2023 Girls Recruiting

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02/18/2022 09:12

Subject: 2023 Girls Recruiting

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Anonymous wrote:"Very rarely is there scholarship money involved for girls lacrosse."

They have 13 scholarships to spread out over the roster. On a 36 women roster that a little over a 1/3 scholarship per kid. Some will get more some less.

Is that not accurate?

That is accurate. 13 scholarships refer to a fully funded D1 program. For only D1 (non-Ivy) programs on the women's side, in our experience, those scholarships are typically split up amongst the team as you describe, at different percentages. Typically, a coach will offer a higher percentage to the first few girls in a recruiting class, and then levels were go down from there in the class. Sure, it is possible some may get nothing, and that top girls in the entire country get offered quite a bit. Further, the coach will often back load the percentages, meaning freshman year scholarship money is a lower percentage then senior year. We know a girl whose fractional scholarship was changed to a majority scholarship after her performance freshman year (at a mid level D1 school). One curve ball is for public universities. Their money pool is based on out of state tuition. So in theory, if their in state tuition price was half of their out of state price, they could double their “full rides” from 13 to 26 if they had a roster of only in state girls. That example is extreme, but you can see how it would provide a coach at a public school more flexibility. Also, if your “out of state” child has great grades, they may qualify for an in state tuition waiver from the public school, further helping the public coach with spreading their scholarship dollars around. Note that all these examples have nothing to do w grants or need based aid. Also, some parents recognize this athletic scholarship dynamic and will tell the coach during the process that they require no athletic money, possibly making their daughter a more attractive recruit versus a recruit that a coach would have to allocate scholarship dollars to.

What everyone is missing is the math here. Yes they have 13 scholarships to spread out if they want to, but typically its more like 1/4 or 1/5, and there are definite exceptions and nuances. State schools may offer scholarship for year 1, but then flip to in-state for the next three. Goalies or draw specialists who are truly specialists may get closer to 1/2. But until we get to the 2025 class, the 5th years from the NCAAs COVID policy really jacks up rosters and reduces the overall number of recruits from 9-10 per class to 6-8 per class. So, while there are just over 100 D1 programs, you're maybe looking at 600 spots total, assuming there's not a big influx to whatever school you are looking at from the transfer portal. But again, its the math. The NCAAs own statistics show that only 3 percent of girls or boys playing high school or club lax will play D1. So if your DD or DS is lucky enough to commit to a school that they want to go to and further their academics, its about the preferred admission and not the money. This is the value.