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@Gally
Key question and I don’t know if your son asked this of both coaches.
“Where do you see me fitting into your depth chart and who is ahead of me”
My son asked that question to all 3 schools and the answer he got from WPU where he is was also another check mark. He felt like he was being told the truth and they were pretty clear they saw him making a big push to get significant playing time by Sophomore year.
Another factor is all three schools had JV teams which were a big bonus.
So he just had his Fall exit meeting.
They had an 8 week Fall with 5 games. They split up the team into 4 teams and they all competed vs each other the past 4 weeks.
He hit .355 and had a flawless Fall in the field.
He was told he will be the starting 2B this spring on the JV team as they want him to get as many AB’s as possible Freshman year. He was told if he continued this great success he sees him being called up quickly to Varsity this spring and getting some starts and he even told him I will tell you what games in case your parents want to come up to watch them live (we have streaming for all his games which is very cool).
Coach told him he actually pushed his projected starter (A Junior) hard but he still had a Sophomore ahead of him on the depth chart for now.
It’s this kind of rapport he has with his current coach that he never ever experienced with his high school program.
So needless to say he is on a nice ascent out of the gate and is extremely excited about his prospects of cracking the starting lineup at a minimum as a junior and possibly as a sophomore as they also told him they are projecting him as a SS because his arm has gotten stronger and stronger (85 MPH across the diamond). Thats not elite for a SS but it is damn good and more importantly his accuracy and the speed at which he gets the ball out is high level.
They are huge on player development at his school and I know you mentioned that as something you liked hearing from the D3 option.
So anyway….that is an important answer to hear from any prospective school (where do you see me fitting in and projecting my place on the depth chart moving forward).
Exciting times for you and your son!
You both will take a huge sigh of relief when he makes his decision.