Jace Conrad and Chaz Hebert commit to UL baseball

[cajunfan32]

_ Everyone I heard talk about Jace was saying he was wanting to go to Alabama so this is a pleasant surprise. _

My guess the reason he didnt choose Alabama is he knew he couldn't make the grades to get in. just an educated guess though.

[raginsaints]

I doubt University of Alabama's academic standards are that high.

[NewsCopy]

  Lafayette High School shortstop Jace Conrad and Breaux Bridge pitcher Chaz Hebert both agreed that they wanted to stay close to home and play college baseball at UL.

They teamed up to turn a double play Saturday night, verbally committing to the Ragin' Cajuns over the phone while in Atlanta playing select travel team baseball for the Southeast Texas Sun Devils.

Conrad and Hebert, both of whom will be prep seniors next season, are UL's first public commitments for its 2011 recruiting class.

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Joshua Parrott
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[Just1More]

_ My guess the reason he didnt choose Alabama is he knew he couldn't make the grades to get in. just an educated guess though. _

Where is the big smirk emoticon to go along with your statement? The SEC is one of the largest breeding grounds for athletes who cannot and will not ever read past the 2nd grade level. Oh believe me, they will have plenty of babysitters and so-called tutors, intervention specialists, councelors, buddy systems, and the like... but regardless of what the paperwork says... you need to personally have one of them read and write a sentence in front of you. I have. Case closed.

[Parrott]

You're right, Just1More. The SEC's academic reputation was one of the reasons why Texas didn't want to join the league back during all of that conference realignment craziness.

[Dad04]

We saw first hand during recruiting that the Gators have a platoon of academic advisors and tutors standing by to go hand-in-hand with each athlete as they matriculate. I got the impression the only thing the the advisors/tutors didn't do was walk across the stage at graduation with each player.

[Professor]

Everyone I heard talk about Jace was saying he was wanting to go to Alabama so this is a pleasant surprise.

He neve recieved a bama or lsu offer.

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[cajunfan32]

_ Where is the big smirk emoticon to go along with your statement? The SEC is one of the largest breeding grounds for athletes who cannot and will not ever read past the 2nd grade level. Oh believe me, they will have plenty of babysitters and so-called tutors, intervention specialists, councelors, buddy systems, and the like... but regardless of what the paperwork says... you need to personally have one of them read and write a sentence in front of you. I have. Case closed. _

Oh ok I didnt know it was just a thought. But what are the standards for GETTING IN to an SEC school for an athlete? Is it about the same standards as UL or worse (or even better)?

[RedBug58]

I watched every one of Lafayette's games of the little league world series a few years ago. I still remember how tough Jace was as a 12 year old. He was a man among boys. Good catch!!!

[RaisingCajun08]

_ I watched every one of Lafayette's games of the little league world series a few years ago. I still remember how tough Jace was as a 12 year old. He was a man among boys. Good catch!!! _

I follow the Little League World Series every year and remember watching Jace. I wanted wished that UL would have offered him right then. If I remember right, Jace had a younger brother. Anyone know if he is still playing and how he is doing?