Top 20 NAIA Baseball Programs to know about

Hey, how you doing? Alex here. Thanks for joining me. And in today's video, we're going to be taking a look at NAIA baseball program, some of the top in the country and why you should consider NAI programs because there's a lot of good opportunities there and a lot of good to baseball. Fun little fact, I don't know if you guys saw this this past year, but an NAIA baseball program beat a Power 5 Division 1 football school. Again, there's just so much good baseball around the country and I'm a big believer is, hey, let's look at all of our options in NAI should be one of those options to look at what possible opportunities are there and you can say no later on, but to say no so early in the recruiting process, frankly, which is a lot of what people do, they just don't even even consider in aia, which they should because it's again, a a lot of good baseball, good education and a place where you could play, play and thrive. So if you're new to my channel, my name is Alex Swinson. I'm a former Division 1 college baseball coach, scout and recruiter. And now what I do is help talented high school baseball athletes go through this recruiting process and help them find the best college fit. So if you get anything from this video, please smash that like button that thumbs up right down over here and subscribe to my channel. I put out a weekly video on the recruiting process and how to just get better on and off the field. With that said, let's dive into. So why should we consider. Why is NAI a good option for us? Okay, a couple things. One, there's a lot of good baseball. 155 NAI players have been selected in the MLB Draft since 2015. So again, a lot of good baseball. They have 12 athletic scholarships. The school is fully funded. So they can break that into anywhere from 15% to 20%, 25%. These are just examples. There's a smaller school setting, a lot of players. I benefited from a smaller school setting where I went to school at Jacksonville University. It was just a better fit for me. It's a more tight knit, smaller classrooms and it was just a really good fit. Bigger schools are not for everybody. They are definitely for some, but not for everybody. And any AIA schools has smaller school setting and then there's just better opportunities to play sooner. If we're always going after Division 1 or Power 5 schools, man, it's tough to get on that field soon. It's really, really tough. It's Going to be tough anywhere, but especially those higher levels. It's really tough to get on the field, especially now with everything, with the transfer portal and everything going on. It can be, it can be tough out there. So let's look at some of the top 20 baseball programs. And as far as NAI in the country. And coming in at number one at Southeast University out of Florida, they went 51, three, just a dominant year in the national champions. Coming up at the runner up at the national championship, Lewis Clark State College out of Idaho. Very historic programs. Always been good year in and year out they went 48 and four as the runner up. Coming in at number three, Tennessee, Westland University, 50 and five. Just another dominant year for Tennessee. Westland. Number four, another historic program, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana, 47 and five. Coming in at number five, Faulkner University out of Alabama, 34 and 15. Coming in at number six, Weber Union. Weber International University out of Florida, another Florida school, 38 and 19. And this is just the NAI programs around the country. It's very diverse as far as location geographically. A lot of good all over the map. If you just seen right here, from the south to the Midwest. And you'll see out to California as well. Coming in at number seven, Bellevue University out of Nebraska, 44 and 10, Westmont College, California School, 42 and 11, comes in at number eight. In number nine one we have mid America, Nazarena. I always pronounce that word wrong. University, Kansas. They went 39 and 8, 18. And coming in at number 10, Georgia, Gwinnett College, they went 41 in 14. Coming in at number 11, Hope International University out of California, another west coast school here, 41 in 13. And number 12, St. Thomas University, another Florida, Florida school, 38 and 17. Coming in at number 13. Central Methodist University out of Missouri, 41 and 12. And number 14, Ottawa University out of Kansas, 42 in 8. Vanguard University of Southern Cal, 43 and 13. Coming in at number 15. And number 16. University of Science of Art out of Oklahoma were in 35 and 12. And number 17, Warner University, another Florida school of 40 and 16 and 18. Indiana University went 38 and 13. Great year by them. And McPherson College out of Kansas, 39 and 12. And last but not least, 20, University of Northwestern Ohio, 34 and 11. So guys, take a look at these schools because there's a lot of good baseball here, a lot of good education as well. And consider these as you go through the recruiting process or consider at least NAI programs because again, there's a lot of great opportunities and a lot of great options. So again, if you got anything from this video, please smash that, like, button and subscribe and I will see you in the next video. Have a great day.