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Obviously. But now I can look at it like I wasted 425$ instead of 625

UA 150 was a let down this year. Lots of top girls did not attend and few coaches at games. Maybe better for the 2026 class

Juniors being the same day definitely split the top girls. South girls went to UA and North East went to Juniors. But I was told Juniors was just as bad as UA.

Tons of coaches at Juniors.....lots of top 25 schools as well

So the takeaway is do Juniors over UA 150?

UA150 2025 parent here, not a Director trying to sway to attend one showcase over the other. There was plenty of top talent this year and D1 coaches. Villanova, Pitt, JMU, Xavier, Marquette, Louisville to name a few. The weather delay was poorly communicated, agree.

There were plenty of top players and D1 coaches at UA.

I would say do neither. Take the 1k$ split that into two college I’d camps. Can’t convince me otherwise these days that the only people who should do these types of showcases are the kids on lower ranked club teams that get very little colleges watching them play.

Juniors was excellent and over 50 schools present

Definitely Juniors over UA150! The top D1 coaches were at Juniors. You just have to be realistic about kids talent. If not D1 level, don’t waste your money here.

How do we know if our kid is D1 level?

Define plenty. I never saw more than six at any of my daughter’s games.

Easily 12-15 at wednesdays game

say it LOUDER for the people in the back

Maybe the championship game. The only time I saw 15 coaches is when they were hanging out with each other under the coaches tent nowhere near any game

September 1st ... The recruiting process will give you a very good indication of where you daughter stands.

If the player has "Not" been in front of the majority of college coaches the above may not be accurate. The college coaches need to see players play against strong competition in order to form their best opinion.

Although it's not an exact science, the collective opinion of the college coaches is the best indicator.

detest to say it, but if you aren't getting interest by now, your daughter probably isn't. After President's Cup, your recruiting director should have shared which school were at least somewhat interested and wanted you to attend their prospect days. I

appreciate the feedback as we have to get our kids ready for life after lax. Thank you

Yes but this requires two things to be true -
1) your daughter has a good idea of where she wants to go
2) you have a realistic view of where your daughter can play

2 is especially hard

Ask whoever is in charge of recruiting at your club. If they don't know, or won't be honest with you, then to be honest you have an uphill battle in front of you.

By recruiting year, if a kid is D1 playing level ? You and your club would most likely know ability of the player by then. However, there is high D1 and low D1s. So, your club recruiting specialist, should be able to give you some feedback as to where your kid would be able to go and play lacrosse in college. If not D1, there are so many options and most kids will be able to play somewhere if they are a decent player on LI. D1 is not the be all, end all of college lacrosse. Just try to figure out realistically the level of play your kid is, and spend your money wisely in pursuing “the dream”.

Hopefully , lacrosse opens college doors that would not otherwise be open for your kid! That should be the real objective. Good Luck!

nope.. it was game 3 of 2nd day... I'm not turning this into a pissing match though so whatever

Be very careful who you listen to, (I would not listen to the above advise).

The college coaches will let you and your daughter know what level they believe your daughter is at. Do not rely on "recruiting directors" "club directors" "HS Coaches" etc...

Let the college coaches determine for themselves if they believe your daughter can play for them.

Your job is to do your best to make sure that your daughter gets in front of as many college coaches as possible.

Your daughters job is to do the best she can when she is playing.

Both you and your daughter must make the coaches aware of who your daughter is and that she has sincere interest in the coaches school and their lacrosse program.

Remember this:

* No coach gets all the players that they want.

* The "recruiting process" will go on for some time.

* The process is fluid, the landscape changes constantly. Every time a player commits coaches from other programs reevaluate their lists.

* There will be many rounds of players committing.

* Stay positive and help your daughter to do the same.

UA150 is not legit. Players apply and then the director asks each club coach to rank the applicants. Only those ranked the highest number will get invited. So essentially your club coach decides who gets in. Its very $$$ and college coaches do not go.

Juniors open. Club directors also asked for top players list to get direct invitations. That mean zero. They still have to pay. Once the reg link goes out anyone can register with application.
Lots of good coaches. Do this one

Ok. The. I have another Question. How many were at your daughters four other games? Most I saw was three at mine. 20-40 coaches a game at my daughters tournament games on a weekend that I don’t have to spend 1000k extra for. Was a straight up money grab.

Yeah I think Juniors is the same process. Only difference is you have to pay an application / evaluationfee for. Daughter applied. Club director got an email from Juniors asking for the ok. My daughter along with 10 of her teammates weee there. 😁

Juniors is actually more than UA150. Both are scams. Not worth it. Well not scams. Money grab. The only scam is Maryland Showcase. That one should be arrested for what she does.

How much was Juniors?

Just about 800 if you include the application

Your definition of Juniors must mean about 15-20. Most of them hanging out with each other. I did notice USF coaches were scouting hard

Yes, Juniors is expensive . However, you do get what you pay for with that one! There is a lot of college coaches in attendance and the team coaches do a good job in playing the players pretty fairly. Good one to do recruiting year.

Just another shameless Junior Open plug. They’ve been at it since last year. “Anonymous” - hardly

Yeah, you definitely get your monies worth. Now cut the check.

Good advice!

Sorry but if you don't listen to your recruiting directors, then you will end up wasting thousands of additional $$. Having a connected recruiting director is the number one reason to pay big $$ for a top club.

Given how the college recruiting process is managed through intermediaries until Sept. 1, then you are fool not to listen to the ones who cn actually talk to college colleges. You shouldn't be attending a summer prospect day if you haven't already received positive feedback from those schools

The kids who don't get offers are often the ones who are targeting top 25 schools, despite not getting any positive feedback from these schools before Sept 1.

- "Having a connected recruiting director is the number one reason to pay big $$ for a top club." -

No.

Not sure who you are or if you are affiliated with Juniors but this is as the kids say, “Cap.” There was more coaches watching a game vs two 50th ranked clubs at Lax for thr Cure than was actually watching any of
My daughters game. Oh by the way. 25 kids were on her team. 🙄. Tons of touches there.

I would say no to this just because Juniors had 25 kids to a roster. That was ridiculous. How many touches are you getting to justify 800$. Complete money grab.

I think your last paragraph is key. But it’s not that simple. Your kid could want to play for a team, go there and get out on the radar. But I think I agree. Don’t go to summer camps. Go to fall camps when you know a team is interested. If I could do over again, I would’ve saved a few thousand in camps.

Agree. We're waiting on interest to spend money. One D2 contacted the club recruiting director, but several directly contacted my daughter without ever talking to the club. She didn't even target D2 schools and only sent 5 or so emails total to D2 schools. One D1 (top 25) has contacted the club requesting her to attend a camp, so we are planning that one. From what we've heard from a lot of 24s and 23s, they had no prior knowledge of any interest before they were contacted on 6/15 or 9/1. Some might disagree, but we see no point in spending large amounts of money begging a small number of schools for attention. If there's interest, we'll return it in due kind. She'll pick from who wants her instead of begging schools to take her.

Same boat. She was contacted on June 15 by three top 5 D2 teams and a host of others. Had no idea they were interested. Never emailed them. Her club has never told her anyone is interested. Gonna assume she will be contacted by a few on Sept 1 and go from there. Not going to camps in the summer without knowing interest. That being said, the D2 teams wanted her to come to their summer camps, but my daughter wants to play D1 so we’ll wait till September