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Example Recruiting Letters you Might Want to Start Writing

Here are two great examples of recruiting letter you can use as a template. It's important all of you are emailing coaches. Try to come up with a list of 20 colleges and start emailing them.

Sample Letter 1

Sample Letter 2

Recruiting Info

Things you want to know about preparing for college

Freshman Year

Get good grades. Please realize that the first thing college coaches will ask a high school coach are what are his grades? and what kind of kid is he?

Have a good time playing your first year in high school. Listen to your coach and take in as much as possible. Watch as much lacrosse as you can and learn from those players on your team that are better than you are.

for the summer after your freshman year, go to a camp like Navy or Maryland. Ask your coach about the opportunities you may have to play for a club team. You can look at many of the club teams in Maryland by going to our teams tab and selecting "Club Teams in Maryland." As always, watch and learn from those player better than you.

Stay well rounded and play other sports, college coaches and admissions departments like to see the multiple sport, well rounded athlete.

Sophomore Year

Don't slack on your grades. Keep 'em up.

Continue to learn from your coaches, watch college lacrosse and compete to be the best on your team within your position. Make sure you strive to be a much improved player from your Freshman year to your Sophomore year.

For the summer after you Sophomore year, you'll have to be honest with yourself. If you are a very good player and a starter on varsity, talk to your coach about Free State tryouts. Free States is a underclassmen Maryland all-star team in which you compete against other all-star teams in the nation (this summer the team played the Philadelphia All-Stars and the Long Island All-Stars. The cost is around $110 and who's who in college lacrosse coaches are there. You have to be recommended by your high school coach and nomination are usually at the end of March. Please realize not all of you will qualify for this as a rising Junior.

Get on a competitive club team if you are good enough. Our club team, as well as SOCO, HeLax, BeLax, Severn River, North Arundel are a few in the local area.

If you are not quite there yet, go to a couple of camps as mentioned above and play as much lacrosse as possible.

Junior Year

Continue to get good grades.

Hopefully by now you are a starter on varsity dominating people in your county.

At the beginning of your junior year, register with clearinghouse if you are planning on playing lacrosse for a Division 1 or Division 2 school. Click HERE to learn more about clearinghouse and eligibility to play D1 or D2 sports.

Start creating highlight clips of yourself throughout the season. Either invest in a digital camcorder or see if your coach is willing to cut film.

Decide a game that you truly feel was your best game of the season and burn that to a DVD. Most college coaches aren't as interested in your highlight film as they are in watching you in an entire game.

For the summer after your Junior season, get on a club team. You want to get into a good team camp which will be swamped with college coaches as early in the summer as you can. Most major D1 college coaches (if this is your level of play) want to decide who they will be recruiting hard at the beginning of the summer recruiting season.

Get into Free-State tryouts if your coach will nominate you. Again, don't take it personally if you don't get recommended by your coach. But if you feel you are one of the best in your county, get into Free-State tryouts.

Start narrowing down your college options to 10-15 and email those college coaches explaining you are interested in your program. Provide the college coaches your high school coach's contact info, your club team coach's contact info, and your summer schedule of your club team.

Senior Year

You may not believe it, but getting good grades your senior year is essential. I knew a kid who lost his athletic scholarship because he decided to fail a few classes his second semester.

By now you have hopefully narrowed down your 15 college choices to 5 or 6 by the beginning of your senior year. Your summer season is over and most college coaches that are truly interested in you, have contacted you.

You are permitted 5 official visits which allows you to stay on campus with players. I would encourage you to take advantage of this. You learn a lot when you get to stay with the college players. Chances are, you will narrow it down to 2 college choices.

You may take as many unofficial visits as you'd like. So if you still have 10 colleges on your list, pick five for official visits and five for unofficial visits.

Resources For the College Bound Lacrosse Player

"Guide to the College Bound Athlete

A great resource that reviews the steps required in the process of becoming a collegiate student-athlete. Click HERE to download document.

Clearing House Registration and Information

Every Division 1 and Division 2 prospective high school student-athlete needs to register with the Clearing House in order to participate in collegiate athletics. The Clearing House also previews what courses a high school student-athlete must take and complete in order to qualify academically for college. Go to the following web site. To access this information and to visit the NCAA Clearing House website, click HERE.

College Coaches Recruting Rules

A guide that details what recruiting rules a college coach must follow in the recruitment of a prospective student-athlete. To download thees forma click the following forms:

Recruiting Definitions and Calanders

These definitions and calendars are important recruiting tools in the recruitment process. Go to the following links:

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