Tonight I read an article titled 'Recruiting Gone Crazy' by Alexander Flemmore in my Lacrosse Magazine. This article was about how colleges are recruiting juniors in high school to come play lacrosse for their teams is entirely different then say six years ago. Now-a-days aspiring girls are making phone calls, sending e-mails, joining club teams, playing high school leagues, making highlight videos, going to camps, spending weekends at colleges, working with personal trainers, etc., where six years ago most aspiring girls would just apply and get accepted! The number of lacrosse playing girls has gone drastically up, and the competition has gone up with it. It's not easy to get into a college just because you know how to play lacrosse. The article also included different quotes from high school juniors about the recruiting process and how they feel about it. Most said it was very stressful but worth it in the end. My hope is to play lacrosse in college so this article really helped give me some insight into what it takes to do that.
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