2023 Girls Recruiting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:maybe around the DC area for privates, but when you look at the hotbeds of lax like long island, pay close attention to where these kids went to high school and what program they are being recruit to. I think you will find about 90% of those kids receive a fine PUBLIC school education and are highly recruited.

Long Island is a whole ‘nother story. LINY doesn’t have great private schools and We don’t live in LINY. Focus.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the feedback. Forgot Club team - duh?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Mediocre private in a good conference > great public in any group

MD publics don't get much respect from college coaches.

thats too bad, because its hard to avoid being indocctrinated into the bible cult that is CH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the checklist I have written down with respect to things college coaches look for in high school lacrosse players. Anyone with experience care to rank them or is there something important I omitted?


Good Grades
Taking AP courses
Standardized Test Scores if high
Good Lacrosse player
Multi-sport athlete
Extra-curriculars outside of sports and school
Private School

All things being equal, coaches will prefer public schools, especially for girls who won't be stars. Easier in competitive schools to get public school kids in. Schools are sensitive to % of incoming class from privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the checklist I have written down with respect to things college coaches look for in high school lacrosse players. Anyone with experience care to rank them or is there something important I omitted?


Good Grades
Taking AP courses
Standardized Test Scores if high
Good Lacrosse player
Multi-sport athlete
Extra-curriculars outside of sports and school
Private School

All things being equal, coaches will prefer public schools, especially for girls who won't be stars. Easier in competitive schools to get public school kids in. Schools are sensitive to % of incoming class from privates.

Total bunch of bs. Private school send far more recruits to lax programs. Look it up. Facts matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the checklist I have written down with respect to things college coaches look for in high school lacrosse players. Anyone with experience care to rank them or is there something important I omitted?


Good Grades
Taking AP courses
Standardized Test Scores if high
Good Lacrosse player
Multi-sport athlete
Extra-curriculars outside of sports and school
Private School

historically that was true, at least in MD. however, in the last few years, when coaches are capped at the # of privates they can enroll, public school players are becoming much more attractive.

All things being equal, coaches will prefer public schools, especially for girls who won't be stars. Easier in competitive schools to get public school kids in. Schools are sensitive to % of incoming class from privates.

Total bunch of bs. Private school send far more recruits to lax programs. Look it up. Facts matter.

[Anonymous]

Where your kid goes to school matters. Who their high school coach matters. The high school coach plays a key role in recruitment along with which club team the kid plays for. Make sure you have a high school coach who knows what is going on and has connections. Last thing you want is a coach who acts like they know what they are doing but really has no relationships or doesn’t even have one contact. There are very few coaches in the league willing to actually call on behalf of players or work hard to help players. Buyer beware when paying for private schools too.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Where your kid goes to school matters. Who their high school coach matters. The high school coach plays a key role in recruitment along with which club team the kid plays for. Make sure you have a high school coach who knows what is going on and has connections. Last thing you want is a coach who acts like they know what they are doing but really has no relationships or doesn’t even have one contact. There are very few coaches in the league willing to actually call on behalf of players or work hard to help players. Buyer beware when paying for private schools too. [/quote]

That does not align with our experience. Who your high school coach could matter, but it seems that very few high school coaches actually that actually matter and can really help the process. Also, the clubs don't necessarily want them involved.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Where your kid goes to school matters. Who their high school coach matters. The high school coach plays a key role in recruitment along with which club team the kid plays for. Make sure you have a high school coach who knows what is going on and has connections. Last thing you want is a coach who acts like they know what they are doing but really has no relationships or doesn’t even have one contact. There are very few coaches in the league willing to actually call on behalf of players or work hard to help players. Buyer beware when paying for private schools too. [/quote]

I respect your opinion, and hope it is based on your personal experience. I also agree to an extent as many of our friends' high school coaches were involved/key. However, for our daughter's recruitment (and others we know of), her public high school and high school coach had zero impact on her recruiting (outside of her play with the team) . Our daughter played for Capital and was recruited by several top 25 teams, and though each program we interacted with had their own style, approach and contacts...all of them were part of the club (i.e., coaches/directors). Looking back at all we know, it all comes down to two things: 1) Have great grades/scores, as this makes your daughter a more attractive recruit from day the process starts; 2) Play great lacrosse and differentiate yourself from other players at your position (this includes athleticism). Make it easy to be recruited by the schools that have interest in you, and be sure to have an advocate(s) who can speak on your daughter's behalf. Best of luck to all the girls.

[Anonymous]

Most private school coaches act like they have contacts but only real contact is the coach she played for in college. Sad but true.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Where your kid goes to school matters. Who their high school coach matters. The high school coach plays a key role in recruitment along with which club team the kid plays for. Make sure you have a high school coach who knows what is going on and has connections. Last thing you want is a coach who acts like they know what they are doing but really has no relationships or doesn’t even have one contact. There are very few coaches in the league willing to actually call on behalf of players or work hard to help players. Buyer beware when paying for private schools too. [/quote]

Maybe in some cases, but this wasn't our experience for our committed 22. During her sophomore fall season, several coaches reached out to the club director and expressed interest. They watched her in her sophomore summer and invited her to prospect days.

Before offers were made, an assistant coach reached out to our daughters high school coach. Most conversations lasted less than three minutes. Basically just questions about work ethic and character.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where your kid goes to school matters. Who their high school coach matters. The high school coach plays a key role in recruitment along with which club team the kid plays for. Make sure you have a high school coach who knows what is going on and has connections. Last thing you want is a coach who acts like they know what they are doing but really has no relationships or doesn’t even have one contact. There are very few coaches in the league willing to actually call on behalf of players or work hard to help players. Buyer beware when paying for private schools too. [/quote]

Maybe in some cases, but this wasn't our experience for our committed 22. During her sophomore fall season, several coaches reached out to the club director and expressed interest. They watched her in her sophomore summer and invited her to prospect days.

Before offers were made, an assistant coach reached out to our daughters high school coach. Most conversations lasted less than three minutes. Basically just questions about work ethic and character.[/quote]

Agreed…for the most part, talking to the high school coach is a “check the box” exercise.

[Anonymous]

I would say that some of the kids have people speaking on their daughters behalf. Pushing for their kid. Yes coaches send interest list to clubs and watch players play with club teams. But having a high school coach who is connected helps even more especially when the player plays at a top high school. Everyone knows SR is top in the country and that coach works extremely hard. There is a reason they are number 1.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]I would say that some of the kids have people speaking on their daughters behalf. Pushing for their kid. Yes coaches send interest list to clubs and watch players play with club teams. But having a high school coach who is connected helps even more especially when the player plays at a top high school. Everyone knows SR is top in the country and that coach works extremely hard. There is a reason they are number 1.[/quote]

No one disagrees that certain high school coaches matter, so your ridiculous self serving plug of SR was unnecessary. I am sure that this forum could share many areas that SR is #1, and they are not all positive…..

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say that some of the kids have people speaking on their daughters behalf. Pushing for their kid. Yes coaches send interest list to clubs and watch players play with club teams. But having a high school coach who is connected helps even more especially when the player plays at a top high school. Everyone knows SR is top in the country and that coach works extremely hard. There is a reason they are number 1.[/quote]

No one disagrees that certain high school coaches matter, so your ridiculous self serving plug of SR was unnecessary. I am sure that this forum could share many areas that SR is #1, and they are not all positive…..[/quote]


Time for me to chime in here. I think there are two arguments going on here that are on different issues.

1) Can a high school coach be helpful? Of course
2) Is it necessary to get an D1 offer? No.


From our experiences, the most important thing is that if you have your high school coach involved, they need to be working in concert with your club recruiting director. The worst thing that can happen is both coaches working in an uncoordinated fashion, reaching out to same coaches independantly.