What schools are you shocked that they don't have softball?
5. Vanderbilt
4. Pepperdine
3. Miami
2. Rice
1. USC
Those are my top 5, I don't know if it's a coincidence that all 5 are private Universities or if it's that Private Universities don't need to abide by title ix rules because they aren't taking federal money.
All 5 have a rich history in baseball, all 5 have won National Championships in baseball, USC has twice as many national baseball championships as ANY other school so that these 5 don't have softball is very odd.
Other than Pepperdine all of them are power 5 schools but if all 5 were to start a program, Pepperdine would be the hardest to recruit against, what teenage girl wouldn't want to live and play ball on the hill in Malibu?
Other than maybe Vanderbilt, all of these schools are in recruiting hotbeds, Southern California girls litter the rosters of teams across the country. Florida and Texas are likely the next top 2 states at producing college players.
With Clemson set to start in 2020 and FSU winning the ship last year Miami could help make the ACC a stronger conference and the Canes hate it with Noles and Gators are in on something that they are not.
USC is the oddest school on the list, UCLA is 14 miles away and the Bruins have been to softball what the the Trojans have been to baseball. Batbusters, Firecrackers, So Cal and Mercado Athletics and Corona Angels surround the campus and then after High School those girls go to Norman, Gainesville, Eugene, Tucson...when USC is home.
Hopefully in the next few years there will be 5 different schools on this list.
What 5 would you add?
5. Vanderbilt
4. Pepperdine
3. Miami
2. Rice
1. USC
Those are my top 5, I don't know if it's a coincidence that all 5 are private Universities or if it's that Private Universities don't need to abide by title ix rules because they aren't taking federal money.
All 5 have a rich history in baseball, all 5 have won National Championships in baseball, USC has twice as many national baseball championships as ANY other school so that these 5 don't have softball is very odd.
Other than Pepperdine all of them are power 5 schools but if all 5 were to start a program, Pepperdine would be the hardest to recruit against, what teenage girl wouldn't want to live and play ball on the hill in Malibu?
Other than maybe Vanderbilt, all of these schools are in recruiting hotbeds, Southern California girls litter the rosters of teams across the country. Florida and Texas are likely the next top 2 states at producing college players.
With Clemson set to start in 2020 and FSU winning the ship last year Miami could help make the ACC a stronger conference and the Canes hate it with Noles and Gators are in on something that they are not.
USC is the oddest school on the list, UCLA is 14 miles away and the Bruins have been to softball what the the Trojans have been to baseball. Batbusters, Firecrackers, So Cal and Mercado Athletics and Corona Angels surround the campus and then after High School those girls go to Norman, Gainesville, Eugene, Tucson...when USC is home.
Hopefully in the next few years there will be 5 different schools on this list.
What 5 would you add?