2026 Girls Player Commitments🥍🥍

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Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work and you cleary put some time into this but you do seem to contradict yourself by saying in the first instance “clubs/teams don’t get recruited; players do” but then go on to refer to Cap Blue as “Little Ivy” and “the place to be if you want to go to an Ivy League school . . .”

I don't think I've contradicted myself. It's the old correlation vs causation dynamic at work. Players get recruited. Capital will not be attending college. Therefore, I think the first part of the statement is true. Also, in terms of data grouping, Capital Blue has the largest collection of IVY league commits. I feel that statement is also true. The two things are correlated, but one does not cause the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work. Nice post.

A quibble on the potential future of the USF program versus FSU. Based on overall resources, sports commitment, and academic breadth, I would place my bets on FSU becoming more relevant, more quickly, and more permanently--similar to Clemson's trajectory--than I would on USF. Guessing 50-60 is fair for both for now. Expect FSU to be top 25 in 2-3 years.

I have heard USF is giving out full ride schollies to 2026's under the new NIL agreement. Not knowing their situation, 4 years of $0 for college with no debt to pursue an advanced degree and maybe the HG kids are a bit smarter than those Ivy Blues who will likely come out deep in debt or with multiple mortgages on those Alexandria and Potomac mansions after only 4 years. So it has hard to evaluate the situation with limited facts. Congrats to anyone who gets the chance to play at the next level. My point is just that there may be more to a situation when you compare where a kid goes to school and that should always be considered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work. Nice post.

A quibble on the potential future of the USF program versus FSU. Based on overall resources, sports commitment, and academic breadth, I would place my bets on FSU becoming more relevant, more quickly, and more permanently--similar to Clemson's trajectory--than I would on USF. Guessing 50-60 is fair for both for now. Expect FSU to be top 25 in 2-3 years.

The support USF and FSU have from their respective athletics departments couldn't be more different. USF has full support, building lax specific facilities and from what I'm hearing, is all in on fully funding the new roster limits. FSU on the other hand, was FORCED to add a women's sport, but only after the school was sued by the girls club team there. Make no mistake, FSU is not fully behind their lacrosse program currently. That may change in the near or distant future, but they are taking a much different path than Clemson did or even USF. They'll start along the lines of a Pitt. FSU will be lucky to be top half of the ACC in 3-5 years, let alone top 25. Who in the ACC will they jump? Cuse, Duke, UNC, UVA, Clemson, BC, Notre Dame, and now Stanford??? Not anytime soon.

Interesting insight on the origination of the teams at the respective schools, and good to hear on USF commitment to women's lacrosse. Just two observations in response: (1) clearly the FSU machine is recruiting successfully, landing a 5-star goalie, other national-class talent, and great transfers, so they must be expressing a full commitment to the sport. Perhaps they have achieved the zeal of the converted; and (2) you don't really have to "jump" other ACC teams to get to the top 25. In all seriousness, all 9 teams could finish in the top 25 in the not too distant future. Generally one or two has a down year (see Duke recently), but these schools are all among the top programs in the country and will likely remain there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work. Nice post.

A quibble on the potential future of the USF program versus FSU. Based on overall resources, sports commitment, and academic breadth, I would place my bets on FSU becoming more relevant, more quickly, and more permanently--similar to Clemson's trajectory--than I would on USF. Guessing 50-60 is fair for both for now. Expect FSU to be top 25 in 2-3 years.

You bring up a good point! Opinion poll rankings are inherently subjective. I'm certainly rooting for FSU, and their first class looks very solid. USF has a great class, too. The challenge at FSU will always be budget-related unless they can get into the SEC or Big 10 or cut a new deal with the ACC. And FWIW, how cool would it be to help start a program? What a fantastic experience for both groups.

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I have a middle schooler and have been thinking about where she will try to play in high school. Seems like Cap Blue is most likely to lead to Ivy League and other top academics, other strong teams are more likely to lead to be scholarship $ and state flagships. Is that just true for the 2026 class or is this a persistent theme across years?

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I think every class is very different - each has its own unique individual preferences. This particular class with cap blue just happened to be heavily interested in the Ivies.... I don't think there's a pattern or persistent theme. It will vary each year, depending on the individual players and their preferences, their grades and skill level coupled with their own unique family background/values/priorities.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a middle schooler and have been thinking about where she will try to play in high school. Seems like Cap Blue is most likely to lead to Ivy League and other top academics, other strong teams are more likely to lead to be scholarship $ and state flagships. Is that just true for the 2026 class or is this a persistent theme across years?

For whatever reason, yes, a theme. Might be that Ivies can be competitive in lacrosse, want to be, and it so happens in the past local players have had the type of academics that can qualify them while not quite being tippy top recruits for the best lax schools. So lax-aspiring high academics bring them in.

[Anonymous]

The parents that send their kids to Ivies had that plan all along I suspect. If the Ivy is good at lacrosse it’s a bonus. Many of these families aren’t sweating the 90k a year tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The parents that send their kids to Ivies had that plan all along I suspect. If the Ivy is good at lacrosse it’s a bonus. Many of these families aren’t sweating the 90k a year tuition.

The parents who have the plan for an Ivy all along are so exhausting. They aren’t very subtle about it. I feel sorry for some of their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents that send their kids to Ivies had that plan all along I suspect. If the Ivy is good at lacrosse it’s a bonus. Many of these families aren’t sweating the 90k a year tuition.

The parents who have the plan for an Ivy all along are so exhausting. They aren’t very subtle about it. I feel sorry for some of their kids.

Do you mean on this board or IRL? I don’t know any of them but this board has not reflected that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Interesting insight on the origination of the teams at the respective schools, and good to hear on USF commitment to women's lacrosse. Just two observations in response: (1) clearly the FSU machine is recruiting successfully, landing a 5-star goalie, other national-class talent, and great transfers, so they must be expressing a full commitment to the sport. Perhaps they have achieved the zeal of the converted; and (2) you don't really have to "jump" other ACC teams to get to the top 25. In all seriousness, all 9 teams could finish in the top 25 in the not too distant future. Generally one or two has a down year (see Duke recently), but these schools are all among the top programs in the country and will likely remain there.

I will admit, FSU has gotten some nice 26s and while I get your point that they don't have to jump them to be top 25, it will be very difficult to do. Only 6 ACC schools ended up in the top 25 this year (I'm including Stanford for the sake of looking forward) and I have a hard time thinking they'll be able to jump over Clemson or Duke anytime soon (both finished outside the top 25 this year, although Duke, questionable at best, made the tournament this year).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents that send their kids to Ivies had that plan all along I suspect. If the Ivy is good at lacrosse it’s a bonus. Many of these families aren’t sweating the 90k a year tuition.

The parents who have the plan for an Ivy all along are so exhausting. They aren’t very subtle about it. I feel sorry for some of their kids.

You are the reason this discussion goes off the rails. Please stop.

[Anonymous]

I tried to sort commits by conference and school. Feel free to edit as I am sure I have missed some players

ISL:
-Visi: Virginia Tech (Cap Blue), Dartmouth (Cap Blue), Notre Dame (M&C Black), Bucknell (Cap Blue, G)
-Potomac: Duke (Cap Blue), FSU (Cap Blue)
-SSSAS: Harvardx2 (Cap Blue), Virginia Tech (Cav Lax), Denver (Cap Blue), Columbia (Cap Blue), William & Mary (Cap Blue), Michigan (Cap Blue), Mercer (Cap Blue)
-Stone Ridge: Princeton (Skywalkers Blue), Yale (Cap Blue), Villanova (Skywalkers Blue)
-Holy Child: Holy cross (Cap Blue)

WCAC:
-Bishop Ireton: Army (Capital Blue), George Mason (CavLax), SCAD (Pride, G)
-Bishop Oconnell: Colgate (Capital Orange), Princeton (Capital Blue), Elon (Capital Orange)
-Good Counsel: Denver (M&D B), Campbell (Heros Green)
-St. Johns: Yale (Cap Blue)

IAAM:
-Spalding: Army (M&D Black), Virginia Tech (Integrity), Vanderbilt (Heros Green), UVA (Integrity, G)
-Glenelg: Army (Integrity), USF (Heros Green), Navy (Heros Green), Virginia Tech (Heros Green)
-Maryvale Prep: Ohio State (M&D B), Army (M&D B), Mercer (Skywalkers B), Stanford (Skywalkers W), Maryland (Heros Green), USF (Heros Green)
-John Carroll: Cincinnati (Skywalkers B), Roanoke (Skywalkers W), Ohio State(Skywalkers B), Jacksonville (NEMS)
-McDonogh: BC (Alliance), Clemson (M&D Black), Georgetown (Skywalkers B), Brown (Skywalkers B), Syracuse (M&D B, G), Maryland (Heros Green)
-Severn School: Monmouth (M&D Red), Arizona State (M&D Black), Army (M&D Black), Ohio State (HoCo), Navy (M&D Black, G)
-Notre Dame Prep: Penn (Skywalkers B), USC (Skywalkers B), Richmond (TLC Red), Navy (NEMS), George Mason (NEMS)
-Roland Park: Princeton (TLC Red), Johns Hopkins (TLC Red), Georgetown (Skywalkers B), USC (Skywalkers B, G), St. Josephs (Skywalkers B)
-St. Marys: BC (M&D Black), High Point (Integrity), Virginia Tech (Heros Green)
-SPSG: BC (Heros G), Pittsburgh (M&D Red), St. Josephs (M&D Black), Florida (M&D Black), Rollins (Skywalkers W)
-Gerstell: UNC-Charlotte (TLC red), Old Dominion (Check-Hers)
-Mount de Sales: Bryant (M&D B)

Publics:
-McLean HS: Penn (Integrity, G)
-Severna Park: Davidson (Integrity), Florida (M&D Black), UMass Lowell (CCLax)

VA
-STAB: UVA (Cav Lax), UNC (Cav Lax), FSU (Capital B, G), Syracuse (M&D Black)

[Anonymous]

Well done nice to see the high schools

[Anonymous]

-Glenelg (public): Army (Integrity), USF (Heros Green), Navy (Heros Green), Virginia Tech (Heros Green)

Glenelg Country School (GCS) - USF (Heros Green)