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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is another possible explanation, one that I subscribe to and I'm sure many current and former Capital parents do as well.  Capital is the best club in the DC area, many years their orange team is the second best team in the DMV.  They tend to get highly motivated lacrosse players, a majority of whom are also highly motivated in the classroom.  The club gets their teams in the best tournaments in the country so they have plenty of opportunities to get showcase themselves.  They learn from girls above them what works (what showcases, should I do camps and when etc.).  Great players +Great grades + A great recruiting playbook equals year after year success.  Sure the RD fields phone calls and passes them on, but there is no magic or great RD behind this.  [/quote]

So what changed from two years ago and before when the Capital girls weren't going this quickly and the majority were not going to top 25 schools?[/quote]

The outcomes are absolutely connected to the recruiting director. The clubs reputation and it’s executive director’s connections to colleges also influence the outcome.

There is no better year to compare this theory than the class of 2023. Pride Black and Capital Blue were both extremely talented teams. Pride was actually ranked higher going into the start of the critical recruiting cycle. So talent was on par between the teams. What was different was the commitment to recruiting by each club.

Pride’s recruiting director left to be the head coach at American at the most critical time for that 2023 team. The new recruiting director had little interest in helping the players and was eventually let go. Pride had no history with high school teams and the executive director didn’t have a strong connection to college coaches. The end result was players had to navigate a process on their own that they were not familiar with. They had no direction or past experiences of club players to fall back on. Thankfully some of these players fought through this to land at solid programs, but it was not easy as really talented players went late into the recruiting season.

Contrast this with the same Capital class. Capital parents mentioned how well coordinated the recruiting efforts were with the club. The end result for Capital was an impressive list of very early commits. The clubs reputation along with it’s executive director and recruiting directors help in executing personalized plans for each player made a big difference in this class.

So here you have two equally talented teams with great players but far different recruiting experiences. Hats off to Capital for their success. Hopefully Pride makes a bigger commitment to this in the future.[/quote]

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