If you send me a message I can explain a website I recently did to help with the college recruitment process

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Anonymous wrote:Note that different rules apply for D3.

Can you please explain something....I see some 25s are verbally committed to D3s. Why do some D3s NESCAC for instance not allow commitments till later? What are the rules there?

Academic pre-reads can't happen until a certain time frame because of the requirements. My understanding is that all NESCAC athletes, regardless of sport played, can't be offered until August 1. And each school has a different time frame.

Other D3 have no limitations and can offer whenever they want and D2 is June 15th after sophomore year.

No. D2 cannot offer until 9-1 of the Prospective Student Athlete's Junior Year.

You are incorrect. For lacrosse it is June 15th after sophomore year. September 1st is D1.

https://www.ncsasports.org/womens-lacrosse/recruiting-rules-calendar (mens is the same)

Anonymous wrote:NESCAC and select D3 schools - think W&L, Vassar, Swarthmore, etc. - all want to see full junior year transcript before committing. However this does not mean that those schools will not already be recruiting 25s. They are very much recruiting, and trying to arrange prospect visits, etc. So they will talk, arrange visits, request transcripts all before 8/1 but no offers will extended without a full Admissions Office pre-read of the prospective student athlete's (PSA) junior year transcript and potentially their standardized test scores. After the coach gets the greenlight then the serious talks can begin with the PSA.

Thank you this is very helpful. Is there a listing of schools that have this requirement or is it simply by choice of the school?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note that different rules apply for D3.

Can you please explain something....I see some 25s are verbally committed to D3s. Why do some D3s NESCAC for instance not allow commitments till later? What are the rules there?

Academic pre-reads can't happen until a certain time frame because of the requirements. My understanding is that all NESCAC athletes, regardless of sport played, can't be offered until August 1. And each school has a different time frame.

Other D3 have no limitations and can offer whenever they want and D2 is June 15th after sophomore year.

No. D2 cannot offer until 9-1 of the Prospective Student Athlete's Junior Year.

NESCAC and select D3 schools - think W&L, Vassar, Swarthmore, etc. - all want to see full junior year transcript before committing. However this does not mean that those schools will not already be recruiting 25s. They are very much recruiting, and trying to arrange prospect visits, etc. So they will talk, arrange visits, request transcripts all before 8/1 but no offers will extended without a full Admissions Office pre-read of the prospective student athlete's (PSA) junior year transcript and potentially their standardized test scores. After the coach gets the greenlight then the serious talks can begin with the PSA.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note that different rules apply for D3.

Can you please explain something....I see some 25s are verbally committed to D3s. Why do some D3s NESCAC for instance not allow commitments till later? What are the rules there?

Academic pre-reads can't happen until a certain time frame because of the requirements. My understanding is that all NESCAC athletes, regardless of sport played, can't be offered until August 1. And each school has a different time frame.

Other D3 have no limitations and can offer whenever they want and D2 is June 15th after sophomore year.

Anonymous wrote:Note that different rules apply for D3.

Can you please explain something....I see some 25s are verbally committed to D3s. Why do some D3s NESCAC for instance not allow commitments till later? What are the rules there?

Note that different rules apply for D3.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter never once heard back from any D1 coach through IWLCA, but they were constantly looking her information up on her at tournaments

How do you know they were looking her information up at tournaments? You got notification her profile was being viewed after each tournament?

You and your DD will get texts/emails when a coach looks at her SR Profile.

They can contact 25's and older currently (it is currently "Contact Period" through May 23 - https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/compliance/recruiting/calendar/2023-24/2023-24D1Rec_WLARecruitingCalendar.pdf). For 2026's and younger, they can email, but only generic "come to our camps, we can't discuss recruiting with you until Sept 1 of your junior year...".

Remember, college coaches have access to ALL tournament games. You'll only get notified if they specifically click through your daughter's video or club account.

Getting activity via sports recruits is nice, but it might mean something, but it can also mean nothing. I would absolutely use it to email coaches, but make sure your DD isn't sending the same email to every school. Make it personal.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter never once heard back from any D1 coach through IWLCA, but they were constantly looking her information up on her at tournaments

How do you know they were looking her information up at tournaments? You got notification her profile was being viewed after each tournament?

My daughter never once heard back from any D1 coach through IWLCA, but they were constantly looking her information up on her at tournaments

Coaches cannot speak or email directly to (or respond to emails from) 26s before Sept 1. Coaches can send non-personalized questionnaires and invitations to camps directly to players before then. They can also speak directly to club directors and HS coaches about specific players. Ideally, 26s have already developed a target list and emailed those coaches back in late Sept with their fall schedules. College coaches will soon start focusing on their spring seasons, but some will host camps before then. If your 26 plans to attend any winter camps, best for the player to email attending coaches that she will be there and flank that communication with outreach from her club coach. Players should email their target lists again before the summer season expressing interest with a rundown of their upcoming schedules.

For those with account, are college coaches allowed to reply to your daughters emails right now or is it a dead period? Can they reply to 2026s yet?
I notice profile views but no game film views which I find odd as well.

Did your daughter send introductory emails to coaches of schools she is interested in?