Candid comments from baseball players about the college recruiting process. Real Recruiting Stories benefits high school players and their families who are trying to navigate the journey to get "committed."
Carlos Irizarry, D3 standout at Penn State Harrisburg
Carlos "Los" Irizarry is a Division 3 standout at Penn State Harrisburg. He was a United East Rookie of the year and also United East All Conference first team member. As a freshman, he batted .364 during his inaugural year with 48 hits, including eight doubles, a triple, and six home runs. He announced his presence with authority his freshman year and is a household name around his campus.
15 Dec 2023
Nate Savino Shares his Baseball Journey from Early High School Recruitment to UVA to Getting Signed by Arizona D-Backs
Left-Handed Pitcher Nathaniel Savino attended Potomac Falls High School (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_Falls_High_School) in Sterling, VA where he was recruited to The University of Virginia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia) to play college baseball, graduating early in December 2019. Savino was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks) in the third round with the 82nd overall selection of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_draft).
That year, he batted .375 and pitched to a 0.60 ERA being named the Gatorade Virginia Baseball Player of the Year. That summer, he played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Armour_All-America_Baseball_Game) and the Perfect Game All-American Classic. Savino pitched just over 9 innings in his freshman year at Virginia compiling a 1.93 ERA before the season was cancelled. In 2021, Savino appeared in 16 games in which he went 3-3 with a 3.79 ERA and 34 strikeouts in over 54 innings. He was named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Baseball). Savino entered the 2022 season as Virginia's number two starter, and was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week after throwing a complete game shutout versus Duke University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_University). He finished the season having started 15 games with a 6-6 record, a 3.69 ERA, and 79 strikeouts over 78 innings.
13 Dec 2023
Stephen Schoch talks about his baseball recruitment process with three different colleges
Closer Stephen Schoch (pronounced "shock") is a college baseball (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_baseball) pitcher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_(baseball)) from Laurel, Maryland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel,_Maryland) known for his submarine-style (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_(baseball)) pitching motion style. After transferring to UVA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia), Schoch played for the Cavaliers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_baseball) during the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.
In 2016, Schoch played for the Appalachian State Mountaineers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_baseball), where he posted a 4.46 ERA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average) in 34 +1⁄3 innings. After the Mountaineers changed coaches, he transferred to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_Baltimore_County) (UMBC). He then sat out the 2017–18 season due to NCAA transfer rules, then pitched for the Retrievers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMBC_Retrievers_baseball) for two seasons. He holds UMBC's record for saves (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_(baseball)) in a single season (10, in 2018) and overall (13). Schoch attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Good_Counsel_High_School_(Maryland)), where he lettered (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterman_(sports)) in baseball in all four years.
20 Dec 2022
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Zach Agnos - ECU Pirate talks about Cape Cod Summer League & College Recruiting
14 Jul 2021
Jared Lyons - Started in Six Positions in College; now 94+mph RHP
7 Jul 2021
Kyle Schofield - This JUCO Bandit is now @ CNU
17 Oct 2020
Carter Cunningham - JUCO Bandit
10 Oct 2020
Davis Vainer-Transfer from SEC to PAC-12
3 Oct 2020
Reese Varley- D1 commit during Senior Season
26 Sept 2020
Nick Stewart - Late Commit but Starter as a Freshman
12 Sept 2020
Jarett Lorruso- Big D3 Arm Navigates Arm Injury
17 Jul 2020
Jack Cone - Recruited as PO but now Hits
9 Jul 2020
Yareb Martinez - Georgetown saw him play @ his High School
23 Jun 2020
Tyler Casagrande - VA kid crushes it @ AZ Wildcat Camp
20 Jun 2020
Michael Ludowig - 90mph arm @ Wake Forest is now Hitter/OF
11 Jun 2020
Kyle Wrighte - Defensive Shortstop commits early
11 Jun 2020
Justin Hanvey - INF Stud with a transfer story
10 Jun 2020
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