Go to your son's club coach and owner with a list of schools he may be interested in. He's an 8th grader not even in high school, but neither here or there, so you will need some guidance through it and remember that NCAA rules prohibit coaches from emailing or calling kids or you, so the club is your conduit. Every club coach and owner should be informed about prospect days at the colleges which have them, and should be letting you know about them in advance. This does not apply for you until next fall anyways, but get prepared. These things are a free for all, so if you don't get a head's up one is announced, even a few days can cost you a chance to enroll before it is full. Second, I'd ask for and welcome a reality check from your coach and club owner. If the kid is a great student, are you really going in for Delaware, Denver or High Point just to chase the D1 spot? If your kid is not a great student, is ND and Duke or Princeton really a logical strategy? Now a lot of that is must impossible to an extent because he's not even in high school or has he sat for a needed standardized test. Considering 60+ D1 schools is a bad start, and a money hole. Know what you want, ask if what you want is obtainable and then see how it goes. It helps when you are in 9th grade to know if you are interested in 3-5 of them, and if that interest is mutual.
THANK YOU for your insight. As parents going through this for the first time, we are in need of wisdom from those of you who have done this in the past. We are trying to put into place the best path to follow as far as navigating through the system called early recruiting.
By learning from your trials and errors (2018 parents) because you are the ones having sons going through this now, we are hopefully putting together what turns out to be a good portfolio of sorts.
Our son is concentrating on school and getting GREAT grades. That is his first priority. He has a gift, so we have been told, and as he is our oldest and first son to go through this process for lacrosse, so we are looking to the parents who are in the trenches now, able to let us know what mistakes not to make. So your input is much appreciated.
As you stated, getting information one day too late could mean not having a chance to enroll for a recruit day.
Crazy as it sounds, HS is only a semester away. His club team has the schedule for fall tournaments already.
Our son is learning from his trainers and coaches that GREAT grades and GREAT lax schools go hand in hand. Without the grades, school offers are few and far between. His future HS coach has been speaking with him, which makes us very happy. His club coaches are preoparing him for upcoming showcases. He will be in LarryMiller next week. We are using 3d as a jumping point. As parents we will listen and as a player he will be able to see just what competition he is up against.
Your points were well made and were received. Thank you for your time.
We have a HS junior being actively recruited for basketball. It is nothing like lax recruiting. An offer to play ball for a low D1 school will cover full tuition, board, books and travel home 4 times a year. Our AAU coach has 20 years of experience and fully invested in each of his players getting a full scholarship to play.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. The 2019 thread is not able to focus on anything lacrosse related anymore. Truthfully, even if it was, the 2019 parents cannot just say, great for your kid, here is what we found out, good luck, hey, how did your son get to do that???
