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DIII Schools with Lacrosse Programs in the Director’s Cup Rankings

By Lacrosse Playground | February 18, 2011 |
As mentioned previously, one of our favorite rankings at Empower the Athlete is the NACDA Director's Cup rankings. Here is a list of the D3 schools with lacrosse programs in that made it into the top 50. They are numbered by their rank.

Empower the Athlete's Camp of the Week, Whiz Kids Lacrosse Camp

By Lacrosse Playground | February 14, 2011 |
In an effort to get more information out to high school players and their families about what’s what with the summer recruiting camps, Empower the Athlete will be featuring camps on their Advisor Blog. Keep Reading...

Empower The Athlete Recruiting Special Offer for Lacrosse Playground Readers

By Lacrosse Playground | January 27, 2011 |
Recently, Empower the Athlete launched its new website, and to celebrate ETA is offering LPG users access to all online recruiting materials. Getting recruited these days is more difficult than ever, and so is managing that recruiting process. Between all of the camps, tournaments, and emails and phone calls from coaches, it can be tough to stay organized. Keep Reading...

Signing Up for Camps Early, Empower the Athlete

By Lacrosse Playground | January 25, 2011 |
The three primary avenues for high school lacrosse players to get noticed by college coaches are playing for a club team, attending recruiting tournament showcases, and going to a recruiting camp. Even if you are on a club team, attending a recruiting camp can still be beneficial for you in the recruiting process. There are a lot of established camps out there that vary in level of play and the types of college coaches that attend. The key is to chose camps early based on your ability and what schools you are looking at.

D1 Schools with Lacrosse “Stack Up” in New Directors’ Cup Rankings

By Lacrosse Playground | January 24, 2011 |
Empower the Athlete has recently posted the latest NACDA Directors' Cup Rankings. NACDA stands for National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, and once a year these athletic directors get together and rank NCAA colleges and universities by success in collegiate athletics. Points for the Directors’ Cup are based on order of finish in different NCAA championships or media-based polls. Essentially, these rankings reflect which schools have the best overall athletic departments. Keep Reading...

D1 Lacrosse Schools in Director's Cup Rankings

By Lacrosse Playground | December 3, 2010 |
In the near future Empower The Athlete will be releasing their own power rankings of the best college lacrosse schools based on the quality of the school’s academics, athletics, and lacrosse. Until then, they will be releasing a different ranking with every Newsletter. This week we are showing you how D1 Lacrosse schools stack up in the prestigious Director’s Cup rankings, which ranks the top athletic departments in the country. Keep Reading...

Empower the Athlete, College Application Bootcamp Teleconference Tonight

By Lacrosse Playground | November 15, 2010 |
Athletes Applying to College: join tonight @ 8pm EST for a FREE college application teleconference, hosted by Empower The Athlete. November 15th, 2010, - For lacrosse players planning on applying to college, Empower the Athlete is hosting a special College Application Bootcamp tonight at 8pm est, 5pm pst. The free event will cover everything you need to know about filling out your college applications and writing your personal essays, as well as providing inside perspective of what coaches and admissions officials are looking for in successful candidates. Keep Reading...