I'm picking this thread to list the following because it is the 2014 Spring girls and there has been some discussion about age, playing time, etc.
The following is a breakdown of the Class of 2013 YJ commits and their playing time in their first year of playing college lacrosse. The list was 66 girls (from the website) of all YJ teams across all college divisions. (Disclaimer--I was a YJ parent and my daughter is not represented by this group. I read the YJ thread and things seemed nicer back in the day).
I broke it down as follows: (Strictly by games played)
1) "Impact" player played most games 2) "Played" is about 50% of games with statistical contribution 3) "Not Significant" played in a handful of games with little statistical contribution 4) "Did Not Play"--self explanatory but injury or transfer a possibility
45% of the 2013 commits were "Impact" players 11% of the 2013 commits "Played" 36% of the 2013 commits were "Not Significant" 8% "Did Not Play"
Just food for thought. If I can remember I'll try to follow this class to 2017.
Don't waste your time, the stats are meaningless. An impact player at East Bumfreckle U is the same player that does not see the field at a top ten college.
You are correct but also prove a point. A lot of players go to "East Bumfreckle" and don't play which doesn't help them later in life. But I thought this group was a good representation of where girls play. The vast majority were D1 schools but there were a couple of D3 schools that, from an academic standpoint, were superior to 95% of the other schools. If you have a 2100 SAT player, want to study abroad and play lacrosse don't discount these schools. For most, lacrosse is over in four years and no one will give you a job from "East Bumfreckle".
