October 29, 2024
Many parents and players who reach out to us with questions about our showcases also have questions about the recruiting process as a whole. To help as many parents and student-athletes as possible, we decided to address one of our most frequently-asked questions: What should I be doing right now to get recruited to play
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October 29, 2024
In the fall, a lot of students and student-athletes – especially juniors, but also freshmen and sophomores who are proactively getting ahead in the process – are starting to think about their college list. The ultimate goal of the college and recruiting process is to find the school that will be the best all-around fit
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August 11, 2022
Each year, we host approximately 2500 student-athletes and their families and speak with thousands more via email and phone. In August and September, the most frequently asked question we get as we speak with student-athletes and families has to do with the timing of our fall showcase (in California): what are the types of recruiting
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April 1, 2022
This is a guest post from Dean Stotz, former Associate Head Coach of Stanford Baseball (1976 to 2014). To help student-athletes get even more insight into the recruiting process and how coaches approach their task of finding the right recruits for their program, we’re going to feature thoughts from Coach Stotz over the coming months.
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March 16, 2022
This is a guest post from Dean Stotz, former Associate Head Coach of Stanford Baseball (1976 to 2014). To help student-athletes get even more insight into the recruiting process and how coaches approach their task of finding the right recruits for their program, we’re going to feature thoughts from Coach Stotz over the coming months.
Read More »February 24, 2022
There are currently 1312 Honor Roll alumni on 88 different rosters of high-academic college baseball programs from across the country in 2022. Below is the full list of where these Honor Roll alumni are continuing their careers at the college level. Click on a division below to see where Honor Roll alumni are playing in
Read More »February 16, 2022
Throughout the spring, Headfirst and our partners and friends over at Diamond College Advisory Team (DCAT) are once again hosting a series of webinars on the high-academic recruiting process. As we record and post each part, we’ll update this blog post with the video. Take a look through to watch Parts 1 through 3 and
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January 31, 2022
With the spring fast approaching, it’s time for student-athletes to put the finishing touches on their hard work this off-season and cross off a few items in their college search process. From visiting campuses and building out targeted school lists to contacting college coaches and preparing for standardized tests, check out a few items that
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August 23, 2021
Each year, we host approximately 2500 student-athletes and their families and speak with thousands more via email and phone. In August and September, the most frequently asked question we get as we speak with student-athletes and families has to do with the timing of our fall showcases (mid-September in California and late-September in Florida): what
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June 9, 2021
This spring, we were excited to have baseball BACK! Seeing our Honor Roll partner programs in action (and some of them making runs deep into the postseason at the D3 and D1 levels) was a fantastic return to the spring season. With this excitement, in late April we “sat down” with some of our partner
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