new seniors and PG's

goaliedad
Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:36 +0000

OK - a little more about PG athletes and recruiting.

mhmm is correct with regards to “cooking”, although there are some there for academic reasons (NCAA clearinghouse or sometimes just to bring up their Ivy League AI to make them more attractive in that sense). There are rumors that the top 18U female hockey player (she played for the 22U National team as well as the 18U national team, just to give you an idea how good she is) hasn’t committed (being recruited by 2 top Ivies) because of AI issues (allegedly waiting for April 10 ACT scores). The rumor continues to say she will PG next year to improve the AI number, if it doesn’t work this year.

Prep schools tend to use many PGs to do a couple of things. First, they are generally full-pay, so if the yield is a bit low, they can use these athletic recruits who “cook” a little longer while paying full tuition.

PGs who are recruited at prestigous colleges also serve to help the matriculation list, so that is a side benefit. They can look at the transcripts and decide if this student is going to help the prestige of the school.

Just realized I cross posted with keylyme…

Finally, PGs can get a school out of a pickle with regards to yield issues with certain athletic teams. Girls hockey teams are notorious for this, as many girls have many school choices and tend to congregate at certain schools in certain years, leaving other schools with almost zero yield on their recruiting class. Its kind of the ugly underside to girls hockey, but the girls often tend to talk to each other and coordinate which schools seem to be the likely school to win this year and commit together.