Lacrosse players who got recruited to play at the college level - how did you do it?

[Anonymous]

Apart from being obviously skilled, how did you do it? Did you attend a private school? Did you hire a "consultant" to help guide you through the process? Did your high school or club coach assist? Which summer tournaments did you play? Did you get together a recruitment tape? Did you reach out directly to the lacrosse coaches? When did you start this process?

[Anonymous]

My son is just starting the process as a freshman 2017, some of his teammates started this summer. His coach told him he needs to put together a highlight video of summer and fall tourneys, pick 20 D1 and DIII schools, and start sending emails to coaches.

He is in private school. As of yet, no plans to hire a consultant. Both his high school and club coach are assisting.

If you can get an invite, the nike blue chip and maverick camps are good recruiting events. I'm not sure which hs team tourneys are good - we were still U15 this summer. As for fall tournements, we are going to Crabs 2017 Invitational, Philly, and Uplax. We rely heavily on our club coach to tell us which showcases to attend and which aren't worth the time (i.e. don't have many college coaches).

I've heard mixed opinions about going to a specific schools camp. Some seem for it, while others feel it's literally a tryout and you can do yourself damage if you have a bad day.

[Anonymous]

Is there any one position which is more heavily recruited than another?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any one position which is more heavily recruited than another?

Yep. That position is called really talented player. Kids I know have all been standouts on their team...as in, if someone asks, teammates will say this player is the best on his team.

[Anonymous]

I was a walk-on, but my good friend in HS was recruited for college LAX. She was very talented. Her family put very little effort into it - it was mostly our coach. She did attend good camps (up in PA) which had good visibility.

Most of the rest of us mortals were just walk-ons. I did casually meet with the LAX staff when I visited a few colleges. I think it might have helped with admissions in at least one case, but no scholarships or anything special.

[Anonymous]

Nephew just got recruited to a top NESCAC school. ALL positions get equally recruited. Talent and grades are most important factors. Make a good highlight tape, stay well connected with your coaches, they normally talk to other coaches and know college coaches. My son is in 10th grade hopes to follow in his cousins footsteps and play college lacrosse.For Div 1 things are happening in 10th and 11th, for Div 3 it all happens right before senior year into the beginning of the senior year. Perserverence and being your own advocate are the two things he tells my son he must have. They don't go to you, you go to them. Good luck.

[Rockjaw]

I played Div1 FB back in the late 80s - my daughters are ages 14 & 12 and play club VB here in Dallas, for what is currently the #1 ranked club in the country... they started at a local club and attended local college skill camps - they played year-round, in both school and club leagues. This continues to this day... on average they each have 2 private lessons each week, probably 35wks/yr.... as the athletes progressed, coaches from other clubs network with each other and there are also freelance recruiters that work the club tournaments and identify talent... thereafter, as a parent, you are approached by various representatives of clubs, colleges, etc, inviting your child to attend their clinics, camps, tryouts, etc.... at this stage of the process, parents also network with each other and with club reps and coaches... soon enough you and your child will be approached by a “recruiting coordinator”, who, for a fee, will creat your child’s player profile, portfolio, web overview, etc... you’ll probably want to start capturing video of their game/tournament performances - many time the recruiting coordinator will also handle that, from raw footage capture to highlight reel production. Soon enough the formal prep-sports rating sites will pick you up on their radar, which then escalates the process even further. I figure we spend $20k/child/year on all of this, including club travel fees, but excluding the cost of parental/other family member travel to tournaments across the country, so all-in, maybe $60k/yr? Assuming that a full ride athletic scholarship to a D1 school is with about $75k/yr. The payoff? multiple D1 scholarship offers... in our club, there are multiple 16 y/o VB athletes (class of 2020), that already have inexcess of 15 D1 fullride scholarships

[Anonymous]

Rockjaw wrote:I played Div1 FB back in the late 80s - my daughters are ages 14 & 12 and play club VB here in Dallas, for what is currently the #1 ranked club in the country... they started at a local club and attended local college skill camps - they played year-round, in both school and club leagues. This continues to this day... on average they each have 2 private lessons each week, probably 35wks/yr.... as the athletes progressed, coaches from other clubs network with each other and there are also freelance recruiters that work the club tournaments and identify talent... thereafter, as a parent, you are approached by various representatives of clubs, colleges, etc, inviting your child to attend their clinics, camps, tryouts, etc.... at this stage of the process, parents also network with each other and with club reps and coaches... soon enough you and your child will be approached by a “recruiting coordinator”, who, for a fee, will creat your child’s player profile, portfolio, web overview, etc... you’ll probably want to start capturing video of their game/tournament performances - many time the recruiting coordinator will also handle that, from raw footage capture to highlight reel production. Soon enough the formal prep-sports rating sites will pick you up on their radar, which then escalates the process even further. I figure we spend $20k/child/year on all of this, including club travel fees, but excluding the cost of parental/other family member travel to tournaments across the country, so all-in, maybe $60k/yr? Assuming that a full ride athletic scholarship to a D1 school is with about $75k/yr. The payoff? multiple D1 scholarship offers... in our club, there are multiple 16 y/o VB athletes (class of 2020), that already have inexcess of 15 D1 fullride scholarships

D1 Women's lax teams have 12 scholarships (12.6 for men's). If there are 35 members on the team, that averages out to about 1/3 of a scholarship each. On average. So full rides are not common...or am I missing something? And although the sticker price on some schools is approaching $75k/year, very few families pay full sticker price. I'm on my 2nd go-round of the 'merit aid hunt' and the reality of what families pay is WAY less than $75k/year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Rockjaw wrote:I played Div1 FB back in the late 80s - my daughters are ages 14 & 12 and play club VB here in Dallas, for what is currently the #1 ranked club in the country... they started at a local club and attended local college skill camps - they played year-round, in both school and club leagues. This continues to this day... on average they each have 2 private lessons each week, probably 35wks/yr.... as the athletes progressed, coaches from other clubs network with each other and there are also freelance recruiters that work the club tournaments and identify talent... thereafter, as a parent, you are approached by various representatives of clubs, colleges, etc, inviting your child to attend their clinics, camps, tryouts, etc.... at this stage of the process, parents also network with each other and with club reps and coaches... soon enough you and your child will be approached by a “recruiting coordinator”, who, for a fee, will creat your child’s player profile, portfolio, web overview, etc... you’ll probably want to start capturing video of their game/tournament performances - many time the recruiting coordinator will also handle that, from raw footage capture to highlight reel production. Soon enough the formal prep-sports rating sites will pick you up on their radar, which then escalates the process even further. I figure we spend $20k/child/year on all of this, including club travel fees, but excluding the cost of parental/other family member travel to tournaments across the country, so all-in, maybe $60k/yr? Assuming that a full ride athletic scholarship to a D1 school is with about $75k/yr. The payoff? multiple D1 scholarship offers... in our club, there are multiple 16 y/o VB athletes (class of 2020), that already have inexcess of 15 D1 fullride scholarships

D1 Women's lax teams have 12 scholarships (12.6 for men's). If there are 35 members on the team, that averages out to about 1/3 of a scholarship each. On average. So full rides are not common...or am I missing something? And although the sticker price on some schools is approaching $75k/year, very few families pay full sticker price. I'm on my 2nd go-round of the 'merit aid hunt' and the reality of what families pay is WAY less than $75k/year.[/quote

This. I have 2 D1 players (1 boy and 1 girl). We did club and camps. Did not get close to 60/yr (!!!!). My kids are just good athletes. My DS was also recruited for another sport but the lacrosse scholarship was better at the school he wanted. The club coach did a great job of guiding us along the way so we didn't need a recruiting coordinator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Rockjaw wrote:I played Div1 FB back in the late 80s - my daughters are ages 14 & 12 and play club VB here in Dallas, for what is currently the #1 ranked club in the country... they started at a local club and attended local college skill camps - they played year-round, in both school and club leagues. This continues to this day... on average they each have 2 private lessons each week, probably 35wks/yr.... as the athletes progressed, coaches from other clubs network with each other and there are also freelance recruiters that work the club tournaments and identify talent... thereafter, as a parent, you are approached by various representatives of clubs, colleges, etc, inviting your child to attend their clinics, camps, tryouts, etc.... at this stage of the process, parents also network with each other and with club reps and coaches... soon enough you and your child will be approached by a “recruiting coordinator”, who, for a fee, will creat your child’s player profile, portfolio, web overview, etc... you’ll probably want to start capturing video of their game/tournament performances - many time the recruiting coordinator will also handle that, from raw footage capture to highlight reel production. Soon enough the formal prep-sports rating sites will pick you up on their radar, which then escalates the process even further. I figure we spend $20k/child/year on all of this, including club travel fees, but excluding the cost of parental/other family member travel to tournaments across the country, so all-in, maybe $60k/yr? Assuming that a full ride athletic scholarship to a D1 school is with about $75k/yr. The payoff? multiple D1 scholarship offers... in our club, there are multiple 16 y/o VB athletes (class of 2020), that already have inexcess of 15 D1 fullride scholarships

D1 Women's lax teams have 12 scholarships (12.6 for men's). If there are 35 members on the team, that averages out to about 1/3 of a scholarship each. On average. So full rides are not common...or am I missing something? And although the sticker price on some schools is approaching $75k/year, very few families pay full sticker price. I'm on my 2nd go-round of the 'merit aid hunt' and the reality of what families pay is WAY less than $75k/year.[/quote

This. I have 2 D1 players (1 boy and 1 girl). We did club and camps. Did not get close to 60/yr (!!!!). My kids are just good athletes. My DS was also recruited for another sport but the lacrosse scholarship was better at the school he wanted. The club coach did a great job of guiding us along the way so we didn't need a recruiting coordinator.

My son's club coach is worthless. And his high school coach, although we admire the heck out of him, never played in college, so he's not all that familiar with the recruiting process. We learned how the system worked along the way, and my son will be playing D3 lax next year at a school that is a great fit both academically and lacrosse-wise.

[Anonymous]

I can't think of a single boy or girl lax recruit who received $75k in an athletic scholarship. Heck, I can't think of a single boy or girl lax recruit who received $20k in an athletic scholarship. The money just isn't there on the school end. If someone says they are getting it then I would want to know the school name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nephew just got recruited to a top NESCAC school. ALL positions get equally recruited. Talent and grades are most important factors. Make a good highlight tape, stay well connected with your coaches, they normally talk to other coaches and know college coaches. My son is in 10th grade hopes to follow in his cousins footsteps and play college lacrosse.For Div 1 things are happening in 10th and 11th, for Div 3 it all happens right before senior year into the beginning of the senior year. Perserverence and being your own advocate are the two things he tells my son he must have. They don't go to you, you go to them. Good luck.

I have heard this from many people and we saw it with our own son. He had to be proactive, not only in his camp and team selections, but also in reaching out to coaches. To some extent, he received unsolicited contacts but those were mostly from schools he was not interested. He worked the system for access to the big name schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't think of a single boy or girl lax recruit who received $75k in an athletic scholarship. Heck, I can't think of a single boy or girl lax recruit who received $20k in an athletic scholarship. The money just isn't there on the school end. If someone says they are getting it then I would want to know the school name.

Because it's a pipe dream. Mr. D1 FB is in for a rude awakening.

[Anonymous]

Rockjaw wrote:I played Div1 FB back in the late 80s - my daughters are ages 14 & 12 and play club VB here in Dallas, for what is currently the #1 ranked club in the country... they started at a local club and attended local college skill camps - they played year-round, in both school and club leagues. This continues to this day... on average they each have 2 private lessons each week, probably 35wks/yr.... as the athletes progressed, coaches from other clubs network with each other and there are also freelance recruiters that work the club tournaments and identify talent... thereafter, as a parent, you are approached by various representatives of clubs, colleges, etc, inviting your child to attend their clinics, camps, tryouts, etc.... at this stage of the process, parents also network with each other and with club reps and coaches... soon enough you and your child will be approached by a “recruiting coordinator”, who, for a fee, will creat your child’s player profile, portfolio, web overview, etc... you’ll probably want to start capturing video of their game/tournament performances - many time the recruiting coordinator will also handle that, from raw footage capture to highlight reel production. Soon enough the formal prep-sports rating sites will pick you up on their radar, which then escalates the process even further. I figure we spend $20k/child/year on all of this, including club travel fees, but excluding the cost of parental/other family member travel to tournaments across the country, so all-in, maybe $60k/yr? Assuming that a full ride athletic scholarship to a D1 school is with about $75k/yr. The payoff? multiple D1 scholarship offers... in our club, there are multiple 16 y/o VB athletes (class of 2020), that already have inexcess of 15 D1 fullride scholarships

Seriously, Club VB? Never heard of it. It can’t possibly be number one if they aren’t at east coast tournaments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apart from being obviously skilled, how did you do it? Did you attend a private school? Did you hire a "consultant" to help guide you through the process? Did your high school or club coach assist? Which summer tournaments did you play? Did you get together a recruitment tape? Did you reach out directly to the lacrosse coaches? When did you start this process?

Cash. Cash. Cash.

Cash for club.

Cash for private school.

Cash for showcases.

It’s a racket.