I "walked on" to my Ivy college team. Coach didn't know or recruit me. I called when I got there and the coach said I could try out at fall ball along with a few others. I got lucky and made it. Everyone else was recruited or known to the coach and their admission was enabled by him. I was referred to the coaches as a "walk on" who worked harder than everyone else to make it.

But what do they know?

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Anonymous wrote:Well I have too much of a life to count every athlete from every IAC, WCAC, MAC school and see where they play in college. Yes lax is well represented. But those other sports are repped as well. Anybody see Josh Hart kick butt for Villanova tonight in the final four? Not bad.

Villanova is not a college that Lax parents are aspiring to. Think Ivy League, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UVA.

Take a look at the college matriculation lists for places like Landon, Bullis, and SSSA. More often than not, when one of the "aspirational" schools is listed, it's a recruited athlete going there, and at least for the IAC schools, usually the sport is lacrosse.

So inaccurate.

Which part?

Not ppl, but this is an urban myth. My kid goes to one of the schools listed, and I checked the college matriculation list, and it's not true.

Anonymous wrote:Hey jackass. "Walk on" can mean someone who wasn't recruited and makes the team.

That's not what "walk on" means, moron. It only applies in a scholarship situation and is almost always used for DI football because that's where it actually has some meaning. You have used just about every term incorrectly. Read the NCAA book and get a clue.

Or just blather on incorrectly.

Anonymous wrote:So who is leading the college commit numbers game this year?

PVI has 114 kids committed to D1 for lacrosse.

So who is leading the college commit numbers game this year?

Hey jackass. "Walk on" can mean someone who wasn't recruited and makes the team.

Anonymous wrote:What is a preferred walk on?

There's no such thing as a "walk-on" or a "preferred Walk-on" in the Ivy League.

Walk-ons are non-scholarship players. Since there are no scholarships in the Ivy League, every one is a "Walk-On" in every sport.

That terminology comes from Division I scholarship football. It barely applies to Division I scholarship lacrosse programs because there are only 15 and a fraction total scholarships and "full rides" are a rarity.

It is possible to be a "recruited athlete" and still be a "walk-on".

The NCAA has a pamphlet that explains all of this. The person that posted about preferred walk-ons doesn't know what they are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:The kid at Dartmouth was not a preferred walkon. Please.

Hmmm, he's starting for the team this year. Why would you doubt that he was known to the coaching staff during the application process and was encouraged to come out for the team? STA has had a number of alums play at Dartmouth (there are three on the current roster).

Because I know the kids. He wasn't offered a preferred walkon spot primarily because that does not exist in the Ivies. He is started the last 2-3 games (and split in most of them) because the team is 1-9 and floundering. The coach is trying everything to find a combination that works.

Credit to that kid for walking on and actually seeing significant playing time as a freshman. That is a great feat. But he was not a preferred walkon.

Anonymous wrote:The kid at Dartmouth was not a preferred walkon. Please.

Hmmm, he's starting for the team this year. Why would you doubt that he was known to the coaching staff during the application process and was encouraged to come out for the team? STA has had a number of alums play at Dartmouth (there are three on the current roster).

What is a preferred walk on?

The kid at Dartmouth was not a preferred walkon. Please.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't see that every day . . . two STA '15 grads starting in goal for Division I lacrosse programs (Lehigh and Dartmouth) as freshmen. Good for them!

Neat.

Were they walkons? I do not recall seeing their names on the recruits listing.

No. Neither were recruited. Both lax programs are struggling, so both are getting a shot. Still, great to see kids from this area playing in college.

Dartmouth knew about the goalie -- essentially he was a preferred walk-on. Lehigh was a "true" walk-on situation. And those recruits listings tend to have some holes for the later commits.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't see that every day . . . two STA '15 grads starting in goal for Division I lacrosse programs (Lehigh and Dartmouth) as freshmen. Good for them!

Neat.

Were they walkons? I do not recall seeing their names on the recruits listing.

No. Neither were recruited. Both lax programs are struggling, so both are getting a shot. Still, great to see kids from this area playing in college.

Anonymous wrote:You don't see that every day . . . two STA '15 grads starting in goal for Division I lacrosse programs (Lehigh and Dartmouth) as freshmen. Good for them!

Neat.

Were they walkons? I do not recall seeing their names on the recruits listing.

You don't see that every day . . . two STA '15 grads starting in goal for Division I lacrosse programs (Lehigh and Dartmouth) as freshmen. Good for them!