OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Andrew Babalola has entered choice mode.
The Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley Northwest four-star checks in at No. 85 within the Rivals250. So it’s no shock that he holds near 30 scholarship presents from packages across the nation.
This summer time he took official visits to Auburn, Missouri, Stanford, Michigan and Oklahoma in that order. Babalola felt they had been all nice packages and that group makes up his prime 5.
“Actually the largest factor for me on all these official visits was I already had sense for the varsity and the folks,” Babalola mentioned.
“However actually simply taking a deeper dive into how I match into the staff. Offensive scheme and clearly assembly some extra of the recruits and gamers. Seeing If I can actually see myself becoming into that locker room.”
How does Babalola determine how he would match into the locker room? He says he centered throughout on a regular basis spent with gamers. He requested questions and paid consideration as to if what the gamers mentioned matched what coaches mentioned about this system.
However this choice will likely be about extra than simply soccer. The teachers of the varsity he attends is a crucial issue. Babalola is considering going into the enterprise world. He might examine provide chain logistics.
He’s additionally searching for a robust assist employees on the program he chooses.
“The individuals who you are gonna see day by day much more than the coaches is the energy and conditioning plus vitamin employees,” Babalola mentioned. “Administration and other people like that too. So, these are the issues that I actually made positive to make a precedence throughout my official visits.”
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MAKING THE DECISION
When you have got this many presents and visited as many packages as Babalola has, you want a strategy to maintain observe of all the things.
“I maintain a little bit Google sheet,” Babalola mentioned. “Simply the stuff that is most vital to me. Clearly, my brother and my dad and mom, they do job as effectively of type of preserving observe of that stuff.”
After the visits, the lineman and his household huddle as much as focus on the journey. They undergo the professionals and cons of the go to. Plus, they’re able to evaluate notes on what they every noticed, since they’ve completely different viewpoints all through the journey.
The lifeless interval is lifting later this week so prospects will be capable of go to packages. Babalola is not going to be visiting any of his remaining 5. He’s locked into attempting to determine his future college even when there isn’t any set date but. He’d prefer to have this all wrapped up earlier than his senior yr begins.
“I’d say the largest factor for me is de facto discovering the intestine feeling,” Babalola mentioned. “Simply the intestine feeling that I’ve all the data. I do know all the things that the colleges have to supply. Now it is simply the place do I really feel most snug? That is what it comes right down to finally.”
