Aaron Swick- Willamette University | Play College Baseball For the Right Reasons

Published: April 20, 2021, 2:31 p.m.

Aaron Swick is the Head Coach at Division III Willamette University and finished his playing career at DI Cal with a sub-two ERA. 

Coach Swick understands the baseball community and that being at the Division III level is less than ideal for a high school athlete in the moment. He goes into detail about the competition and the grind for success at the college level and that you shouldn't overlook it. We begin the conversation by going into detail about the true aspects of a college you should look at before you decide where you want to play.

Swick has a unique points system in which he uses to evaluate his players. Thus, there are no assumed roles for recruits coming into the program and every inning on the field is earned for position players and pitchers.

Coach has a very cool perspective on baseball and his coaching style has led Willamette to be a successful Division III program that has had 31 players advance to the professional level during his career. 

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