Could someone explain the recruiting process for D3 academically strong schools (MIT, UChicago, Amherst, etc) and ivies? Do they typically wait to see where the top commits go first or do they go after a different pool (not top, but solid players with high GPAs) from the start? Thank you.
Ivies go after the best day 1 and I believe they can have some early summer contact reference grades. The D3 high academics in general come later. At this point almost every year the vast majority are D1 recruits and the D2’s and D3’s start to pop as spring HS lacrosse season ends. There are some lacrosse website compilers that bare that out. You can however be way more aggressive with D3’s even before D1 9/1 date. If that’s best fit get there and get daughter to get coach to want her.
Agree. My 2020 daughter's experience was ivies recruit as early as other D1 programs. She committed in 9th before the rule change and was contacted by some ivies early. I don't recall any D3 schools reaching out, I presume because she didn't pursue any and also because she was off the table before they started recruiting her class. A few of her friends went D3 or visited D3 schools. Some schools have admissions screening the summer before senior year and not all of the recruits makes it through. Some want junior year transcripts and test scores before offering, so it's June/July after junior year for commitments at the earliest.
