* NCAA (based on 2011 performance)
**NCAA - May 8, 2012
*** Perfect Game (base on 2012 recruits)
What is your % chance of Playing NCAA College Baseball?
Have you ever stopped to consider what the chances are of earning a scholarship to play college baseball? Not only must you be tops in your sport but you also need to be a good student. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has compiled the following chart that estimates the probability of high school athletes competing in college baseball.
Athletes
Baseball
Little League
2,600,000
High School
470,671
High School Seniors
134,477
NCAA Athletes
28,767
NCAA Freshman Positions
8,219
NCAA Senior Athletes
6,393
NCAA Senior Athletes Drafted
600
Percentage: High School To NCAA
6.10%
Percentage: NCAA To Professional
9.40%
Percentage: High School To Professional
0.45%
The chances of competing in baseball at the college level is not great. For example, only 6% of high school senior baseball players will play NCAA sponsored baseball. These figures do not take into account the opportunities that are available to compete in the lower divisions of the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA.
Note: These percentages are based on estimated data and should be considered as being approximations only of the actual percentages. For further information you should visit the NCAA website.
Colleges Which Produce the Most Major League Players
College
MLB Players
Most Recent
University of Southern California
101
Tom Milone 2011
University of Texas
100
Chance Ruffin 2011
Arizona State University
99
Jason Kipnis 2011
Stanford University
83
Michael Taylor 2011
University of Michigan
77
Zach Putnam 2011
So You Want To Play D1 Baseball?
It is often not easy for a high school athlete (and their parents) to accept that they might not be a D1 caliber baseball player! They may have been a youth baseball all-star or even a regional standout but that doesn't always mean an automatic roster spot on a D1 baseball team.
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