Originally Posted by Anonymous
The original response to the question was spot on. The greatest benefit from playing lax at an elite private school (besides the education and the lifetime network) isn’t the exposure to recruiters, it’s the exposure to better competition. When you play with and against better players, you get better. The more you do it, the better.

That said, plenty of kids can carve their own path from other schools. Playing for a top club helps.

Some good comments in this thread but I think the key thing to note is that there are tons of D1 players coming from non lacrosse areas all over the country. My guess is that ALL those kids play on a top club that is playing high-level tournaments on the east coast. There are some that end up boarding at a lacrosse school or doing a PG year but many others manage without. Like someone earlier mentioned, a national team may be a better fit than MD/HoCo club because they do things like training camps and such. You can also do those things a la carte with some national teams too - something to consider.