Some Facts About Recruiting1. Be realistic about you ability level. There are currently only a

handful of players in the state of Florida who will be recruited to play at an Elite Division I level.

2. In 2008 there were 87,000 girls playing lacrosse at the high school level in the US. There were 11,000 women playing collegiate lacrosse - this includes 349 varsity and 200 club teams. Only about 7,000 women play for varsity programs. That means only about 1 in 12 high school players will actually play at the varsity collegiate level.

3. The Top 20 DI programs have about 600 players spread out over 4 recruiting years - or 150 kids per year. If you’re not one of the top 3-5 kids in the state of Florida in your class you will probably not be playing at one of those schools.

4. Athletic scholarships are few and far between and will probably not be “significant.” Most scholarships will be “partials” and only amount to about $6,000 - $7,000 a year. Academic scholarships are more plentiful and generally worth more money than athletic scholarships are.

Some Facts About Recruiting No amount of marketing hype will sell a college coach on you.

College coaches are only interested in one thing - your ability to help their program! The best way for us to help you is to make you better. Our focus will be on instruction and development! That is the only thing that matters to college coaches!

Why am I telling you this? It’s not to discourage you. It’s to help you understand how much competition is out there for the spot/scholarship you want. Nothing worthwhile is easy - you have to work for it. This is one of those things you have to work for each and every practice.

Here is the truth: much of this recruitment game is luck of the draw. Your daughter has a great club game at the exact time 20 college coaches are watching, she gets noticed. She gets emails. In short, she gets on their radar. If anyone tells you anything else they are lying to you.

Recruiting Information1. Maintain an updated questionnaire for the RC Elite Staff (SAT

scores, GPA, college choices, etc). This is important as you never now when a college coach may contact us. Please go to www.rollinssports.com and fill out questionnaire completely.

2. Create your own unique resume to send to college coaches - stand out from the crowd. Club “form” resumes promote the club more than the individual players. Market yourself not the club. You would never send a “standard” form resume to a job you really wanted. Again, it’s more important for the college coach to remember you - not the club you play for! Be original as this will help a coach get to know a little bit about your personality.

3. Try to attend camps/clinics of the schools you are interested in. Your best chance to be recruited by a coach is to be “coached” by them.

4. Take lots of video and pictures - don’t just limit it to games - film practices too. This may be the first key to getting noticed.