McGovern to BC
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- August
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Mamaroneck CF Matt McGovern has, indeed, chosen to play his college ball at Boston College. I got confirmation from Chap earlier tonight and I talked to Matt before on the phone.
Here’s how he came to the decision:
He told me he received an offer from St. John’s in the spring, around the same time Sean Hagan signed there. Obviously, it would’ve been a good fit, but McGovern said he wanted to attend college outside the tri-state area if possible, just so he had the opportunity to see a little more of the world.
It’s a mature choice, however, as you all know, sometimes options are limited when you’re talking about scholarship offers to D-I’s. McGovern waited on the offer, hoping for a better fit. He found one after the first game at the ESGs when Boston College told him it was interested.
So, after the ESGs were over McGovern set up a visit to Chestnut Hill (right up the road from my old college stomping grounds). He went there last Wednesday with his mom, sister and girlfriend, and BC made him an offer. He accepted the following day.
Two more things:
1. McGovern told me he would’ve been perfectly happy at St. John’s. He was just hoping to find a similar program that would allow him to leave New York. In BC, that’s what he found.
2. He hopes to have an opportunity to play. He was told the Eagles recruited him as a CF/leadoff type, and the staff said they’ve been plugging guys in CF recently but didn’t have a true center fielder. McGovern thinks that gives him a chance to play quickly.
I’ll have a story on Matt’s decision in Tuesday’s Journal News. You can read more, including his thoughts, then.
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Congrats mcglovern, It has been a true honor to play with you last season for our incredible run. Iv never seen someone so fast as you, hope you guys can repeat next year. Good luck with your baseball at BC. You and baby d will have a sick time.
BTB
Good school, good baseball, good job. Congrats and good luck Matt.
Congratulations to Matt. It was a pleasure watching him the last 5 years. Coach Aoki has landed a quality player.
I have a been a teammate with Matt for a while and not only is he one of the best players i’ve ever played with or against he is a great teammate and the most humble person i know with all of his great accomplishments. His modesty makes me that much more proud of him and his accomplishment! Good Luck next year and congratulations
I totally agree…matt is an awesome player and a great guy
That is a great academic school and top-notch baseball…for god sakes they scrimmage the boston red sox every year before their season!
McGovern will be playing ACC baseball. Florida State, Miami and UNC just to name a few. What a great deal! He’ll be set with a BC degree and play in one of the best conferences in the nation.
Matt! Congrats…You deserve the best.your a great kid and a great athlete….job well done! Well be watching you and rooting you on! Best of luck and GREAT job..
Wondering
What’s going on with Corona, Panetta?
Volpe from Carmel to Towson? Looks like a good Carmel connection. Bugner and Kiechle already there
Congrats Matt, you will do well there. Also Congrats to Chris Dearwester, who has taken the 4th catcher roster spot at BC, teamates again next year, Good luck Chris, Coach
why would anyone sign on to be the 4th cathcher ? I understand that BC is a great school….But why not attend another great school where you will play…who is advising these kids…no wonder most transfer out after a year or 2 of frustration to a school where they are needed…
Because maybe HE wants to go to BC for reasons other then baseball. Will have the opprotunity to be a part of the program and get a great education. I didn’t think he orginally was going to play in college but he recived a pat on the back and decided to take advantage of a great opportunity. Don’t know how it all went down but what a way to go.
If he wanted to go to Boston College for reasons other than baseball, he should have enrolled as all the other accepted students that are not on the baseball team do…..If he intends to play college baseball, he should have gone somewhere else…Probably sold a bill of goods about how he can/will, work himself into the starting line up. So sad. Unless he is the very unusal kid, who excelled at every level of the game growing up, and can now accept the bench, he will be trasfering out….shame on his advisors like the other guy said
I am a good friend of the Dearwester family, and I can tell you that his decision to go to BC was first and foremost about attending the school as a student. BC has been his dream school for many years and his focus was on getting into the school and attending as a student. Once he got in he pursued a roster spot on the baseball team (the baseball coach wasn’t involved at all until after he got in), but if baseball doesn’t work out or if he decides not to continue on the baseball team, then he’s at the school that he always wanted to go to. That is why he chose/accepted a “4th catcher” roster spot. Baseball wasn’t the proverbial tail wagging the dog….it was the other way around which these days is rare but admirable.
On an additional note, I think some of the previous posters are misguided a bit in thinking that every kid that plays (and even excels) in HS baseball automatically wants to play college baseball and/or let baseball dictate the pool of schools that become options. It’s not necessarily as black & white as you make it sound (i.e. attend a school where you can’t play and don’t be on the team, or go to a school where you can start for 4 years). As a former college baseball player at a D-1 (and top 10 academic-ranked school) for 4 years I can tell you that there are a lot of kids (including a number of teammates) that choose a school because it’s where they want to be a student and just being on the team is good enough, no matter if they were all-section or all-state in HS. So let’s not criticize the advisors when you have no clue what the priorities are of a particular student-athlete.
Sound advice BC. Unfortunately, not enough of these kids/families get this type of advice. It’s usually more about baseball. Where they can play and where they can get money to play. Was Chris a legacy at BC? I remember from the Con Ed Award story that he had pretty good grades but not neccessarily slam dunk into BC grades without recomendation from the baseball coach which you say he did not have. In any invent it’s a great school in a great college city. Good for him.
The Con Ed article messed up his GPA. He had around a 92 average and mid 1300’s on his SAT’s.
I know Chris very well and his intentions from the start were to go to Boston College for the academics. Hes a great student and a great ballplayer. From what I heard the coach heard about him and offered him a bullpen catching spot and he took it. Its as simple as that. Hes now on an ACC baseball team. Good for you Chris
Not only is Mcgovern playing all the top ACC schools he will be scrimmaging the Boston Red Sox! That is truly an awesome experience and hopefully play in the cape cod league in a few years
What about Gabe? He was big for the State Champs.. Has he committed anywhere yet?
Gabe Klein was the spark to the tigers line up during their respective state championship run. I would not be surprised if you hear big news about this kid in the near future.
My name was supposed to be I
i am better than all of these kids. its annoying to see all of this bickering
Matt, Congratulations !! I loved watching you play last year and can’t wait to see you again in your senior year at MHS. You’re a great guy and a super athlete. You have a beautiful heart. You’ve been blessed with a God-given talent. Stay true to your dreams. You’ll be a great asset to BC !!