<p>Coach Sloane is a great guy. My son has played for him for four years. The best thing to do is to get in touch with him and he will go over your academic qualifications with you. Senior year, you can go to the school and be hosted by a member of the team and get to know the school a bit better. What we were told is that in DIII a coach does has some influence, but it is much less than in DI. My son applied ED which I think also helped.</p>