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LRNews 101: Letters of Interest

What is the difference between the high school athlete that gets recruited to play in college and the one who does not? At SportsRecruits.com, we've been hard at work trying to find the answer to this question. Through months of painstaking research, we've analyzed the data behind the recruiting efforts of 10,000 student-athletes to reverse engineer the perfect recruiting process. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing with you what we found. What excites us is how predictable the recruiting process is when approached correctly. Please join us Thursday, August 13th @ 8PM EDT for Part 1 of our 4 Part Webinar series: Engineering The Perfect Recruiting Process. ...

D3 Showcase Primer: An Interview With Gettysburg Asst. Coach Dan Sharbaugh

The D3 Showcase will return to the Indoor Sports Pavilion in Randolph, New Jersey on January 20, 2014. In advance of the event, LRNews will be running interviews with coaches from schools that have indicated they will be attending the event. Today, we catch up with Gettysburg College Assistant Coach Dan Sharbaugh. Check the video below for highlights from last January’s D3 Showcase, and keep reading for our Q&A with Coach Sharbaugh. ...

An Interview With: Episcopal School of Dallas Head Coach Patrick Kennedy

We were fortunate to catch up with Patrick Kennedy, the head coach at the Episcopal School of Dallas (ESD). A veteran in the coaching ranks, Kennedy played collegiately at Syracuse and professionally with the Chicago Machine. The Ohio native took over the ESD program in 2012. Below is our Q & A with Coach Kennedy, who discusses the growth of lacrosse in Texas, the challenges high school players in the area face in the recruiting space, and Texas high school teams are becoming nationally competitive. ...

Video Interview: Caitlin Young, Chelsea Piers Lacrosse Club

The Top 120 DIII Showcase took place at Chelsea Piers CT in Stamford, Connecticut on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8. The event, run by Nor’easter Lacrosse and Chelsea Piers CT, featured members of the Class of 2015 playing in front of some of the best DIII programs in the country. Players participated in cross-field stations run by college coaches and also played full-field scrimmages over the two day event. We caught up with Chelsea Piers Lacrosse Director & Marketing Manager Caitlin Young, who discusses the event, the Chelsea Piers Lacrosse Club and her advice for high school players. ...

Video Interview: Laura Field, Nor’easter Lacrosse Club

The Top 120 DIII Showcase took place at Chelsea Piers CT in Stamford, Connecticut on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8. The event, run by Nor’easter Lacrosse and Chelsea Piers CT, featured members of the Class of 2015 playing in front of some of the best DIII programs in the country. Players participated in cross-field stations run by college coaches and also played full-field scrimmages over the two day event. We caught up with Nor'easter Lacrosse Club Co-Owner & Co-Director Laura Field, who discusses the event, the Nor'easter Lacrosse Club and her advice for high school players. ...

An Interview With: Peter Tumbas, Director, American Revolution Lacrosse Club & the Pittsburgh Holiday Camp

We were fortunate to catch up with Peter Tumbas, the Director of the American Revolution Lacrosse Club and upcoming Pittsburgh Holiday Camp, which will debut December 21st and 22nd at the Southpointe Fieldhouse in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Holiday Camp is a teaching and instructional camp designed for Pittsburgh’s youth and high school players to enhance their stick skills and lacrosse IQ while exposing them to NCAA coaching prior to the start of the 2014 season. Below is our Q & A with Peter, who discusses the Camp, the importance of developing fundamentals, and the state of lacrosse in Pittsburgh. ...