Come on. It’s not the coach that gets the kids recruited. If you can play, you will get recruited. Yes the club coaches push their favorites to certain showcases but that’s it.
Can’t tell me if your kid can ball, coaches like Cathy Reese passes on her because she didn’t get the push from a certain parent coach. That’s nonsense.
Maryland is probably not a good example. They pass on a lot of good players, they are the best program in the country for a reason.... They bring in the best players and they do not take players because a club coach pushes the player.
I'd argue that UNC and BC have surpassed Maryland. UNC has destroyed Maryland the last few years on the recruiting trail. UNC is now the #1 choice for many top players and MD is falling behind. Top players are passing on MD. Maryland's top 2024 committ was very close to comitting to UNC. She went with Maryland only after UNC loaded up with every other top player available in 2024.
The top Commit probably chose MD because she knows Cathy Reese is the best women’s lacrosse coach ever and wants to be coached by her! MD is still the best lacrosse program ever. who wouldn’t choose Cathy Reese and MD if lacrosse was a main factor in her college choice? It’s also an amazing school! Win, win
Of the 4 most recently successful programs- Academically, UNC, BC, Northwestern completely blow away Maryland. All on par or surpassed Md in lacrosse right now, so from a balance of lax and academics among this group, Md would be last on list. Northwestern the only one on list in top 10 both academically and lacrosse power. Probably also a reason Md can hang on so strong with lax is that hey can bring in an entire class of players who are just average students, whereas Northwestern (and other high academic schools) may be able to sneak an average academic player or two each year through the back door, but certainly not the entire class.
Ha.. that's funny, trying to lump UNC and BC in with Northwestern in terms of academics. As far as admissions goes, Northwestern can bring in pretty much whoever they want, UNC has a very specific number of "slots", not sure exactly how much leeway BC has, not sure if they have a specific number of slots or if "athletic consideration/admission" is done case by case but I would imagine they have a lot of support in admissions. In any event, all the schools listed are excellent academic schools with great lacrosse programs. Maryland will not be going away anytime soon and they are by far the best women's lacrosse program of all time.
Not true regarding NW. One of the top 23 for YJ had NW as her dream school, the coaches wanted her but couldn't get her in.
Agree that there standards are lower than say Stanford or Duke, but to say they will admit anyone is false.
If the coaches at Northwestern wanted her they would have gotten her in. The above post said "Northwestern can bring in pretty much whoever they want", it did not say "they will admit anyone". Northwestern has more leeway with admissions than just about any Top 10-15 Academic School. That does not mean that they will wave the admissions wand for every player. Simply because a parent gives a reason/story/excuse for why a player didn't get into, receive an offer from or go to a particular school doesn't mean that it's true or that is the way things will be for everyone. I have read many times on here how a player needs "specific" academic credentials to get into an Ivy as if all Ivy's have the same admissions requirements or bring in the same level of athlete (they do not). It appears that many people make statements based on one individuals experience. Remember, every situation is different and what is required of one player (academically) may be very different than what is required for another player even at the same school.
Every school is different, every player is different, every recruiting class is different. One player might be able to get into Duke, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, Hopkins, Penn and Vanderbilt with a 93 GPA, 1200 SAT, 29 ACT etc... and another player may be told that they need to have 98GPA, 1350 SAT, 32 ACT (if test scores are needed...) Every single situation is different and so are the requirements for every student athlete, there is a top recruit and a bottom recruit in every class at every school.
