Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Doing well” is pretty subjective.
People keep posting D1 commits like they are universally great - and that is so far from the truth. For example, there’s not enough scholarship money in the world to convince me to send my kid to Liberty. There are some D1 opportunities that are just awful.

Very very true. Plus most lax committs don’t get $$$. If your kids goal is to play D1 lax regardless of where, you need to have a very serious chat with her about what college is actually about.

re don't get money...that is not entirely true. They rarely give out full scholarships, but there is money. My daughter has a 30% scholarship to play at a school she loves. When "cost to attend" is around 65k, 30% off per year is real money...at least to our family.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Doing well” is pretty subjective.
People keep posting D1 commits like they are universally great - and that is so far from the truth. For example, there’s not enough scholarship money in the world to convince me to send my kid to Liberty. There are some D1 opportunities that are just awful.

So instead of getting indoctrinated by the right you want your daughter indoctrinated by the wacko left?

Understand this is hard for this message board to hear, but only 10 percent of the girls and 8 percent of the boys that play in high school ever get a chance at D1, and these percentages have dipped in COVID due to 5th years and the portal. To argue over ideology or whatever is ridiculous. Do we not think this isn't going on in their HS? They're chasing a dream and honestly we need more of that these days.

Anonymous wrote:“Doing well” is pretty subjective.
People keep posting D1 commits like they are universally great - and that is so far from the truth. For example, there’s not enough scholarship money in the world to convince me to send my kid to Liberty. There are some D1 opportunities that are just awful.

So instead of getting indoctrinated by the right you want your daughter indoctrinated by the wacko left?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Doing well” is pretty subjective.
People keep posting D1 commits like they are universally great - and that is so far from the truth. For example, there’s not enough scholarship money in the world to convince me to send my kid to Liberty. There are some D1 opportunities that are just awful.

Very very true. Plus most lax committs don’t get $$$. If your kids goal is to play D1 lax regardless of where, you need to have a very serious chat with her about what college is actually about.

This is a bit severe. If it is what the kid wants, go for it!
Also, I think people are just pointing put that clubs other than Capital get kids recruited, and that’s worth noting on a message board. There are options that provide success to all levels and educational goals. It’s not Capital or out.

Anonymous wrote:“Doing well” is pretty subjective.
People keep posting D1 commits like they are universally great - and that is so far from the truth. For example, there’s not enough scholarship money in the world to convince me to send my kid to Liberty. There are some D1 opportunities that are just awful.

Very very true. Plus most lax committs don’t get $$$. If your kids goal is to play D1 lax regardless of where, you need to have a very serious chat with her about what college is actually about.

Anonymous wrote:A small school in CT.

What school?

“Doing well” is pretty subjective.
People keep posting D1 commits like they are universally great - and that is so far from the truth. For example, there’s not enough scholarship money in the world to convince me to send my kid to Liberty. There are some D1 opportunities that are just awful.

A small school in CT.

Anonymous wrote:Another D1 for VA Metro. That class is doing pretty well!

Which school?

Another D1 for VA Metro. That class is doing pretty well!

Anonymous wrote:If these rankings were based on last year, they were correct the first time. Can’t extrapolate to the future as teams will have different opponents/schedules in different conferences, not to mention expansion. For example, a 6-12 Clemson might drag down the ACC, Florida won’t be as good with annual losses to JMU, etc.

Ranking are based on this past season only and aligning schools with their future new conferences. Average rankings do not include new programs like Clemson. The rankings simply help reflect that not only are many local athletes moving on to play in college, but they are doing so at a high level within D1 both for athletics and academics.

If these rankings were based on last year, they were correct the first time. Can’t extrapolate to the future as teams will have different opponents/schedules in different conferences, not to mention expansion. For example, a 6-12 Clemson might drag down the ACC, Florida won’t be as good with annual losses to JMU, etc.

Adjustments to conference RPI rankings based on reported changes taking place over the next several years -- USC to Big Ten, SDSU and UC Davis to Pac-12, Stony Brook and Monmouth to CAA, JMU to AAC, etc. Suspect there may be even more conference changes that may impact these rankings before or shortly after the 2023 class begins play.

Big Ten--14.88
ACC--20.44
AAC--41.43
Big East--48.33
CAA--51.25
Ivy League--52.00
Pac-12--58.14
MAAC--60.89
America East--61.29
Patriot--66.30
Atlantic 10--68.10
ASUN--71.33
Big South--85.00
MAC--97.67
NEC--102.86

Anonymous wrote:How absolutely amazing that there are 40 ladies from the area going on to play lacrosse in college! Wow!

Not only does the area have 40 women from the class of 2023 who will be playing in college, nearly half will be playing in the Top 3 toughest D1 conferences based on average RPI of teams in each conference.

Big Ten--14.00
ACC--20.44
AAC--47.50
Big East--48.33
Pac-12--50.17
CAA--51.25
Ivy League--52.00
MAAC--60.89
America East--61.29
Patriot--66.30
Atlantic 10--68.10
ASUN--71.33
Big South--85.00
MAC--97.67
NEC--102.86

Congratulations to all of these talented young women. No one knows what each was specifically looking for—not all wanted to play at a D1 lax powerhouse, some wanted to but not if they wouldn’t play, some valued education over choosing a school just to say they were playing D1, some didn’t have the grades/scores to play at a high academic D1 or D3…the bottom line is there are so many factors and so much pressure, so all of these players should be celebrated for their success and for hopefully finding a great fit academically and athletically! And so awesome that several DMV clubs have so many talented and now recruited players! I’m sure there will be more ‘23 commitments even as the ‘24s start their process.