Club Lacrosse Recruiting?

by **Leachmtb** on Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:10 pm

I was being ironicle, because can you really call getting guys to play on a club lacrosse team recruiting? They've already come to that college. Has anyone really been recruited to play club lacrosse?

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by **Danny Hogan** on Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:14 pm

All the major programs do quite a bit of recruiting. i know for a fact that both UF and FSU host recruits numerous times during the fall and spring. Neither school has much to offer as far as admissions/financial help, but the recruiting trips have been known to sway kids one way or another.

by **If At First...** on Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:24 pm

I agree with Danny, I know that the UofU does hold a recruit weekend once a year, and makes several attempts to speak with up and coming High School players in Utah. They target those kids looking to play lacrosse but that don't want to stray too far from home. The UofU, UVSC, Utah State and BYU are all relatively close to eachother. They also have a handy recruiting tool in the Wasatch Mountains and insane skiing and boarding 30 minutes away.

Its not nearly the same kind of recruiting you get in DI schools as far as financial incentive goes, but the goals remain the same; to sway a player to attend your University and play lacrosse. The incentives lean more towards competition, program depth and skill of other players.

by **the lax** on Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:48 pm

Mighigan State wanted me to come up for a football game. I imagine if I had visited I certainly would have ended up there.

by **CATLAX MAN** on Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:51 pm

To echo some of the comments above, recruiting for universities that have club lacrosse does not take its normal meaning within the terms of regular varsity sports. However, being able to offer an organized, competitive program to a potential student/player is an advantage for some MDIA schools. This is a big reason why you see the same schools at the top of the heap every year. The UCSBs, CSUs, etc. can demonstrate that the level of their play is a step above a number of schools and that is an advantage in the so-called "recruiting" process.

by **Kevin OBrien** on Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:53 pm

We get a few guys who email us the year before. I've gotten a few resumes and also what looked to be an actual packet from a Canadian with recommendation letters from everyone from his priest to his 3rd grade teacher. Turns out he didn't want to just come south, he needed money also..

Anyways, if someone contacts us about wanting to play, we'll get back in touch with them. If they're coming to campus, we'll try to have a player show them around. If you look, a lot of the teams have recruitment sections on their website where prospective players (already at the school or still in HS) can contact the team.