It is very difficult to determine top player -is it always a middie , GK or is a defender on great team that barely plays D all game the best. It shakes out in college -most super stars don't make it past fall ball unless they are OK with riding the bench. Very few freshman at MD, UNC, BC will see the field.
As a GK parent, if you have a great team, you’re not seeing many shots… but on the flip side you’re getting great exposure bc of that team. Usually have to go down to maryland (prepared as heck) to face some shots. Wonder if sometimes better off being on a B team. Curios if any other GK parents on the board who could share their experience.
Good question! YJB goalie going to Stanford, YJA UMass. Neither TG black goalie is committed yet. This is for the 23’s
Wow!!! nice win there for the young lady.
At the top academic schools it’s not Lacrosse & athletic ability are not enough, the student athlete must also have exceptional academic credentials. Northwestern is probably the only top tier academic school where the coach can bring in whoever she wants but it is my understanding that she does not like to bring in players who have not demonstrated that they work hard in the classroom. It doesn’t help the student or the program if the athlete can’t keep up in the classroom. Princeton, Stanford, Penn, Hopkins do not have the same latitude with admissions as NU.
I hear you, the Ivies and a handful of others like Stanford, player generally has to be able to get into the school with exceptional academic credentials
