<p>I think basketball is tops for most schools. It think NMH might be second in the country right now? They are absolutely amazing to watch. Pretty much the whole team goes DI every year. They “specialize” in sending players to the Ivies, but they also send a fair amount to very strong basketball programs as well. They have one from last year playing for Louisville right now. Scads of DI coaches routinely show up just to watch practices. We went to the year end tourney a couple of years ago and were amazed at the level of prep school basketball. Truly an elite group.
Soccer…not so much, because to be highly recruited in soccer you have to play with your club team year round and now, it is very important to be part of the US Developmental Academy…very difficult to do this in boarding school as it requires 3 day/week practices from November-June with games most w/e’s and showcases two-three times per year which require you to miss several days of school. I know that my son’s soccer really took a hit because of bs. His school team is one of the best in NEPSAC class A, but they (and none of the NEPSAC teams) can hold a candle to the USSDA teams.
I don’t know about lax, but I imagine it’s sort of similar to soccer in that if you can’t keep up your club connection, it makes it a little harder to go to a top lax school.</p>