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My DS is a junior and will be applying to USNA. He's a baseball player who has a couple of offers from NAIA/D3 schools and a couple of D1 schools keeping their eyes on him. Obviously, he would like to play for Navy, but his path hasn't crossed with USNA coaches yet. He has reached out to USNA coaches, but haven't heard anything back. Any suggestion on more he can do? I know that there is a question in USNASS application about interest in playing a sport for USNA, but I'm not entirely sure if that's sufficient to get a look somehow?
 
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My son's BGO told him to look up the coach and email him directly. He did that and the coach was nice enough to reply regarding their team situation.
 
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My DS is a junior and will be applying to USNA. He's a baseball player who has a couple of offers from NAIA/D3 schools and a couple of D1 schools keeping their eyes on him. Obviously, he would like to play for Navy, but his path hasn't crossed with USNA coaches yet. He has reached out to USNA coaches, but haven't heard anything back. Any suggestion on more he can do? I know that there is a question in USNASS application about interest in playing a sport for USNA, but I'm not entirely sure if that's sufficient to get a look somehow?
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Has he attended any sports camps? NASS?? Both offer opportunities to connect with athletics.
 
justdoit19 said:
Has he attended any sports camps? NASS?? Both offer opportunities to connect with athletics.
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He just submitted his application for NASS. He hasn't been to the sports camp due to his summer travel ball schedule.
 
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My son's BGO told him to look up the coach and email him directly. He did that and the coach was nice enough to reply regarding their team situation.
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Yeah, he has done that, but haven't heard anything back...
 
Along these same lines, I have a question about something that has been troubling me. I am a high school varsity boys basketball coach in the Midwest. I helped DS with his SS application this week. There is a question on there asking if he wants information about varsity sports. He sort of looked at me as if asking if he should put yes or no. I simply told him if he wanted info, say yes; if not, say no. He clicked yes and then clicked Men's Basketball. We really didn't think anything of it at the time. Since then, though, it has had me wondering if they will think this is just some other goofball trying to "get an inside track" to play D1 basketball instead of wanting to go to the academy for all the right reasons. DS would accept an appointment whether he's able to walk on to the team or not. I've been kicking myself wishing I had just told him to click no. Or am I just reading too much into this?
 
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Along these same lines, I have a question about something that has been troubling me. I am a high school varsity boys basketball coach in the Midwest. I helped DS with his SS application this week. There is a question on there asking if he wants information about varsity sports. He sort of looked at me as if asking if he should put yes or no. I simply told him if he wanted info, say yes; if not, say no. He clicked yes and then clicked Men's Basketball. We really didn't think anything of it at the time. Since then, though, it has had me wondering if they will think this is just some other goofball trying to "get an inside track" to play D1 basketball instead of wanting to go to the academy for all the right reasons. DS would accept an appointment whether he's able to walk on to the team or not. I've been kicking myself wishing I had just told him to click no. Or am I just reading too much into this?
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Imo, you are reading too much into it. If anything, it could perhaps help. They are always looking for talent. And if he is talented enough, coaches even have ‘blue chips’ they can use on an athlete. If he isn’t? He competes on his resume. Like everyone else. Nothing lost.
 
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Imo, you are reading too much into it. If anything, it could perhaps help. They are always looking for talent. And if he is talented enough, coaches even have ‘blue chips’ they can use on an athlete. If he isn’t? He competes on his resume. Like everyone else. Nothing lost.
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Appreciate it. Thank you.
 
I am a likely Navy walk-on baseball player (current HS senior) and I have gone through this process and I can help more in detail if you would like to DM me. I am also in contact with Navy baseball coaches so I can recommend how to get in touch.

Have your SON email the coaches. The best way to get recruited is to attend a camp BUT in my opinion, the coaches must know your kid's name prior to getting there. There are way too many kids who attend camps for your kid to stand out unless he is a pitcher throwing 87+ or a position player hitting very hard. I was in the same exact place your son was in last year with the SA's and I attended a USMA camp. Let me know if you need some more help. Good luck!
 
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Along these same lines, I have a question about something that has been troubling me. I am a high school varsity boys basketball coach in the Midwest. I helped DS with his SS application this week. There is a question on there asking if he wants information about varsity sports. He sort of looked at me as if asking if he should put yes or no. I simply told him if he wanted info, say yes; if not, say no. He clicked yes and then clicked Men's Basketball. We really didn't think anything of it at the time. Since then, though, it has had me wondering if they will think this is just some other goofball trying to "get an inside track" to play D1 basketball instead of wanting to go to the academy for all the right reasons. DS would accept an appointment whether he's able to walk on to the team or not. I've been kicking myself wishing I had just told him to click no. Or am I just reading too much into this?
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When DD applied she clicked yes for soccer and I ended feeling the same as you. But she received an appointment and everything worked out fine. I wouldn’t worry about it at all.
 
army5723 said:
I am a likely Navy walk-on baseball player (current HS senior) and I have gone through this process and I can help more in detail if you would like to DM me. I am also in contact with Navy baseball coaches so I can recommend how to get in touch.

Have your SON email the coaches. The best way to get recruited is to attend a camp BUT in my opinion, the coaches must know your kid's name prior to getting there. There are way too many kids who attend camps for your kid to stand out unless he is a pitcher throwing 87+ or a position player hitting very hard. I was in the same exact place your son was in last year with the SA's and I attended a USMA camp. Let me know if you need some more help. Good luck!
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I'm not able to send you a DM for some reasons (user error?)... Should my son be sending the email to both head and assistant coaches? If you have any suggestions/recommendations, I'be be much grateful. If my son gets accepted for NASS, perhaps he can go introduce himself to an assistant coach during the week.
 
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I'm not able to send you a DM for some reasons (user error?)... Should my son be sending the email to both head and assistant coaches? If you have any suggestions/recommendations, I'be be much grateful. If my son gets accepted for NASS, perhaps he can go introduce himself to an assistant coach during the week.
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I believe you have to be a member for a little longer before you can DM.
 
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I'm not able to send you a DM for some reasons (user error?)... Should my son be sending the email to both head and assistant coaches? If you have any suggestions/recommendations, I'be be much grateful. If my son gets accepted for NASS, perhaps he can go introduce himself to an assistant coach during the week.
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To send/receive DMs: 5 posts, registered member for a week, time for the system to refresh
 
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I'm not able to send you a DM for some reasons (user error?)... Should my son be sending the email to both head and assistant coaches? If you have any suggestions/recommendations, I'be be much grateful. If my son gets accepted for NASS, perhaps he can go introduce himself to an assistant coach during the week.
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It is because you haven't been a member long enough. Send an email to both assistant coaches. Their HC has not responded to any of my previous emails so don't be surprised if you send one and he does not respond. Coach Reilly responded to my email within a day and asked to call me the next day, so I recommend contacting him. Side note, I attended NASS last summer and when it was time to meet the coaches, the baseball coaches were one of the very few coaches that were not there to meet the candidates, which I was quite looking forward to doing. Fortunately enough, I received an appointment and was able to talk about walk-on opportunities in the coming fall. The process is much much different for a recruited athlete. In fact, last year I was on a phone call with the Army coach, and he told me the goal ACT for a recruit is 24!! He was ecstatic when I told him my SAT score. (slightly above average)



Here is an email I sent to plenty of coaches my Jr. and Sr. year that worked well. Please note that this was a generic email that I sent to non-service academy coaches. I recommend personalizing some brief interest in service, commitment, the desire to play at Navy, and so on because the coaches want to know you will stay committed. Just make it brief.



Coach XXX,

My name is XXX and I am primarily a left-handed hitting catcher and outfielder, class of 2023, who attends XXX, TX. I am very interested in the computer science program at XXX and would love to hear about any opportunities you may have for me as an athlete. I finished my junior year hitting 416/544/1.117 this season.

If you or any coaches are in the XXX area and are attending any camps, please let me know and I will be there.

Here's a link to my junior year in-game highlights
(YT link here, if you have not made one I highly recommend it. I can DM you the video once you are able to message)

Cell: XXX

GPA (4.0 Scale): 4.3

SAT: 1390

60 time: 6.89

Pop time: 1.90
Exit velo (tee): 93

Thank you for your time,

My name


Any other questions you have for me, shoot it!
 
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I'm not able to send you a DM for some reasons (user error?)... Should my son be sending the email to both head and assistant coaches? If you have any suggestions/recommendations, I'be be much grateful. If my son gets accepted for NASS, perhaps he can go introduce himself to an assistant coach during the week.
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I posted an extensive reply but it says it is under review. Hopefully, it will be approved soon.
 
army5723 said:
I posted an extensive reply but it says it is under review. Hopefully, it will be approved soon.
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Where does your son play, and what are his general numbers like? (exit velo, pitching velo, 60 time, high school stats, all that stuff) I could give some insight if its worth it to go spend a lot of time and money at a camp soon.
 
The process is not much different for a recruited athlete. It’s the same process. You have to be 3Q to be offered an appointment. A 24 for USMA isn’t necessarily going to qualify someone for USNA. Don’t cross between SAs, especially for athletics. Also, a blue chip is one thing, but even they have to be qualified. Maybe a Supt’s nom might be used but they are few and far between, but a walk on or someone low on the recruited list isn’t going to get one of those. A recruit also has to compete for a nom. Maybe a SA might use a Supt’s nom, if needed, but that is going to be for a blue chip, who is qualified. I have interviewed plenty of recruits during nom interviews, some with stellar resumes and some bubble resumes. Some got appointments and some did not. Please do not assume getting ‘recruit’ added to a resume means an automatic in. It does not at all. Blue chip spots are few and far between, and most fall to more revenue generating sports. Coaches know exactly what they need, how the recruits rack and stack in their resumes and who they need to pursue prep spots, appointments with little help and blue chip tags.
 
Reference emailing the coach.
Coaches get thousands of emails from recruits. Seriously, They really don’t have time to go through them all, especially in season.
If possible have your son’s coaches reach out to the Navy coach. As a junior this is very late in the recruiting process. What you are at least trying for is to be an “invited walk on”.
 
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