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Did you know: The Austin Baseball Club has had the pleasure of assisting thousands of families in the journey towards the goal of playing baseball after high school. We are proud of all who have worked hard to achieve that goal. Statistics say that less than 6% of high school baseball players go on to play at the NCAA level.
The Austin Baseball Club
is proud of the 200+ ball players
who have worn the ABC jersey and gone on to play baseball at the collegiate and professional level. We look forward to helping you add your name to this list
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I am writing to encourage you to set aside time on Sunday evening, 6:00-8:00, to join me as I help equip you with valuable information and insight into the "world" of college recruiting. It is no exaggeration that through the years I have been involved with thousands of families who have shared the same goal of playing college (and professional) baseball. The 200+ ball players who were blessed to go onto play ball after high school have several common denominators and I want to share them with you.
You are in a critical stage on the time-line of your baseball career and no better time than this Sunday to continue gathering information by listening to college coaches, listening to former college players, and having the opportunity to participate in an invaluable Q&A session. Help me - Help you continue to do maximize all resources possible to reach your baseball goals. Below are some additional details regarding what you can expect from our time at the ABC College Recruiting Extravaganza. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday, 9/9, 6:00-8:00. Take a minute to click here and register. We have currently have space to seat 100 people and we are close to filling all the seats. Get online and confirm your seat.
Go take on the Game,
Coach Prater |
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Sunday 9/9 6:30 @ FEFC 4220 Monterey Oaks 78749 map
Learn what student-athletes and parents need to know & should know about the college recruiting process
Navigating the college recruiting process can be one of the toughest challenges a ball player (and family) faces during their baseball career. The baseball culture does a great job of stimulating your senses regarding this topic and ABC would like to help you cut a straight path to reaching your baseball goals. Not every ball player has the talent to play at the highest level, but ALL ball players and families can better educate themselves and meet the challenges head-on with a solid game plan.
Guest speakers: ABC has scheduled to have several instrumental individuals participate in the recruiting workshop on Sunday 9/9:
Current and former head college baseball coaches, member of the professional baseball scouting community, former college baseball players who have played baseball at the NCAA, JUCO and professional level
Format: ball players and parents will gather for a large group discussion. Coach Prater will serve as MC and will be peppering questions to our invited speakers on a variety of topics related to the college baseball experience. There will be a break out session where ball players and parents will separate into two groups for a unique opportunity to hear from invited speakers talk specifically to them.
Purpose: our goal is to try and help de-mystify the college recruiting process and landscape
- equip families with the necessary knowledge to objectively help you take a pro-active approach towards the pursuit of baseball after high school
- understand the "language of baseball; what is the language the college recruiters and scouts speak?
- discuss several strategies that your ball player can implement to help ensure that he is maximizing his opportunity to play at the next level - Showcase, "invitation only", etc
- Hear real life stories and testimonies of how they (ball players) reached their collegiate baseball goal(s)
- What you need to know about the NCAA Clearinghouse
Terms to be discussed: scholarship, "full ride", NCAA clearinghouse, "Showcase", "Exposure", invitation only, prospect, 5 tools, etc
click here to reserve your seat and get directions.
6:00-8:00 on 9/9 |
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Southwestern University head baseball coach, RJ Thomas, will be joined by St.Edward's University head coach, Rob Penders and Gene Salazar, who's resume includes coaching positions at Corpus Christi A&M, Texas State Univ, UT Pan American and St.Edward's University. A member of the MLB scouting profession will be sharing insight as well.
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Chance Wheeless, member of the Univ of Texas National Championship team will be joined by Ty Davis, Vanderbilt Univ, Nick Spears, UT Pan Am and Garrett Bivone, McLennan Community College/UT Pan Am. These ABC alumnus will be on hand to share first hand about the realities of the college baseball experience. Balancing baseball & academics, setting goals, hard work, etc
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California Angels professional baseball scout, Rudy Vasquez, will be making the drive up from San Antonio to participate on our panel of speakers. Rudy's son, Anthony Vasquez, debuted in the big leagues last year. Rudy has tremendous insight into how professional scouts and college coaches evaluate and recruit talent.
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ABC has reached out to several alumnus to ask them to share with you their top "If I knew then what I know now" regarding preparing for baseball after high school.
Former LSU catcher, Jory Snikeris, Tulane alumnus Matt Goebel, Univ of Texas alumnus Jordan Danks, Dallas Baptist alumnus Jimmy Thoma, ect
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pre-registration required
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