Houston
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Baseball
What Is Houston Post Grad?
Houston Post Grad Baseball program is for graduating high school seniors and college transfers and offers an gap year to develop and compete on a college level without losing a year of eligibility. With the Transfer Portal and NIL money, college players are staying on college rosters longer and it can be very difficult to get a roster spot right out of high school. HPG will give players 1 year to get faster, stronger, and develop as a student athlete. We play a fall and spring schedule against college teams without our players losing a year of college eligibility. Players will enroll in local colleges or online colleges and take up to 9 hours a semester (over 9 hours you will lose your eligibility) that will go towards a degree. HPG suggest that players take online or hybrid online and in-person classes.
Local Colleges:
Lone Star College - https://www.lonestar.edu/
Houston Community College - https://www.hccs.edu/
Blinn College - https://www.blinn.edu/
Prairie View A&M University - https://www.pvamu.edu/
University of Houston-Downtown - https://www.uhd.edu/
HPG is not responsible for college classes or credits transferring to other schools, please do your own research and consult a college consular before enrolling in a college.
Reasons Why to come to HPG?
Due to the Transfer portal, colleges are needing an immediate impact on their rosters. Most college teams do not have the time frame to develop players over 2-3 years and need impact players right away.
Growth, physicality, and body development is different from one player to another. This means some players give up on the opportunity to play college baseball due to their size and lack of development way too soon. Most players see this increase in size and strength happen after they graduate from high school.
High D1 and D2 college baseball has never been more competitive than right now. Players are passing up on going to the MLB draft and staying in college baseball with the NIL opportunities. This creates a roadblock for college players with less opportunities available to pursue college baseball. This NEW College Game is a huge jump for high school ball players to adjust to. D1 Power 5 baseball talent is on level of low-level professional baseball, and the talent in the Top 25 is on level with AA professional baseball.
Players coming off injuries that did not have a senior year to showcase their ability need a place where they can show colleges that they are healthy and can contribute to a program. College Freshman who went to college only to find out that playing time is extremely hard to get when competing against 40-50 players on the roster. Other players did not have the ability to be seen with high level players ahead of them on the roster or coming from schools that were not heavily recruited. Not everyone can move away from home and go to college right away. Having a place close to home that can develop a player and still maintain family or work obligations is beneficial to all.