- Nov 18, 2013
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Talked with a coach of a power 5 D1 program and he said if girl is good enough it doesn't matter what they play. Meaning he had several girls on the roster that did not play an inning of travel ball and still were good enough to play college. If they can play college coaches will find them whether that be playing only high school or travel.
There aren’t ANY P5 programs with “several” girls that never played travel. Sometimes you’ll see one or two girls, usually solely pinch runners, but by no means several. I know of a couple schools in northern Minnesota that can’t find enough kids to field a team and who will take just about anyone. That’s a far cry from P5 though.
The notion that “if you’re good enough coaches will find you” is also just plain wrong. Even travel girls need to market themselves if their goal is to play in college. It would be incredibly poor planning to expect to play in college without finding a travel team and just waiting around to get noticed.
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