Private School Lacrosse Thread
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Anonymous
Your son is not going to start as a freshman. Dream on. PS is not that great (although they have a decent team this year), but he is not going to start for them. |
Anonymous
| The hardest school to earn playing time at is actuallly a WCAC school, Gonzaga. The program alone has over 90 freshman just tryout for their freshman team. I know several boys who were very solid lacrosse players in their younger years, not even make varsisty as a junior. |
Anonymous
90 freshman? That would be almost half of the boys in the class. Simply not true. Last year there were 42 boys who tried out and all of them made the team (provided they showed up to all the tryouts). Agree, though, that they are a powerhouse in LAX. |
Anonymous
| Gonzaga had a nice run. Mater Dei pipeline the past 2 admissions cycle has favored Prep by a wide margin. Gonzaga will be weaker this year. |
Anonymous
| There are lots of wonderful schools in the IAC. You might want to think a bit about the commute. Your son will be coming back after practice at 6:30 most nights (for any sport he plays). Driving or riding an hour after a draining practice can be hard. If he feels sort of the same about a couple of options, maybe worth thinking about the drive. Good luck -- we have been really happy with the education our son is getting, the friends he has made and the team and recruiting experience he has had. |
Anonymous
| which IAC program has had the most success in getting kids into Ivy League or NESCAC schools? We live in McLean and are considering Landon, STA, Potomac and Gonzaga (love the tuition) |
Anonymous
Landon and Gonzaga by far. |
Anonymous
More students from Landon and Gonzaga commit to Division I schools for sure. But St. Albans is well known to the Ivies -- they currently have alums at Dartmouth, Harvard, and Yale. ( and the same is true for NESCAC. ) A former Yale lacrosse player is an assistant coach at STA, and there is currently a Yale commit at STA. Those are four excellent schools you have identified, but they are all fairly different from one another in terms of the day today feel and culture. I would choose based on that feel and culture, because your son's lacrosse future can be well-served at any of them. It really basically depends on how strong a student and lacrosse player your son is. If he is gifted in both areas, any of the schools you are looking at offer a good platform for going to the Ivy league or NESCAC. |
Anonymous
| Prep has a history of sending its top players to Notre Dame. It's not an Ivy, but in some eyes even more prestigious. |
Anonymous
Notre Dame is a wonderful place, and a top-notch lacrosse destination as well. True that some athletes/families would have this as number one on the wish-list. |
Anonymous
For the upcoming 2016 - 2017 season, there are 19 IAC alums on Ivy league rosters: Landon: 7 (Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton) St. Albans: 6 (Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale) Georgetown Prep: 3 (Brown, Harvard, Princeton) St. Stephens St. Agnes: 2 (Dartmouth, Penn) Bullis: 1 (Cornell) Episcopal: 0 |
Anonymous
Being on the roster is great (truly an accomplishment). Do the players end up getting (quality) playing time or is just getting there enough? |
Anonymous
For the upcoming 2016 - 2017 season, there are 20 IAC alums on Ivy league rosters: Landon: 7 (Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton) St. Albans: 6 (Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale) Georgetown Prep: 3 (Brown, Harvard, Princeton) St. Stephens St. Agnes: 2 (Dartmouth, Penn) Bullis: 2 (Cornell, Dartmouth) Episcopal: 0 There are 4 Gonzaga alums on Ivy League rosters (Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown) There is 1 Potomac School alum on an Ivy League roster (Princeton) |
Anonymous
It varies. Lacrosse rosters in this day and age are big -- generally over 40 and sometimes approaching 50 -- and some players get very little playing time. There are some stars and starters out of the IAC in the Ivy League, and there are also guys who are on the roster but don't see much playing time. Many of the latter are no doubt very happy to get the admissions boost and then the networking possibilities after graduation, even without a lot of playing time along the way. |
Anonymous
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Recent Bullis lacrosse grads become team captains, all americans, and MLL players.
Nick Fields senior captain and all american defenseman at Johns Hopkins Brandon Burke senior captain and Patriot League rookie of the year as freshman at Colgate Kylor Bellistri Brown graduate was team captain, all american, led the nation in goals scored and member of the Boston Cannons in the MLL. Graduates last year will be attending Duke, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Colgate, UMD, Ohio Wesleyan Bullis will have your son prepared for college, lacrosse and academics. Bullis went 21 - 2 last year and won the IAC and was ranked #2 nationally by Lacrosse magazine and #3 by Inside Lacrosse. Excellent coaching staff. Bullis is worth a closer look. |