<p>My son a rising senior for lacrosse has sent his transcripts to about 8 schools. It was about a week ago so waiting on feedback. He has had minimal contact with most of the coaches lately, just short emails here and there (I presume most are out recruiting) and are busy this time of year.</p>
<p>My son has two more events and that's it for his high school career (bittersweet)! So.....now what? The waiting game? Do we wait for the coaches to come back and give feedback from admissions?</p>
<p>Is it too late for my son to start reaching out to other coaches and introducing himself (opening up more opportunities)? At what point does the actual "committing" for D3 heat up and begin as well as conclude? All new to us so thank you!</p>
<p>It is never too late to start reaching out to other coaches and situations. I would start doing it today. Expecting a reply within a week of sending out his information is not realistic. These coaches are looking and communicating with hundreds and even thousands of kids.</p>
<p>You need to understand that your son’s timetable is vastly different from the coaches. In my son’s sport (baseball) we had the more aggressive D3s starting to reach out this time of year (mid-July) when they saw him at D1 Baseball as well as Academic showcases. The college lacrosse coaches will most likely have recruiting showcases until the start of school. My guess is they will make some offers before the showcase season is over and make some offers after the showcase season is over.</p>
<p>Your son needs to ask the lacrosse coaches what their timetable is, and how he does or doesn’t fit into their plans. I would start doing this sooner rather than later, and plan accordingly. We changed plans at least a couple times to get to his eventual goal. Good luck.</p>
<p>Hi and thanks. I am starting to see that flexibility is important (hard for someone like me who needs everything to be black and white:) He is going to reach out to another 8-10 coaches via email. At this stage of the game (in the thick of recruiting season) what should he say besides including his basic info and highlight tape links?</p>
<p>We were just specifically told by one NESCAC football program that they expect to have the pre-reads on their top prospects complete by 1st week August. </p>
<p>Have not heard from a few others we have been talking to, and we added a few campus visits to complete this month after coach interest in a couple of the the larger clinics. These are schools we also just added.</p>
<p>I would include why he wants to attend XYZ for those schools he is genuinely interested in. I would include his high school, club or showcase coaches contact information and anything materially relevant to his athletic recruiting at XYZ (all district, all state, all American, 16U national club champion, etc…). Remember, the coach is primarily interested in his athletic capabilities. The coach will refer athletes he wants to Admissions for a pre-read. Your son’s goal in these emails should be to start a dialogue and get the coaches summer schedule so he can see him play in the flesh. Seeing a tape is fine, but coaches like to see talent with their eyeballs. If your son is going to be in the area, I’d request a drop by (un-Official visit) if their is mutual interest. The recruiting window is now until Nov 1 (ED app deadline) for recruited D3 athletes. Now is the time to be bold IMHO. Good luck.</p>
<p>Ginger Peach - Interesting about the NESCACS. We sent off pre-read information to several NESCACS this week, as they told us they needed to do that before extending an invitation to attend a game, stay with a player, etc. They told us they’d get back within a week or so. We’ll see what happens. If he gets positive feedback, he’ll have to decide which ones he really wants to visit for an overnight. We may draw the line at more than 3!</p>
<p>As for “is it too late” to start engaging programs in the summer, my sense is now is NOT too late for the Div 3’s for class of 2014 grads. Div 3s are often at the mercy of the Ivies and some of the other top Div I academic schools, and it’s not unheard of for recruits to “fall” to them late in the process who had been crossing their fingers for a Div I offer. Definitely put your son on the radar now. Lacrosse is an interesting animal as some of the NESCACs will not recruit you if you went to a public school(!). Several of my son’s friends were told that by NESCAC coaches.</p>
<p>Nescacgrad88, I just took a look at several NESCAC schools’ lacrosse rosters and while they are private school heavy, they also have a fair number of public school kids. Those public schools are among the best known for lacrosse and there are a few from less dominant public schools.</p>
<p>I am not sure about private vs public. Yes it does appear things happen for NESCAC well into the senior year, sometimes them wanting to see improved test scores or a strong first quarter for senior year.</p>
<p>I guess we will know where we stand as we start hearing back from various schools and the read done through admissions. In the meantime he is going to be reaching out to more schools.</p>
<p>In one interesting case, a friend of his who just gradated who had been trying to get a D3 offer ended up going to a good D1 school and committed March of his senior year. Granted that is not the norm but I guess it shows that pretty much anything can happen.</p>
<p>Last question…why do kids “pg” a year? A few kids my son knows are planning on doing this and I am wondering what the rationale is.</p>
<p>My son did a PG because he was younger and smaller than his teammates – but with a great athletic resume. He was looking to be recruited by a better (read: higher ranked) team. He dreamed of playing for a Top 20 lacrosse school – and with an outstanding high school senior year under his belt ended up at one of the very best. </p>
<p>He was able to take advanced courses at his PG school and enter college with some AP credit on his resume. It was a nice bridge academically from a good public high school to a demanding college, as he had a solid year in small classes with very good teachers. </p>
<p>So – his PG year was for athletic and academic maturity. It resulted in a better field of colleges recruiting him, but it was based on his public high school record, with the coaches knowing he was going to play for a top New England prep school before coming to college. Recruiting was over before he walked onto campus at a PG student.</p>