Advice please for a lacrosse recruit

MaryOC
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:08:50 +0000

LAX players from the Boston area verbally commit to Ivy/NESCAC/Patriot schools early, all the time. I noticed this month alone, that 3 student athletes from the same MA public HS LAX team have verbally announced their intentions to play for NESCAC schools in the Fall of 2014.

Rather than announcing they are ‘verbally committing’ as has been customary, the wording has been changed to say “…(name) has committed to the admissions process at Bowdoin College/Williams College/Tufts University.”

I suspect that is the carefully scripted choice of words of the program’s coach - who is well aware of the remote possibility for things to fall through for these student athletes - but who also has a great reputation working with coaches to place his players within the Conference.

[Medfield’s Bissell chooses Williams - Boston High School Blog - ESPN Boston](Medfield's Bissell chooses Williams - ESPN - Boston High School Blog- ESPN)

[Medfield’s Treiber chooses Tufts - Boston High School Blog - ESPN Boston](Medfield's Treiber chooses Tufts - ESPN - Boston High School Blog- ESPN)

[Medfield’s Crowell chooses Bowdoin - Boston High School Blog - ESPN Boston](Medfield's Crowell chooses Bowdoin - ESPN - Boston High School Blog- ESPN)