Lax Recruiting

Certainly HC is offering them to players who just completed their freshman year.at a minimum.   Some schools have actually gotten commitments from players just starting their freshman year, believe it or not.   This has become a huge problem for lacrosse, with players feeling they have to commit by the end of sophomore year or there may be no scholarships (or Ivy spots) left at the better programs.  Unfortunately this means that a number of the players either commit to a program and then don't develop enough to be able to play at that level - or else they commit to a mid-tier program and then break out and renege on the commitment to jump to a big-time program.

 Both the men's and women's lax coaching associations have pushed for new legislation that hopefully will be passed by the NCAA during the next year to curb recruiting before the start of players' junior years.   This would be a major positive for everyone.    As noted in a recent NCAA release,  "The NCAA DI Council recommended the early recruiting proposal for the 2016-17 NCAA legislative cycle. This proposal seeks to push all recruiting contact with prospective student-athletes (“PSAs”) back to September 1st junior year. All recruiting contact includes incoming and outgoing telephone calls, unofficial visits and correspondence between coaches, PSAs and their families. Camps and instructional clinics are still allowed under this proposal, following the current DI recruiting calendar."


www.iwlca.org/news_article/show/669704?referrer_id=2508977

Current recruits (verbals) still in HS:

2017 (HS Sr)

Brad Baker, A/M, St. Dominic’s (N.Y.)


Daniel Locke, LSM, Portsmouth Abbey (R.I.)


Jack-Henry Vara, M/FO, Medfield (Mass.) – PG ’17


Jack Cahill, M, Medfield (Mass.)

Cole Nagahama, LSM/D, Belmont Hill (Mass.)


Dominic Dimitroff, M, Deerfield (Mass.)


Gavin McNamara, A, Brooks (Mass.)


Tom Cremins, D, Mercersburg Academy (Pa.)


Matthew Brush, D, Minnetonka (Minn.)


Connor Fitch, M, Cranford (N.J.)


Rowan Hart, M, Davis (Calif.)


Peter Dobbs, G, St. Peter’s Prep (N.J.)

Philip Turner, D, Spalding (Md.)




2018 (HS Jr.)

Herschel Halesworth, A/M,
Iona Prep (N.Y.) / Express
North

Jake Brophy, M, Coronado (Calif.) / West Coast Starz

Chris
Conlin, D, Chatham (N.J.) / Leading Edge


Andrew Ponsetto, LSM/D, St. John’s Prep (Mass.) / 3d New England


Will Jones, LSM/D, Bishop Moore (Fla.) / Swarm, LCO


Ridge Driscoll, M, Marblehead (Mass.) / Fighting Clams


Thomas Marra, A, Fordham Prep (N.Y.) / Prime Time


Alex Gainey, G, St. Sebastian’s (Mass.) / Laxachusetts


Paul Miller, A, Brooks (Mass.) / Fighting Clams

Tommy Joyce, D, Boston College HS (Mass.) / Laxachusetts



2019 (HS Sophs)

Jayce Lambert, A, Thayer Academy (Mass.) / Laxachusetts – PG ’19


Thomas McIntire, A, Tabor Academy (Mass.) / Laxachusetts


Will Bryan, A, Conestoga (Pa.) / Mesa Fresh

Jake Engelke, A, Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) / Leading Edge

Martin Folan, LSM/D, Boston College HS (Mass.)/ Fighting Clams


breezy,

I got a post that said "one correction:"
There was nothing there. What was the correction?

Thanks for the clarification. I agree (and that may be why HC is continuing to recruit until the player signs on the official LOI).
Sad that with a chance to go to HC, Jack-Henry had to "settle" for Princeton.