DD has been getting emails from coaches - is the interest genuine?

[maksoftball]

So DD has been getting emails from coaches saying they saw her at xx tournament/camp, and they say that they want her schedules to start actively following/watching her. And then conclude email with invite to camp with form attached...

Surely this is genuine interest and not a ploy to get their camps filled? DD has had a good summer so far but it is wearing her down just a bit (only because she is also taking two online college courses). She is a rising senior, and is still looking for the right fit. She has 3 schools that she is interested in and the interest is being reciprocated (2 D3 and 1 NAIA). There are 2 others that she is still actively showing interest in but they have yet to take the bait.

Edited to add she now has cell phone numbers for all 5 schools...so she plans on texting them her schedule instead of emailing. Fingers crossed that this works...she really wants a commitment by Fall.

 

[InsidePitch]

DD had several schools say they wanted her to play. My level of belief went up when they asked for a resume of achievements , community service, test scores and transcripts to run by admissions. Basically a pre-approval from admissions with recommendations if something was lacking.

 

[iMlearning]

So DD has been getting emails from coaches saying they saw her at xx tournament/camp, and they say that they want her schedules to start actively following/watching her. And then conclude email with invite to camp with form attached...

Surely this is genuine interest and not a ploy to get their camps filled? DD has had a good summer so far but it is wearing her down just a bit (only because she is also taking two online college courses). She is a rising senior, and is still looking for the right fit. She has 3 schools that she is interested in and the interest is being reciprocated (2 D3 and 1 NAIA). There are 2 others that she is still actively showing interest in but they have yet to take the bait.

Edited to add she now has cell phone numbers for all 5 schools...so she plans on texting them her schedule instead of emailing. Fingers crossed that this works...she really wants a commitment by Fall.

These coaches definitely want to fill their clinics and it is a great opportunity for the athletes if they are interested in that particular school. I don't believe most coaches are lying if they said they've seen someone play. We did catch one coach in a big lie after he said he saw DD tear it up on the field at a particular clinic in which they played live games. It turns out he wasn't even there. Other than that, coaches have been truthful if they had seen DD play and if they hadn't, they'd be quick to say, "come to our clinic so we can see you play." Later, DD learned to ask the coach if she could send her skills video to get their honest opinion if they would be interested and she'd ask if they were actually looking for a 2016 blah blah blah...

 

[girliesmom]

I don't mean to hijack this thread but a very similar situation happened to DD as well. She returned for X tournament and received an email from a coach saying they saw her play at X and is interested in seeing more of her. They then listed all of the tournaments / events over the summer that their coaching staff will be at and asked DD to email her to let her know if she'd attending any on the list. She also asked DD contact her if she has any questions and to also complete their online recruiting questionnaire which DD promptly did. DD emailed back stating questionnaire is completed and that she is going to visit the school this summer when she visits her grandparents who live nearby. No response from coach. She sent a follow-up email and still nothing. Wondering.... was the original email sent to DD a mistake? Why aren't they responding when they contacted her first? So frustrating for DD.