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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.
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.
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...
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...
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...