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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone on this board who has had a son go the D3 route?  If possible my guy would like to get looks from high academic type schools, think NESCAC schools but not necessarily limited to that particular conference.  Son was JV 9th/10th at a high-end WCAC/IAC type program, if all goes well should make varsity next season (junior year)  and get some PT in games where the team has a nice lead.  Not a starter/superstar (hence D3) but certainly a nice little player who's still growing and can use both hands.  Currently on a top club's second team.  3.7 GPA and will be working to maintain that or improve it if possible.

I've heard/read people recommend Lacrosse Masters this summer, are there any other events to look at in summer (and this fall and winter)?  Is summer after junior year most important for these types of players?[/quote]

For NESCAC you really have to be able to get in to the school academically. I don’t think a 3.7 would be adequate. [b]Recruiting will not really start for NESCAC until July 1.[/quote][/b]

This statement is untrue. Top prospects are identified beginning in the fall/winter of junior year. Pre-reads start in mid-June. Offers for the NESCAC are back to beginning on July 1 (last year offer date was pushed back to August 1 due to the at-the-time pending affirmative action SCOTUS ruling and the admissions offices wanting time to figure out how to deal with it). To be sure, some prospects are recruited into July and August, but coaches' boards are well-established long before July 1.[/quote]

This statement is in fact at least half true.  NESCAC has a conference-wide written agreement that controls the number of recruits that coaches for each team can support each season.  Recruits are placed into 3 "bands" based on grades, with the highest band comprising recruits whose academic profiles meet the standard for students typically accepted by the college, and the next two bands each being a step lower.  The terms of the agreement permit each school to support up to "x" number of recruits in each band (e.g., up to 3 in Band 1, up to 2 in bands 2 and 3), with discretion to be more restrictive.  Schools like Williams are known to support only 1 student *in total* per sport, per season, while others pursue the maximum permitted.  So while it is correct that pre-reads start in June - as offers are made to the top recruits on the July 1 start date - the OP is not wrong that a 3.7 GPA may well not be adequate for admission to the NESCAC's most competitive schools, regardless of how good the recruit is.[/quote]

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