One of Gonzaga's seniors was the second earliest verbal in history for his class. At that time it was winter of 9th grade. He's likely the 5th best middie on his high school team, granted Gonzaga is a top prep team. If he makes All Met it would need to be a political thing because lacrosse on the field won't do it. That's not unusual. Many earliest recruits, including a few at PVI, get passed by on their teams and by the players on their rival teams. Counting early commits up to grade a program is dumb.