We have worked hard on DD's (2022 OF/corner IF) recruiting over the past year. It's culminated in a handful of D2 and NAIA offers and, last week, her first D1 offer (over 55% tuition at an expensive-ish school). There are other D1s interested; they of course "want to see her play this summer." The D1 the offer came from has never seen her play nor has she attended a camp, but she has good video and has communicated well with the coach.
So the D1 gave her a two-week decision window. I can't complain about that, because they had made it clear that if/when they offered they would expect her to be ready to make a decision. The cost is considerable, even with around $100K worth of scholarships over 4 years, but we can swing it. It's further from home (we basically would never get to see her play live, or more likely we would travel to Florida for spring break when the team goes there and I guess get to see a good bit that way), not that location is a deal-breaker. The closest D2 offer is only a few hours away and the league is largely located not much further in terms of a drive so we would be able to see her play a lot. Plus the benefit of her being able to drive home on the (non in-season) weekends, etc.
Just wondering if some of the other members have/have had similar choices to make and what their decision making process was like. One of the NAIA offers is a school that education-wise is ranked a little higher than the D1, and the coach has been recruiting DD very hard for a long time now. It's about a seven-hour drive away; a couple of other girls from around here have attended and done well there. Actually all the options she has right now are pretty good! She is scheduled to play in some good events this summer and I think with the dead-period (hopefully) finally ending she will get some D1 coaches out to watch her. The other D1 schools who have shown interest are similar in quality to the one from which she has an offer. Thanks in advance for whatever advice anyone has!
So the D1 gave her a two-week decision window. I can't complain about that, because they had made it clear that if/when they offered they would expect her to be ready to make a decision. The cost is considerable, even with around $100K worth of scholarships over 4 years, but we can swing it. It's further from home (we basically would never get to see her play live, or more likely we would travel to Florida for spring break when the team goes there and I guess get to see a good bit that way), not that location is a deal-breaker. The closest D2 offer is only a few hours away and the league is largely located not much further in terms of a drive so we would be able to see her play a lot. Plus the benefit of her being able to drive home on the (non in-season) weekends, etc.
Just wondering if some of the other members have/have had similar choices to make and what their decision making process was like. One of the NAIA offers is a school that education-wise is ranked a little higher than the D1, and the coach has been recruiting DD very hard for a long time now. It's about a seven-hour drive away; a couple of other girls from around here have attended and done well there. Actually all the options she has right now are pretty good! She is scheduled to play in some good events this summer and I think with the dead-period (hopefully) finally ending she will get some D1 coaches out to watch her. The other D1 schools who have shown interest are similar in quality to the one from which she has an offer. Thanks in advance for whatever advice anyone has!