College Baseball Recruiting Guide & Resources

Every guide, framework and resource we’ve built for families working through the college baseball recruiting process. Start with the cornerstone recruiting guide, then dive into the topics that matter for your player right now.

Athletes Premier Recruiting Guide

Getting started

Start here if you’re new to college baseball recruiting or unsure where you actually fit.

Learn more about our personalized college baseball recruiting help

The cornerstone guide: how recruiting works, when to start, level pathways, target lists, coach outreach and our one-on-one process.

Read Gabe Alfaro's background at FIU and the Miami Marlins

Who is behind Athletes Premier and why that experience matters for your recruiting.

Finding your college level

D1, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO all matter — the right one for you is the one where you play, develop and get educated.

Understand the D1, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO pathways

How each level differs on scholarships, timeline, roster size and fit.

Recruiting communication

Personalized outreach beats mass emails every time. Learn how to write, when to send, and how to follow up.

Read our guide to communicating with college coaches

Emails, phone calls, texts — the tone coaches actually respond to.

See the introductory email guide

Subject lines, structure and what to include in the very first email.

Video and social media

College coaches often watch you on a phone before they watch you in person. Make sure what they see is worth the trip.

Learn how to build a college baseball skills and highlight video

What to shoot, how long, angles, on-screen metrics.

Set up your recruiting social media accounts

Your Twitter/X and Instagram profiles are part of your recruiting résumé.

Camps and showcases

The single most misunderstood spend in recruiting. Attend the right events, skip the wrong ones.

Read our framework for attending camps and showcases

How to evaluate an event before you write the check.

Academics and eligibility

Grades and NCAA eligibility open more doors than most families realize — and close doors quietly.

See academic and eligibility guidance in the cornerstone guide

GPA thresholds, NCAA Eligibility Center registration, test scores.

Parents' resources

The recruiting process is a family process. Here is how parents can help without getting in the way.

Read our parent recruiting guide

The parent role at each stage of the recruiting timeline.

Recruiting timelines

What to do by grade year — freshman through senior.

See the recruiting timeline by graduation year

Milestones and priorities from freshman year to signing day.

Position-specific standards

Detailed velocity, exit velocity, run-time, pop-time and arm-velocity benchmarks by position and level (coming soon).

Preview position metrics in the cornerstone guide

Full standards pages for pitchers, catchers, infielders and outfielders are being published next.