This always amazes me. How in the world can a freshman ( a 14 yo ) know what type of college education and career field they want to get into? The job market changes too much from year to year, not to mention almost a decade from a HS freshman to 4 year college graduate.
I don't want to sound harsh, but it sounds like those who commit that far ahead are ONLY looking at the softball program. Which to me is not a good "life long" plan.
It's getting ridiculous. College coaches that I have spoken to or heard from through 3rd parties seem to agree. But until they all agree to stop the process, the train is going to keep moving forward, faster and faster. And we will see a lot more de-commits and re-commits before the girls actually get out of high school.