I'm sure it is hard but so are many other majors, its that you have to be at the hospital at specific times. An engineering student can rearrange their schedule to study between classes, practices, and games. A nurse has to be at their clinical, when I was in school nurses were terrified of getting sick or oversleeping because missing a clinical could mess up their whole semester.

If a coach can't work around the nursing schedule they aren't necessarily being unreasonable, they just need to know their starting SS will be at every game.

MNDad · Sep 28, 2016

schwabach said:
Yes and no. If you are playing D1, it really takes a lot of time and limits your ability to pursue certain majors such as engineering and the sciences. If you have a 40 hour per week job (Spring semester), it is necessarily going to take time away from your studies. In the rather unlikely event that my daughter ends up playing D1, I think I would plan on a degree in 5 years instead of 4 if she pursues a demanding degree.

It’s a complete myth that you can’t get a good education and play D1 softball. Schools that discourage or don’t recruit kids with certain majors may exist, but they're the exception. DD and at least two of her teammates are Engineering majors. This is a D1 P5 school. Not a very good softball school (yet), but still in a P5 conference. Two of her friends are pre-med majors and play D1 softball at mid-majors. As for five years, last season a girl on her team graduated in four years, with her Bachelors AND Masters. Rare of course to get both, but its common for kids get their bachelors in four years.

YOCOACH · Sep 28, 2016

I can tell you a very successful Pitcher for a top 10 D1 that played in the CWCS the past 7 years is now coming home after her 4 years to finish her college degree at the local U. You make the determination on whether it's do-able or not. AND she's a VERY smart young lady to boot. I'm not saying it can't be done, just that at that level of play, it's very difficult depending upon the major.

Maxx · Sep 29, 2016

I know of several nursing and engineer majors who have made it work at the D1 level and managed to graduate in 4 years. Saying it can't be done is a cop out.

YOCOACH · Sep 29, 2016

Maxx said:
I know of several nursing and engineer majors who have made it work at the D1 level and managed to graduate in 4 years. Saying it can't be done is a cop out.

I never said it wasn't an option or that it wasn't able to happen. All I said was a very smart girl who had a 4.0 GPA in HS, with a bunch of extra-curricular activities, still managed to find time to practice, go to lessons, was one of the top pitching prospects in the country, got a full ride to a top tier D1 who made it to the WCWS for the past seven years which actually won one of them, chose a challenging major and now has to come home to the local university in order to complete her degree after her 4 year full ride. In other words, at the top 1% of all D1 SB colleges, to graduate with a challenging major i.e. Nursing or Engineering in 4 years is probably more the exception than the rule.

The rest of the D1's may be a different story.

let it be fun · Sep 29, 2016

YOCOACH said:
I never said it wasn't an option or that it wasn't able to happen. All I said was a very smart girl who had a 4.0 GPA in HS, with a bunch of extra-curricular activities, still managed to find time to practice, go to lessons, was one of the top pitching prospects in the country, got a full ride to a top tier D1 who made it to the WCWS for the past seven years which actually won one of them, chose a challenging major and now has to come home to the local university in order to complete her degree after her 4 year full ride. In other words, at the top 1% of all D1 SB colleges, to graduate with a challenging major i.e. Nursing or Engineering in 4 years is probably more the exception than the rule.

The rest of the D1's may be a different story.

So if the top 1% of D1 is 2-3 schools, which schools do you include in the top 1%.

YOCOACH · Sep 30, 2016

let it be fun said:
So if the top 1% of D1 is 2-3 schools, which schools do you include in the top 1%.

A case could be made for any of the schools that have top SB programs that we perennially see in the WCWS: Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, Florida State, Auburn, Michigan and Georgia. So maybe the top 5-7% if you include the other programs that are trying very hard to reach this pinnacle either for the first time or get back to former glory such Arizona State and UCLA.

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