Subscribe to the NCSA BlogCollege Transfer Numbers Showing at Men’s College World Series
June 20th, 2009 - by8 teams, 263 players, 48 transfers. Transfer players are showing up in bunches at the Men’s College World Series in 2009. Almost one fifth of the student-athletes playing in Omaha this year were at a different school previously. In baseball this is pretty common, but not as common at certain schools. The University of Southern Mississippi roster includes 15 transfer students, some from junior colleges and some from four year schools. In contrast, three schools have only one transfer – Louisiana State University, University of Virginia, and the University of North Carolina. This is an area that high school and junior college student-athletes need to research when looking for the right college fit.
Many times a high school student-athlete can decide on a four year school, work hard for the first couple years, not receive much playing time, think they are ready to start that third year, and then a stud transfer comes along to take that opportunity away. This is going to be much more common if you see the coach is bringing in transfer students on a regular basis. On the other hand, junior college is a great direction to go for many student-athletes because of the big jump from high school to college. Overall, roster research is an area every student-athlete needs to take in to account.
