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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason why college rosters have a majority private school roster is for years, lacrosse was predominantly a private school sport (much like crew).  Even now, that’s still the case - but to a lesser extent. While there are many VA public’s that have lacrosse, there are many that do not (the high schools by the Beach, for example). By contrast, almost every private of a certain size has lacrosse, and those programs have been part of their schools’ athletic offerings for a longer period than the corresponding public schools.

Also, let’s also not forget: private schools attract a certain socio-economic demographic, and as a non-revenue sport, collegiate lacrosse programs (especially at expensive private colleges) tend to be populated by full-pay kids.  Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but it is generally the rule. [/quote]

You have an interesting point but I don’t think that explains it.  Sure I agree that full pay kids have an advantage in the admissions process but I don’t think the coaches look at that when picking recruits.  The coaches are looking at lacrosse skill and grades/ability hang academically.  My view is that, at the highly selective schools (Ivies, etc.), the coaches don’t want to bring aboard kids who will hurt the team’s GPA.  [b]Every story I have ever heard is that public school student going to Ivy or Ivy equivalent is completely underprepared.  I think the coaches know this and hence gravitate towards private schools with more academic rigor[/b].[/quote]
This is one of the silliest statements I’ve ever seen on DCUM.  The poster you are responding to clearly understands why top lacrosse schools are filled with private school students. There are tons of excellent public schools in MoCo and NoVa, and they all have hundreds of kids who would excel academically at Big 3 privates. They don’t tend to be nearly as wealthy as private school kids and don’t have access to top HS lacrosse teams, so they are far less likely to end up recruited to high level college lacrosse programs. But they are as well prepared for college academics as any private school kid.

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