What if your daughter doesn’t play HS ball? Group interest?

Well she is going to college in Washington State, so there are some NAII and D3 colleges interested. Once D2 (Puget Sound University) has spoken to us off and on for a few months, but nothing concrete. Since they can’t see her play in tourneys since we’re in Ohio, they’ve invited her to come out for workouts. She has played for Ohio Power, Diamond Elite, and one other that is currently disbanded. This past Fall we just subbed for A level teams as we decided not to formally sign with a travel team since she won’t be in Ohio this summer. But, mostly high B/low A teams/tourneys. I did a lot of promotion of her skill via Instagram, posting highlights, making videos to share with coaches out of state. That has helped the recruitment process as a lot of her interested teams follow her on IG and watch her progression.

She came to softball late from basketball, but picked it up quickly. Has hit .400 with power every year of travel and HS softball since Freshman year. But she understands that college is to help her prepare for a career. If she plays, great, if not that’s okay too! I try to help her understand that there is more to her than just softball. The HS she “attends” (Top 3 in Cincinnati, so I’ll let you guess) has some major issues with favoritism, nepotism, and overall shitty coaching. Her inability to crack the varsity team has definitely hindered her recruitment chances. But she is a full-time CCP student at UC, will graduate HS with an associates from UC, so she is has her choice of colleges currently, and some don’t have softball like Gonzaga for example. So we’ll see what the future holds.