WKU had the spot available. They were openly searching for spots to be filled with the 2017 class. Young man took advantage of an opportunity...looks like he deserves everything he is getting. Good lesson for the youngins...keep working hard, it'll eventually pay off.

Hard to do when you don't have a scholarship available, ain't it?

 

Ain't like Ohmer jus started showing the bluegrass he could ball...been putting up numbers since soph year. Still should've been on the Norse radar....mayb he was but once again they missed out on a hometown hero. #TebowEffect

Bite all you want. No debate WKU > NKU. Norse have a looooooong way to go.

 

Good luck to him.

This thread got​ comical real quick.

 

Congrats to Jake!

Hard to do when you don't have a scholarship available, ain't it?

 

Yes it is. I didn't realize they were all maxed out on schlolarships. :thumb:

 

But it would have certainly been a plus to have had this young man on board if they could have made it possible.

Baseball will be his Sport...

 

Verbal to WKU means nothing

until you sign on the dotted line...

I stopped biting at bait like that 8 years ago on this site.

 

Astonishing the paths a lot of threads on here end up taking.

Bite all you want. No debate WKU > NKU. Norse have a looooooong way to go.

 

Just because WKU is better than NKU doesnt mean Jake was a right fit at NKU, they have a freshman guard that was every bit as good as Jake in high school and better than him on the AAU circuit. Jake impressed the WKU staff which is great for him. Going to WKU doesnt guarantee he will ever play significant minutes there. I could make a very long list of the players who went D1 only to transfer to a NAIA or D2 school due to lack of playing time. Wish the kid nothing but success but knocking the NKU staff after the year they had just because they didnt recruit a kid that no D1 was recruiting doesnt seem right in my book.

Edited March 20, 20179 yr by Northside

Baseball will be his Sport...

 

Verbal to WKU means nothing

until you sign on the dotted line...

 

I just wonder what his scholarship list looks like for baseball, if it has any offers from Northern Kentucky,Xavier,etc.? I also think he should have chosen baseball, he was real good a couple of years back when saw him in regional and state tournament.

Congratulations to Jake, a true gamer for sure. Baseball might be his SPORT, but what ppl don't realize is college baseball has very few full rides available no matter what division. Was friends with a kid who went to Louisville to play baseball and was amazed when he told me only about 10 players had FULL rides. Everybody else was divided up so they each could get some scholarship money. If basketball is a full ride, my bet is, THAT just became his sport:thumb:

I just wonder what his scholarship list looks like for baseball, if it has any offers from Northern Kentucky,Xavier,etc.? I also think he should have chosen baseball, he was real good a couple of years back when saw him in regional and state tournament.

 

Kent State was pretty serious at one point.

Congratulations to Jake, a true gamer for sure. Baseball might be his SPORT, but what ppl don't realize is college baseball has very few full rides available no matter what division. Was friends with a kid who went to Louisville to play baseball and was amazed when he told me only about 10 players had FULL rides. Everybody else was divided up so they each could get some scholarship money. If basketball is a full ride, my bet is, THAT just became his sport:thumb:

 

It's even less than that. D1 schools get the equivalent of 11.7 schollys to give out. D2 gets 9. No one gets a "full" baseball ride. Most guys get 1/4 and hopefully they've got the grades to get additional money, or the rest gets made up with grants or loans. It's certainly something that any really good two sport athlete that plays baseball has to consider, and it's why many who get drafted out of high school make the jump and bypass college.

Coach Stansbury was there to watch his son play and got a look at "The Jake". The rest is history.

Stansbury will be Leaving soon...

Make a bet on it.

Hearing Indiana is Interested

Edited March 20, 20179 yr by Brcatz

Baseball will be his Sport...

 

Verbal to WKU means nothing

until you sign on the dotted line...

 

Money talks and there simply isn't enough money in college baseball that will top a scholarship from WKU for basketball.