Nearly half of 2021 prep rosters filled by players who have reclassified

Governor's Academy senior tri-captain Jack Julian reclassified his freshman year and is headed off to Babson College.

What baseball player wouldn't welcome the opportunity to become more mature, be able to build upon his academic performance, and have a chance to bolster his overall athletic skill set?

Those are just some of the advantages for student-athletes who choose to reclassify while enrolled at a preparatory school.

It is becoming more commonplace these days for prep school-aged students, and their families, to make a collaborated decision to reclassify as a way of heightening overall academic and physical development, while increasing the chances to attend a major college or university and perhaps earn an athletic scholarship. 

From a baseball perspective, a majority of programs throughout New England have a number of reclassified players on their returning 2021 rosters. In a recent poll taken, the average percentage of reclassified student-athletes participating in New England prep school baseball programs is between 35-50 percent, with some schools conceding higher averages.