What college has the best baseball program for boys out of H.S.?

Question

That scouts frequent

What about Missouri State where Ryan Howard went is it a one hit wonder or is it a best kept secret

Answer 1

Most major colleges are scouted frequently, and the not so major ones too. I am a former scout, and I did not limit my scouting to major colleges.

Every college has it's good points & bad points. While the big programs like LSU, USC, South Carolina, Clemson, Miami, UF & FSU always are competitive, they might not have the playing time a kid desires.

Sometimes, if you are offered a chance to play right away, and it's a small Division III college, the opportunity might be better than going to Texas, sitting on the bench for 2 years and playing as a junior.

The best bet is to find out what schools are interested in this player, and go from there. Just remember, sometimes, the best programs to excel in, are the ones that are not talked about as much. If the player is good enough to get drafted, a scout will find him regardless.

Answer 2

Scouts like good weather and big names. But you have to be a big fish in a big pond to get looked at when palying in high caliber program.

Here is a list of some that are high caliber year-in year-out and some that are getting on the map.

Both Arizonas
Long Beach
Fullerton
USC
UCLA
Stanford
Oregon State
Nebraska
Texas
Kansas
LSU
Whichita State
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida State
Miami
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Clemson
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Rice
Fresno State

Answer 3

Cal State Fullerton has a great baseball program for boys out of high school. They are always in the Top 25 nationally of the Associated Press Poll.

Answer 4

I would agree with many of the previous answers. But nobody mentioned Arizona State, which is a perennial powerhouse. This link of past winners of the College World Series and (list of participants in the 2006 tournament) will give you an idea of many of the top baseball programs across the country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_World_Series

Answer 5

In no particular order to name some: Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, USC, UCLA, Texas, Rice, Arizona State, South Carolina, Miami, and Florida State.

Answer 6

The West Coast has some great teams, along with the perennial powerhouses of Wichita State, Stanford, USC and UCLA.

In the Midwest, not really much to speak of.

Texas is always strong, as are a couple of the Florida schools, Florida and Florida State.

Answer 7

Texas
Wichita State
Pepperdine
Cal State Fullerton
U Miami (FL)
Florida State
Florida
Georgia Tech
Clemson
USC (California)

Answer 8

college soccer and basketball derive their acceptance from being the only actual source of gamers for his or her respective professional leagues. collectively as there are some minor leagues for the two activities, they are often irrelevant. this implies all the right skills is funneled into the NCAA. For baseball and hockey, there are nicely wide-unfold minor leagues that are the main source of progression. as a result, so lots greater suited gamers are drafted out of highschool (or junior hockey in Canada) and placed interior the minor league equipment fairly of school. For the two baseball and hockey, the college game is increasing in acceptance as greater gamers elect they elect an guidance and circulate the college direction. besides the shown fact that, until the minor league progression platforms are destroyed (not likely to happen) they are going to in no way rival soccer and basketball in acceptance of public activity.

Answer 9

University of South Carolina, it's one of the premier college baseball programs. A lot of pros came from there.

Answer 10

UNL, the home of Alex Gordon, and you know you're close to the College World Series in Omaha every year. If you've never been to that, you are missing out.