BaseballPath Won Union College's SparkLab Competition
We won the top prize at the SparkLab pitch contest at Union College. The $12,500 goes into better data. It also pays for real talks with families.
Last week BaseballPath won the top prize at SparkLab. That is the business pitch competition Union College runs every year. The win came with $12,500 in seed money, and I'm putting it right back into the tool.
Here is how it worked. Eight student teams each got five minutes to pitch a panel of judges. I got up and said the same thing I've been saying since day one. The college baseball recruiting process leaves about 90% of players guessing. There's no honest, data-backed way to figure out where you actually fit. The judges were founders and operators who have built real companies. They bought it. They agreed the problem is real and the approach makes sense.
Why this matters more than the money
For a year now I've been telling families the same thing. The recruiting industry makes its money by keeping you uncommitted. One honest report beats another showcase ticket you didn't need. Then I put that idea in front of a room of people who pick apart business plans for a living. They told me it holds up. That meant a lot. Hearing it from people outside the baseball world says plenty about what we've built.
Where the money goes
Almost all of it goes back into the data. The data is the only reason BaseballPath is worth using.
Part of it goes toward growing and cleaning up the recruiting data behind every report. That way the school matches get sharper. The reads stay accurate. The rest goes toward talking to families who are in the thick of it right now. I'm sitting down one-on-one with families. The people living through the same dead ends I hit are the ones who know. They can tell me what they needed and never got.
Try it for yourself
Nothing about the mission has changed. I want the 90% to get an honest look at where they stand. Then they stop burning months emailing schools that were never going to be a fit.
The BaseballPath package is called Reach Out. It is a one-time $499. No subscription. No reason for me to keep you "exploring options" forever. Maybe you're just starting out. Maybe you've been stuck for a while. Either way, try out BaseballPath today and see which schools you should actually be reaching out to.