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College Recruiting Timeline from
LaxPower Here's a suggested timeline for high school lacrosse players
for navigating the recruiting process and helping to pay for college
through the great sport of lacrosse.
Freshman (9th Grade)
Fall
- Play in the fall if possible
Winter
- Look into playing in a winter league or attending a winter camp
- Visit a couple schools to get an idea for what you are
interested in
- Think about what division of lacrosse you would like to play
Spring
- Prepare for spring season and play well
- Start thinking about what camps to attend for the summer
Note: Consider camp as a great way to see a campus and get to know
coaches from different schools.
Summer
- Play in tournaments
- Attend a camp if possible
Sophomore (10th Grade)
Fall
- Try to determine what type of school you want to go to and what
type of program you want to play for
- Make a list of your top 20-30 schools
Winter
- Look into playing in a winter league or attending a winter camp
- Start contacting coaches at your top 20-30 schools
Note: You are allowed to contact them, but they cannot contact you this
year. This includes phone calls, e-mails, letters, instant messages and
text messages.
Spring
- Try and attend some college lacrosse games (preferably at your
top schools)
- Continue to modify your top 20-30 schools list and email coaches
of any additions
- Start thinking about what camps to attend for the summer
Note: Consider camp as a great way to see a campus and get to know
coaches from different schools.
Summer
- Send coaches at your top 20-30 schools an email with your camp
and summer tournament schedule
Note: Make sure to include your club team information, jersey number,
and position.
- Send coaches at your top 20-30 schools a reminder email 1-2
weeks before every tournament or recruiting camp you are attending
Note: Make sure to include your club team information, jersey number,
and position again. You do not need to send a game schedule.
- Play in tournaments
- Attend a camp if possible
- Visit schools and arrange to meet coaches if possible while you
are on campus
- Get video of you playing made
Note: Most coaches don’t want to just see highlights. Make sure to
include live game footage so they can see how effective you are in a
given amount of time. Check out
iplayers.net for a preferable alternative over sending out video via
post mail.
Junior (11th Grade)
Fall
- September is the first month
college coaches can mail to you
and initiate e-mail contact with
you
- Respond to coaches
immediately
Note: Most colleges will send out
questionnaires. Fill these out
appropriately and send back
immediately. It does not hurt to
send an email to each school saying
you have put the questionnaire in
the mail and are very interested.
- Email the coaches of your
top 20-30 schools with your fall
tournament schedule
- Make sure to play in some
fall tournaments
- Get a solid list together of
your top 10 schools
Winter
- Look into playing in a
winter league or attending a
winter camp
- Sign up for the early Spring
SAT or ACT testing dates
- Keep coaches of your top
schools up to date on anything
new and on your upcoming season
Note: Make sure you show interest in
the season of the schools you are
interested in when you correspond
with them.
Spring
- Try and attend some college
lacrosse games (preferably at
your top schools)
- Continue to modify your top
10 and top 20-30 schools list
and email coaches of any
additions
- Take SAT
Note: Make sure that you indicate
the NCAA Clearinghouse number (9999)
as a place to send your scores.
- Start thinking about what
camps to attend for the summer
Note: Sign up for a camp or camps
that is either at a school that you
like or has coaches from schools
that you like.
- Email coaches about your
high school season and with your
summer tournament and camp
schedule
Note: Make sure to include your club
team information, jersey number, and
position again. You do not need to
send a game schedule.
Summer
- Send coaches at your top
20-30 schools an email with your
camp and summer tournament
schedule
Note: Make sure to include your club
team information, jersey number and
position.
- Send coaches at your top
20-30 schools a reminder email
1-2 weeks before every
tournament or recruiting camp
you are attending
Note: Make sure to include your club
team information, jersey number and
position again. You do not need to
send a game schedule.
- Send coaches your most
recent telephone numbers so they
can contact you come July 1
- Send coaches a complete high
school transcript from grades
9-11
- Register for the NCAA
Clearinghouse after your junior
year
- Retake SAT and ACT tests as
needed to improve your scores
- Play in tournaments
- Attend camps where coaches
you want to play for will be
- Visit schools and arrange to
meet coaches if possible while
you are on campus
- Get video of you playing
made if you have not already and
send out to at least your top 10
schools
- July 1 is the first time
coaches are allowed to call you.
The process starts on this day,
but goes until at least
September
Note: Coaches will begin to extend
scholarship offers at this point and
will continue to extend offers
throughout the year on an individual
basis with each recruit. If you do
not get offered one in July, it does
not necessarily mean coaches are not
interested.
- If possible, you should take
unofficial visits to all the
schools in which you have an
interest by the end of the
summer
- Begin planning official
visits if they offered to you
Note: You are only allowed to take
FIVE official visits and visits
taken for other sports count towards
your five total allowed visits.
- Keep an open phone line and
communicate with college coaches
at least once a week and you can
also send an update email
Senior (12th Grade)
Fall
- Take your official visits
and compare schools
- In October, the majority of
schools have selected and
received 90% of their class by
this month
- In November, the NLI
(National Letter of Intent)
signing date is early in this
month. If you have chosen a
school and will be receiving
scholarship money, you will get
an application from your school
and signing papers from the NLI
in early November
Note: When you sign, you agree to
attend that institution for at least
one academic year. If you fail to do
so, you will lose two years
eligibility and must sit out for two
years at another college. The only
exception is if you obtain a
Qualified Release Agreement, in
which case you must complete one
year of residence there and lose one
year of eligibility. These rules
apply only to those institutions
that participate in the NLI.
- If you do not sign early,
continue to email coaches and
update them with your
fall/winter schedule of
tournaments you are attending
- Pick your #1 school and
apply early
- Take the SAT at least once
Winter
- Continue to contact and
update coaches
Spring
- Do not let your grades slip
- Remain focused for the
upcoming season
Summer
- Play
- Get ready for college!!
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