baseball-Recruiting.com: NCAA baseball Scholarships and Recruiting

In any sport, the key to being recruited is being informed. By taking advantage articles provided by Baseball-Recruiting.com and beRecruited.com, you are already better prepared than your competitors – improving your chances of being recruited and earning a NCAA baseball scholarship. So read the below college recruiting articles (many of which have been internationally published both online and in print) and earn your scholarship today.

The key to improving your college recruiting and scholarship chances is being informed. Understand the landscape of your sport on a high school and NCAA level and begin to understand where you fit within that landscape. Do you fit in best in Division I, II, or III softball? And how do your athletic goals fit within that? Do you have strong geographic preferences and how will that impact your college choices?

As you begin to develop and mature academically and athletically, consider your current skill-sets and where you intend to be as a high-school graduate and as a college-graduate. Understanding your personal, athletic, and academic interests and skills is crucially important as you enter the college recruiting process.

Begin collecting information and data about universities, teams, and coaches as early as you can because this is an integral step in setting the academic, athletic and collegiate goals that will guide you through the college recruiting process.

You can find complete baseball statistics for division I, II, and III baseball online at http://www.ncaasports.com. How do those stats compare to yours? What do you need to improve to match statistics and what are the various team's strengths and weaknesses?

While determining which teams might be good fits for your abilities and talents, study the conferences and division layouts. Polls / rankings are published during and after the seasons -- these polls are excellent ways to study the landscape of NCAA baseball. Take a look at the NCAA Baseball College World Series history and results for all divisions:

Division I NCAA World Series & Most Outstanding Player	Division II World Series Champion	Division III World Series Champion
1948 USC Sam Barry 9-2 Yale 1949 Texas Bibb Falk 10-3 Wake Forest Charles Teague, Wake Forest 1950 Texas Bibb Falk 3-0 Washington State Ray VanCleef, Rutgers 1951 Oklahoma Jack Baer 3-2 Tennessee Sidney Hatfield, Tennessee 1952 Holy Cross Jack Barry 8-4 Missouri James O'Neill, Holy Cross 1953 Michigan Ray Fisher 7-5 Texas J.L. Smith, Texas 1954 Missouri Hi Simmons 4-1 Rollins Tom Yewcic, Michigan State 1955 Wake Forest Taylor Sanford 7-6 Western Michigan Tom Borland, Oklahoma State 1956 Minnesota Dick Siebert 12-1 Arizona Jerry Thomas, Minnesota 1957 Cal George Wolfman 1-0 Penn State Cal Emery, Penn State 1958 USC Rod Dedeaux 8-7 Missouri Bill Thom, USC 1959 Oklahoma State Toby Greene 5-3 Arizona Jim Dobson, Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota Dick Siebert 2-1 USC John Erickson, Minnesota 1961 USC Rod Dedeaux 1-0 Oklahoma State Littleton Fowler, Oklahoma State 1962 Michigan Don Lund 5-4 Santa Clara Bob Garibaldi, Santa Clara 1963 USC Rod Dedeaux 5-2 Arizona Bud Hollowell, USC 1964 Minnesota Dick Siebert 5-1 Missouri Joe Ferris, Maine 1965 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 2-1 Ohio State Sal Bando, Arizona State 1966 Ohio State Marty Karow 8-2 Oklahoma State Steve Arlin, Ohio State 1967 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 11-2 Houston Ron Davini, Arizona State 1968 USC Rod Dedeaux 4-3 Southern Illinois Bill Seinsoth, USC 1969 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 10-1 Tulsa John Dolinsek, Arizona State 1970 USC Rod Dedeaux 2-1 Florida State Gene Ammann, Florida State 1971 USC Rod Dedeaux 7-2 Southern Illinois Jerry Tabb, Tulsa 1972 USC Rod Dedeaux 1-0 Arizona State Russ McQueen, USC 1973 USC Rod Dedeaux 4-3 Arizona State Dave Winfield, Minnesota 1974 USC Rod Dedeaux 7-3 Miami (Fla.) George Milke, USC 1975 Texas Cliff Gustafson 5-1 South Carolina Mickey Reichenbach, Texas 1976 Arizona Jerry Kindall 7-1 Eastern Michigan Steve Powers, Arizona 1977 Arizona State Jim Brock 2-1 South Carolina Bob Horner, Arizona State 1978 USC Rod Dedeaux 10-3 Arizona State Rod Boxberger, USC 1979 Cal State-Fullerton Augie Garrido 2-1 Arkansas Tony Hudson, CS-Fullerton 1980 Arizona Jerry Kindall 5-3 Hawaii Terry Francona, Arizona 1981 Arizona State Jim Brock 7-4 Oklahoma State Stan Holmes, Arizona State 1982 Miami (Fla.) Ron Fraser 9-3 Wichita State Dan Smith, Miami (Fla.) 1983 Texas Cliff Gustafson 4-3 Alabama Calvin Schiraldi, Texas 1984 Cal State-Fullerton Augie Garrido 3-1 Texas John Fishel, CS-Fullerton 1985 Miami (Fla.) Ron Fraser 10-6 Texas Greg Ellena, Miami (Fla.) 1986 Arizona Jerry Kindall 10-2 Florida State Mike Senne, Arizona 1987 Stanford Mark Marquess 9-5 Oklahoma State Paul Carey, Stanford 1988 Stanford Mark Marquess 9-4 Arizona State Lee Plemel, Stanford 1989 Wichita State Gene Stephenson 5-3 Texas Greg Brummett, Wichita State 1990 Georgia Steve Webber 2-1 Oklahoma State Mike Rebhan, Georgia 1991 LSU Skip Bertman 6-3 Wichita State Gary Hymel, LSU 1992 Pepperdine Andy Lopez 3-2 Cal State-Fullerton Phil Nevin, CS-Fullerton 1993 LSU Skip Bertman 8-0 Wichita State Todd Walker, LSU 1994 Oklahoma Larry Cochell 13-5 Georgia Tech Chip Glass, Oklahoma 1995 Cal State-Fullerton Augie Garrido 11-5 USC Mark Kotsay, CS-Fullerton 1996 LSU Skip Bertman 9-8 Miami (Fla.) Pat Burrell, Miami (Fla.) 1997 LSU Skip Bertman 13-6 Alabama Brandon Larson, LSU 1998 USC Mike Gillespie 21-14 Arizona State Wes Rachels, USC 1999 Miami (Fla.) Jim Morris 6-5 Florida State Marshall McDougall, Florida State 2000 LSU Skip Bertman 6-5 Stanford Trey Hodges, LSU 2001 Miami (Fla.) Jim Morris 12-1 Stanford Charlton Jimerson, Miami (Fla.) 2002 Texas Augie Garrido 12-6 South Carolina Huston Street, Texas 2003 Rice Wayne Graham 4-3 (10 inn.), 3-8, 14-2 Stanford John Hudgins, Stanford 2004 Cal State-Fullerton George Horton 6-4, 3-2 Texas Jason Windsor, CS-Fullerton	* 1968 Chapman 11-0 Delta State * 1969 Illinois State 12-0 Southwest Missouri State * 1970 Cal State Northridge 2-1 Nicholls State * 1971 Florida Southern 4-0 Central Michigan * 1972 Florida Southern 5-1 Cal State Northridge * 1973 UC Irvine 9-6 Ithaca * 1974 UC Irvine 14-1 LSU-New Orleans * 1975 Florida Southern 10-7 Marietta * 1976 Cal Poly Pomona 17-3 SIU-Edwardsville * 1977 UC Riverside 4-1 Eckerd * 1978 Florida Southern 7-2 Delta State * 1979 Valdosta State 3-2 Florida Southern * 1980 Cal Poly Pomona 13-6 New Haven * 1981 Florida Southern 9-0 Eastern Illinois * 1982 UC Riverside 10-1 Florida Southern * 1983 Cal Poly Pomona 9-7 Jacksonville State * 1984 Cal State Northridge 10-5 Florida Southern * 1985 Florida Southern 15-5 Cal Poly Pomona * 1986 Troy State 5-0 Columbus * 1987 Troy State 7-5 Tampa * 1988 Florida Southern 5-4 Sacramento State * 1989 Cal Poly 9-5 New Haven * 1990 Jacksonville State 12-8 Cal State Northridge * 1991 Jacksonville State 20-4 Missouri Southern * 1992 Tampa 11-8 Mansfield * 1993 Tampa 7-5 Cal Poly * 1994 Central Missouri State 14-9 Florida Southern * 1995 Florida Southern 15-0 GC&SU * 1996 Kennesaw State 4-0 St. Joseph's (Ind.) * 1997 Cal State Chico 13-12 Central Oklahoma * 1998 Tampa 6-1 Kennesaw State * 1999 Cal State Chico 11-5 Kennesaw State * 2000 Southeastern Oklahoma 7-2 Fort Hays State * 2001 St. Mary's (Tex.) 11-3 Central Missouri State * 2002 Columbus State 5-3 Cal State Chico * 2003 Central Missouri State 11-4 Tampa * 2004 Delta State 12-8 Grand Valley State	* 1976 Cal State Stanislaus 13-6 Ithaca * 1977 Cal State Stanislaus 8-5 Brandeis * 1978 Glassboro State 5-3 Marietta * 1979 Glassboro State 3-0 Cal State Stanislaus * 1980 Ithaca 12-5 Marietta * 1981 Marietta 14-12 (12) Ithaca * 1982 Eastern Connecticut State 11-6 Cal State Stanislaus * 1983 Marietta 36-8 Otterbein * 1984 Ramapo 5-4 Marietta * 1985 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 11-6 Marietta * 1986 Marietta 11-6 Ithaca * 1987 Montclair State 13-12 (10) Wisconsin-Oshkosh * 1988 Ithaca 7-5 Wisconsin-Oshkosh * 1989 N.C. Wesleyan 8-7 (13) Cal State Stanislaus * 1990 Eastern Connecticut State 8-1 Aurora * 1991 Southern Maine 9-0 Trenton State * 1992 William Paterson 3-1 Cal Lutheran * 1993 Montclair State 3-1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh * 1994 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 6-2 Wesleyan (Conn.) * 1995 La Verne 5-3 Methodist * 1996 William Paterson 6-5 Cal Lutheran * 1997 Southern Maine 15-1 Wooster * 1998 Eastern Connecticut State 16-1 Montclair State * 1999 N.C. Wesleyan 1-0 St. Thomas (Minn.) * 2000 Montclair State 6-2 St. Thomas (Minn.) * 2001 St. Thomas (Minn.) 8-4 Marietta * 2002 Eastern Connecticut State 8-0 Marietta * 2003 Chapman 15-7 Christopher Newport * 2004 George Fox 6-3 Eastern Connecticut State