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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the Dartmouth poster from yesterday. In response, it may be true that lacrosse programs in the Ivy league get some special influence. I think what the other poster wrote is accurate that influence can be gained via exceptional financial support, but with only one exception I don't see that. At Yale two lacrosse alum families have endowed the entire program and also made material donations to the university. One is a $200+ million donor who was a founder of the Chinese browser company. At the other Ivies there aren't any other examples of lacrosse alums appearing as huge donors and it is important to remember that there are well off donors from all facets of these universities from sports to the arts to the graduate schools. I also know one of Andy Shay's assistants very well and the room for exceptions they have with admissions is very close to zero. Like all other coaching staffs, the one at Yale is well aware there are some bad outcomes coming in the next few years with kids who went carried away with the "committed" position. I do believe that these Ivy staffs are doing their best to recruit strong students who are also strong lacrosse prospects, but the speculation risks attached to kids before their junior year is completed are high. Everyone should understand that for what it is. Good luck to all of the parents and kids aspiring to attend these colleges.[/quote]

Thank for coming back!  One more question:  if great schools like Duke, Standford, UVA, Georgetown and Hopkins can recruit freshmen and sophomores, how do the Ivies expect to compete for the top prospects if they can't really promise a kid a  spot until junior year?[/quote]

There are two answers.  One, some Ivies do give out offers to kids who are freshmen and sophomores; others won't until after the sophomore year (but some will give out soft commitments).

The second is because of academic standards (some more than others) obviously some/many top players would never be interested/accepted into some Ivies.

BTW, Stanford doesn't have a D1 men's program.  They play at the club level for men.[/quote]

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