ROLE OFTHE PLAYER

• Decide level of commitment to the sport (level of program).

• Decide what colleges best meet your criteria and goals (academic, athletic and other).

• Communication to School: Outreach, follow ups, and film.

ROLE OF THE GUIDANCE COUNSEL OR HIGH SCHOOL

• Advise on whether a college is a good match - academically & otherwise.

• Provide & process the NCAA release forms with the student's high school transcript for initial and final certification.

• Provide GPA, class rank and unofficial transcripts as needed.

• Assist with the college application process - transcripts, secondary school report and recommendations.

• Make students aware of the core course, GPA, and SAT or ACT requirements to play Div I & II that are found in the NCAA pamphlet.

• Encourage students to challenge themselves with honors, AP, and challenging classes during high school career.

ROLE OFTHE COLLEGE COACH

• Observe& evaluate information on prospective players.

• Contact athletes they decide to recruit.

• Make offers of official (expense paid) visits.

• Make arrangements for official and unofficial visits for recruits

• Answer any and all questions about the institution and lacrosse program.

• If possible, let the recruit know where he/she stands in the admissions process.

• Let the athlete know where they stand in the recruiting process.

• Make scholarship offers.

• Follow all NCAA rules in the recruiting process.

• Make the recruit and parents aware of the rules and how the whole process works, especially the two signing periods.

Before Sophomore Year

• Discover what you like: how you like to be coached, what region (Southern, northeast, west, etc) you prefer, what size school you thrive best in, what you look for in a lacrosse program, etc.

• Follow the programs you’re interested in on Instagram, etc- get to know their coaches and program identity through social media.

• HAVE FUN & DEVELOP - there is plenty of time for recruitment, no need to start too early and burn out of the process.

• Focus on academics!

• Let your club and school coaches know that you’’re interested in playing college lacrosse

Sophomore, Junior, & Senior Year

• Compile a tentative list of colleges. You can start this as early as the 2" half of the sophomore year and should make every effort to have something together before Fall of the junior year.

• Make initial contact with schools (use our email templates below to help guide you through this). If possible, do this prior to your summer (10th going into 11th grade) tournaments.

• Summer of 10th going into 11th grade, consider attending prospect camps to your top choices. Work with us to help you find the best prospect camps so you don’t spend unnecessary time and money.

• During end of sophomore and through the junior year, make unofficial visits to some of the schools that you are interested in. Do your best to contact and set-up a meeting with the coach on these visits (After Sept 1st of your junior year).

• Take every opportunity to participate in your sport to maximize your exposure and increase your skills in the summers before your junior and senior year.

• In your Junior year, we will assign you an IWLCARecruits account, update this profile to showcase yourself.

• Get as much film as you can, make highlight reels for your IWLCARecruits account.

• Junior year: Look over your college lists again. Begin to narrow it down to 4-5 schools (if you haven't already). Do you want to add to that list? If so, send introductory letter now. Some factors to consider when narrowing your list: Academic profile, level of lacrosse, type of school, distance from home, and cost of attendance. Be realistic when focusing your list-include "sure things," "reaches," and a long shot on your list.

• Schedule and make college visits (official & unofficial). Take unofficial visits at end of sophomore year, throughout the following summer, and throughout junior year. Official visits can only be taken after the first day of classes of your senior year –schedule them in the early fall. Remember- you must be invited by the college coach to take an official visit.

• Study and consider information about Early Decision or maybe Early Action admission to a college and Early Signing (of the National Letter of Intent) for athletic participation and/or a scholarship in early fall of the senior year. The Early Signing time frame is generally the third week in November.

• Decide when to verbally commit to a school and/or sign with a school for a scholarship. When you have made your decision be sure to notify all schools recruiting you and thank them for their interest. The time frame for these decisions is Sept 1st of your junior year through mid-fall of your senior year.

• Review letters received from coaches. Check to make sure you have responded to all schools that have written to you.

Senior Year

• By October 30th: Fulfill NCAA Clearinghouse obligations by October 30th if you are considering a Division I or II school. www.ncaaclearinghouse.net

• Decide which colleges to apply to and when to apply. The time frame is usually early to late fall of the senior year.

• Send completed applications and high school transcripts to colleges, usually before the winter holiday break.

• Can I get into your school on my own? If not, can you help me gain admission to your school?

• If you can help me gain admission, exactly what do I have to do to make this happen? (ie., at least 1800 on the SAT, or 23 on the ACT, at least a 3.0 in academic subjects 1 semester, two solid letters of recommendation from academic teachers, etc.)

• Where am I, as far as rank order, on your recruiting list? You said you are recruiting a goalie/defender/attacker this year. If you can tell me, where I rank now among the goalie/defenders/attackers you are recruiting?

• How many players are you recruiting this year?

• Do classes and practices sometimes conflict? What happens in this case?

• What kind ofAcademic Support is available for your players?

• Why do you think your lacrosse program would be a good fit for me? (some areas that should be covered would be coaching style, physical demands, offensive/defensive philosophy, chance to play)

• Would your school be a good fit for me (would I like it) if I was not a lacrosse player? Why or Why not?

• What are my chances of getting any scholarship money?

• Will my status change any if I decide to sign early or decide not to sign early?

Some Questions to ask their Players:

• What are your practices like?

• What are the coaches like when things are going well? Going badly?

• Are the coaches, and is the school helpful if I am struggling in a class?

• What is the social life like?

• How do the seniors treat the freshmen?

Once you’re enrolled into the recruitment program at Palms Lacrosse, we will assign you an IWLCA Recruits profile (Juniors/ Seniors).

We chose IWLCARecruits to ensure that you all have access to best-in-class technology to take control of your recruiting process. The IWLCARecruits platform is powered by SportsRecruits, so to learn more about the capabilities of the platform, check out this quick 5-minute video: Platform Overview - Why SportsRecruits. Our subscription will also include increased video offerings (SportsRecruits partners with 30+ of the top Recruiting Events across the country). Film from any events that we attend, listed on that IWLCARecruits film access page, will automatically be included in this subscription, at no additional cost.

Click HERE for our Recruitment Email Templates

Please make sure you:

• Copy the template, paste, and edit your copy.

• PROOF READ: especially when you build off of a template, you might over look a typo, irrelevant information, or mistakes