•  The goal of TheBBR.com is to provide the resources & information required by student-athlete & family to achieve their goal of obtaining a college baseball scholarship.
•  Sign-Up for TheBBR Athletic-Development & Injury-Prevention Programs
•   Student-athlete & familiy incorrectly assume that college baseball coaches will find them. This is only true for elite players with choice of D1 scholarships. 
• Mid-range student-athletes (college prospect, but not elite player) must aggressively promote themselves & pursue college baseball scholarship. 
• Recruiting process is different for every player & depends on current needs of college baseball programs & physical ability of student-athlete. 
• Most mid range student-athletes with good grades don’t receive scholarship offer or invitation to walk-on until spring / summer of senior year. 
•   Go to TheBBR College Baseball Directory  & contact baseball coach at program to determine opportunity.

College Baseball Coach Recruiting-Perspective

• Coaches are judged by wins & losses to keep jobs.
• College athletic departments are cutting baseball recruiting budgets. 
• Coaches evaluate student-athletes at summer camps, tournaments, showcases & holiday camps.
• Coaches rely on trusted professional scouts & high school coaches to identify potential student-athletes.  
• Coaches’ contact with student-athletes limited by NCAA. 
• Coaches evaluate current roster to identify immediate & future needs.
• Coaches award scholarship money to student-athlete with best grades when comparing players of equal ability.
• Coaches sign impact players to program, regardless of current program needs.
• Coaches compete against professional baseball teams for same players.
•  Professional baseball signing bonuses increase difficulty for college baseball programs to sign & keep players.

What College Baseball Coaches Don’t Tell Student-Athlete

• Division I coaches "stockpile" incoming players & conceal recruiting numbers from student-athlete.
•  Division I programs sign 20+ players per year.  
• Coaches have potential student-athletes invited to professionnal tryout camps to compare with other players being recruited at position.
•  Freshman rarely play in Division I college baseball programs.   
• Coaches recruit student-athletes to play different position or as utility player.
•  Scholarships are available on 1-year renewable basis and coach can cancel scholarship offers at any time.
•   Coaches use fall program as try-out & replace over evaluated student-athletes.
• Coaches cut student-athletes by not renewing scholarship, reducing scholarship, or asking student-athlete to transfer to JUCO.

How to Tell if College Baseball Coach is Interested

• Coach mails student-athlete summer camp application & media guide.  
• Coach calls student-athlete’s high school coach regularly.  
• Coach sends e-mails & text messages to student-athlete regularly. 
• Coach watches student-athlete play regularly.  
• Coach invites student-athlete for official visit. 

Prospect Questionnaire-Letter

•  Receiving questionnaire letter from college baseball program is NOT serious recruitment.  
•  Student-athlete should respond to questionnaire & accept all official visit invitations. 
• Coaches remove student-athletes from recruiting lists that don’t return questionnaires.
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