James Franklin is involved in Baseball recruitment
According to the article in the News-Gazette in Champaign, IL about recent 2026 high school commit Tre Cole, it was mentioned that James Franklin was involved in his recruitment. James Franklin was noted in the article (see the link) that he is a "baseball fan" himself. I can attest that having seen him at several games this past year already. He used the time to bring recruits and current players for one-on-one time in the seats while enjoying the game. If he is involved in any way with baseball recruitment, that could be HUGE going forward. The new sports era in Blacksburg, ushered in by a new BIG TIME football coach and an ambitious group of executives at the head of the Athletic Department, has anticipation reaching a fever pitch. The AD team looks ready to bring improvements to all sports across the board.
Buckle in Hokies, it's Hammer Time!
Link:
Tre Cole News Article
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QCP
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baseball recruiting. Really hoping we can use the momentum of an NCAA tournament appearance and a decent portal class to make another NCAA tournament run and then keep a good chunk of our 2027 recruiting class intact and then see if Franklin can help us with the 2028 class. August should be an interesting month for 2028 recruiting as offers can start officially going out.
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Like you said, would be great to keep most of them. I hope the NIL budget begins to increase and we can see the recruitment for hs improve to better keep up with our ACC competition. Duke had a horrible season and they still manage to outpace us in recruiting.
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vtfin91
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In addition to baseball schollies, the university pays full ride to any student whose family income is less than about $150k. So many players on university schollie, no need to fund full baseball allotment, use those savings to funnel to NIL. Still have 34 full rides, plus solid NIL.
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HokiePWC
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much brought much of the Wake operation with him and they also have a business based GM.
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