Softball and Medical Degree?

[snoman76]

My daughter is leaning towards nursing as a major. Whats schools/coaches are willing to work this as a major?
Thanks.

 

[number5]

My daughter is going into pre-med herself. We did the whole school/camp visits and the first question we always asked was how they feel about pre-med and how they work around the clinical? Some were very honest while others tip toed around the question. What I can tell you, every D-3 school we looked at had no problem with pre-med. And in the end it's all about the education. Good luck.

 

[tjsmize3]

My daughter is leaning towards nursing as a major. Whats schools/coaches are willing to work this as a major?
Thanks.

Nursing is always an issue with most softball programs due to the clinical years when they do have to miss. Detroit Mercy was friendly to their nursing students and I know a few played on the team. Pre-med is just a curriculum to prepare you for entrance into medical school (medicine, not nursing). Most schools do not offer a pre-med major, it's just a designation... some do though. Pre-med students do not have clinicals, although since it is a science heavy curriculum labs can often times get in the way.

 

[Stupid Jim]

YSU - NO
AKRON - NO
KENT - NO
URSULINE - YES
HIRAM - YES
Been through this with my daughter, every D1 & D2 schools said no, D3's were the only ones willing to work with her

 

[JoeA1010]

Hillsdale - Yes.

Most of our players are pre-Med or majoring in Biology, BioChem or Exercise Science. We don't have Nursing as a major.

 

[Coach Tony]

YSU - NO
AKRON - NO
KENT - NO
URSULINE - YES
HIRAM - YES
Been through this with my daughter, every D1 & D2 schools said no, D3's were the only ones willing to work with her

While I agree that most Division I schools do not allow nursing/med majors, The University of Akron softball program has had probably a half dozen players majoring in nursing/Pre-med over the last five years.

 

[lewam3]

YSU - NO
AKRON - NO
KENT - NO
URSULINE - YES
HIRAM - YES
Been through this with my daughter, every D1 & D2 schools said no, D3's were the only ones willing to work with her

I know personally of a Sophomore at Kent State who is majoring in Nursing. She is their catcher.

 

[manitoudan]

Shawnee St welcomes nursing students .

 

[0203bbmom]

My daughter is leaning towards nursing as a major. Whats schools/coaches are willing to work this as a major?
Thanks.

Thank you for posing this question. My DD is considering majors in health care, nursing or pre-med. From what we have experienced so far, D3's have no issue with nursing. We have found only a handful of D2 that are open to it. My DD is aware college softball choices may be limited with a nursing major, but the goal is to get an education and degree. As parents if we push our DDs away from the major they want to pursue for a D1 or D2 college softball career, I feel we are setting them up for failure. And more $ spent when they graduate and see the degree they got from the D1/D2 wasn't what will make them happy in their career.... Everyone has a different path and priorities. The farther along we get in the recruiting process, the more I hear of others looking down on those who WANT a D2 or D3 that suits their desire of what they want for a CAREER.

 

[wpaguy]

My daughter is in 8th grade , right now she is interested in Physical Therapy. So we have been looking at schools that have a Sports Science program or something similar to get into a nice grad program. We are not ruling out D1 possibilities but have been told certain majors are very hard to pursue playing D1...Some of the schools that have caught our eye are Mt. Union in Ohio , Seton Hill in PA ...and Chatham in Pittsburgh...I do know when I last looked at the roster at Carlow university , I think the majority were in the school of Nursing. I would be interested in learning about other schools that work with softball players that offer a degree in this field .

 

[cjs]

We have a friend who went to Ursuline for nursing and played softball and she will attest to how difficult it is to do clinical work and play softball at the same time, so the real question is if softball is not that important versus the education why play softball at all?

 

[Davemy]

Niagara University D1 in Niagara Falls NY works well with Medical Field.

 

[manitoudan]

My daughter is in 8th grade , right now she is interested in Physical Therapy. So we have been looking at schools that have a Sports Science program or something similar to get into a nice grad program. We are not ruling out D1 possibilities but have been told certain majors are very hard to pursue playing D1...Some of the schools that have caught our eye are Mt. Union in Ohio , Seton Hill in PA ...and Chatham in Pittsburgh...I do know when I last looked at the roster at Carlow university , I think the majority were in the school of Nursing. I would be interested in learning about other schools that work with softball players that offer a degree in this field .

Shawnee St Has a PTA degree to get you into PT school . We have players in that program currently

 

[Stupid Jim]

All I can tell you is about who contacted my daughter, and what they said when she told them her major, My daughter realized, and told me when she was a junior in high school that she will never make a penny playing softball. that's why she turned down every offer to play in collage. A little bit of advice: tell your daughter to finish in the top 10 in her class in high school, and take as many collage courses as she can in high school. My daughter got a full scholarship to a D-1 school. There is MUCH MORE money out there for academics than there is for sports.

 

[Heavy Hitter]

A little bit of advice: tell your daughter to finish in the top 10 in her class in high school, and take as many collage courses as she can in high school. My daughter got a full scholarship to a D-1 school. There is MUCH MORE money out there for academics than there is for sports.

Very true plus academic money doesn't have strings attached to it like athletic money does.

 

[Irish196]

My daughter is in 8th grade , right now she is interested in Physical Therapy. So we have been looking at schools that have a Sports Science program or something similar to get into a nice grad program. We are not ruling out D1 possibilities but have been told certain majors are very hard to pursue playing D1...Some of the schools that have caught our eye are Mt. Union in Ohio , Seton Hill in PA ...and Chatham in Pittsburgh...I do know when I last looked at the roster at Carlow university , I think the majority were in the school of Nursing. I would be interested in learning about other schools that work with softball players that offer a degree in this field .

If you want to be in NEO, Ursuline College and Notre Dame College. I used to be an adjunct at Ursuline and taught Health Law and Hospital Risk Management to nursing students. I had two athletes over the years (no softball players though).

 

[Louuuuu]

Compromise. Play for three years, then devote your Senior year to your classes/major. A little "Best of both worlds". The majority of freshman softball players never play all four years anyway - for a number of reasons. (Speaking from experience here) Unless you're getting big time athletic scholarship money, you're not really giving anything up.

The moral dilemma is whether or not you tell the coach, lest it affect your recruitabililty/playing time...

 

[FastBat]

I am an RN. I did not play softball in college, although I played the majority of my life. My older sister played at CSU (teaching major) and some of her teammates always thought it was unfair, one teammate was a nursing major and could only go to home games during at least the last two years (of her four years) of softball. This was many years ago and the player got a lot of scholarship money, she was a pitcher. Missing never affected the scholarship money she received.

Going to school for a nursing major was a very intense, stressful major. Which at times, can be extremely overwhelming for a naive, somewhat sheltered, young person. The course work alone was difficult, but once they started throwing in the clinicals, omg...to put it mildly, you grow up fast! You either figure it out, get it done, or you get out of it and find something else.

Keep in mind this was many years ago, I still believe it's possible. I went to University of Akron, was president of my nursing class (so I knew a lot of fellow students) and I never had an athlete in any of my classes. Most of my classmates worked nights, weekends, and summers as nurse aids at Akron General, Children's, City, or in the local Nursing homes. Nursing also one of those majors that seem to naturally attract older (meaning mid-late 20's), unconventional students. Also, keep in mind, U of Akron has a BSN program, then you sit for your NCLEX, that's how you become an RN with a BSN. Some programs are RN with a Diploma or RN with associate degrees. As a parent I would prefer my child to receive an RN, BSN. That would maximize their earning potential right off the bat.
Good luck!

 

[ccdteacher]

As previously stated at Hiram College we actively recruit Pre-Med and Nursing majors. Currently approximately one-third of our team is made up of Pre-Med/Nursing majors. Both our Pre-Med and Nursing majors graduate in four years. Our Nursing program is direct entry.

Recruiting Nursing majors is not without its problems. The problems arise during the their junior and senior year when they are required to participate in clinicals. As a coaching staff that actively recruits nursing majors, we typically have to over recruit for a position that is currently held by a nursing major. They will miss a few games during their junior and senior years. However, if we do our jobs correctly, and recruit players of somewhat equal talent we will not miss a beat on the field.

 

[wvanalmsick]

My daughter is in 8th grade , right now she is interested in Physical Therapy. So we have been looking at schools that have a Sports Science program or something similar to get into a nice grad program. We are not ruling out D1 possibilities but have been told certain majors are very hard to pursue playing D1...Some of the schools that have caught our eye are Mt. Union in Ohio , Seton Hill in PA ...and Chatham in Pittsburgh...I do know when I last looked at the roster at Carlow university , I think the majority were in the school of Nursing. I would be interested in learning about other schools that work with softball players that offer a degree in this field .

NAIA, Rio Grande has Phys Therapy and Nursing students on the roster.