Recruiting

[Kleizaster]

2018 class. I'll go by just the top 25 and compare by listing the highest honor achieved. all of the Tewaaraton watchlist and nominees have all conference honors as well. All academic Honors not included
Name Pos Commitment
1 Elizabeth Hillman M North Carolina
2 Erin Bakes M USC Second Team All-BIG EAST (2022)
3 Hannah Mardiney A Florida
4 Maddie Jenner M Duke Tewaaraton Nominee (2021)
5 Elle Hansen M Northwestern
6 Meaghan Tyrrell A Syracuse Tewaaraton Award nominee (2021)
7 Jenn Medjid A Boston College Tewaaraton Award watch list (2021)
8 Cassidy Weeks M Boston College
9 Megan Carney A Syracuse Tewaaraton Award nominee (2021)
10 Sarah Reznick G Florida Tewaaraton Watch List (2022)
11 Sarah Cooper D Syracuse Tewaaraton Award nominee (2021)
12 Anna Callahan M Duke
13 Rachel Hall G Oregon 2021 NCAA All-Tournament team
14 Julia Hoffman A Maryland
15 Caitlynn Mossman A Boston College
16 Darby Welsh M Maryland
17 Shannon Berry M Princeton
18 Courtney Weeks M Boston College
19 Tayler Warehime M North Carolina
20 Madison Doucette G Northwestern IWCLA National Defensive Player of the Week (2022)
21 Madison Rielly A Maryland
22 Shay Clevenger D Louisville 2021 ILWomen Preseason Third Team All-American
23 Maria Pansini D Princeton
24 Emma Jaques M Northwestern
25 Meaghan Scutaro D Notre Dame

-10 of 25 earned some high honor
-22 of 25 were major contributors. started all or most games or contributed 40+ points in a season
-BC won this class
-I found that it's very rare to have a Tewaaraton nominee who wasn't ranked in the top 25 in any class.

[user1020]

E Trenchard from UNC not ranked coming out of HS and became 4 year starter & 4 time AA.

That's the one glaring miss I noticed. I'm sure there are more, it just takes a lot more time to check that than it does to go through a list. Too much work for me

No Bosco or Cordingley either (unless I missed them)

[jff97]

E Trenchard from UNC not ranked coming out of HS and became 4 year starter & 4 time AA.

That's the one glaring miss I noticed. I'm sure there are more, it just takes a lot more time to check that than it does to go through a list. Too much work for me

No Bosco or Cordingley either (unless I missed them)

Noticed they were missing too. I remember on a podcast Cordingley saying there wasn't a ton of Canadian recruiting going on when she committed to Hopkins. I'm guessing that unless you're in the club scene, it's probably hard for them to find footage. Looks like Bosco came in as a midfielder before switching to defense.

[jff97]

Though Kleizaster did the top 25 recruits for 2018, here what I saw for the top 50/on the rise members in ILWomen's 2018 class. Same categories as the 2017 post from earlier, though I left off the "Missed" group since they still have one more year of eligibility left if they want to use it. Here's how it broke down.
Multi-time AA: Maddie Jenner, #4, Duke
Meaghan Tyrell, #6, Syracuse
Jenn Medjid, #7, Boston College
Sarah Cooper, #11, Syracuse
Katie Detwiler, #26, Loyola
Izzy Scane, #27, Northwestern
AA: Megan Carney, #9, Syracuse
Sarah Reznick, #10, Florida
Jillian Wilson, #30, Loyola
All-Conference: Erin Bakes, #2, USC/Georgetown*
Shay Clevenger, #22, Louisville/Loyola
Charlie Rudy, #32, Colorado
Taylor Suplee, #38, Penn State/High Point*
Grace Hulslander, #50, Harvard
Annabelle Albert, OTR, Georgetown
Bri Gross, OTR, Vanderbilt
Kaitlyn Mead, OTR, Michigan
Annika Meyer, OTR, Johns Hopkins
Kate Mulham, OTR, Princeton
Clare Nothnagle, OTR, Albany
Olivia Penoyer, OTR, Yale
Maddie Sanchez, OTR, Maryland
Multi-year starter: Elizabeth Hillman, #1, North Carolina
Elle Hansen, #5, Northwestern
Cassidy Weeks, #8, Boston College
Rachel Hall, #13, Oregon/Boston College
Caitlynn Mossman, #15, Boston College
Tayler Warehime, #19, North Carolina
Madison Doucette, #20, Northwestern
Madison Mote, #28, Notre Dame
Annie Dyson, #40, Virginia
Shonly Wallace, #45, Stony Brook/Oregon*
Sopiha LeRose, #46, Duke
Katie Ramsay, #47, USC
Jane DiGregorio, OTR, Davidson
Paisley Eagan, OTR, Boston College/Florida
Eva Greco, OTR, Duke
Ellie Kiernan, OTR, Georgetown
Krissy Kowalski, OTR, Penn
Cal Martin, OTR, Ohio State
Michaela McMahon, OTR, Penn/USC
Marina Miller, OTR, Penn State/Richmond*
Amy Moreau, OTR, UMass
Mary Muldoon, OTR, Penn State
Sabrina Robbins, OTR, Colorado
Erin Tierney, OTR, Hofstra
Jordan Tilley, OTR, Virginia Tech
Emma Wightman, OTR, Florida
Contributor: Hannah Mardiney, #3, Florida/Virginia Tech*
Anna Callahan, #12, Duke
Darby Welsh, #16, Maryland
Shannon Berry, #17, Princeton
Courtney Weeks, #18, Boston College
Maria Pansini, #23, Princeton
Meaghan Scutaro, #25, Notre Dame
Emerson Cabrera, #31, Florida
Lillie Kloak, #37, Virginia
Gabi Hall, #41, North Carolina
Brooklyn Neumen, #43, North Carolina
Olivia Rubin, #44, Duke
Sophia DeRosa, #48, Brown
Shannon Brazier, OTR, Cornell
Caitlin Chicoski, OTR, Stanford
Maggie Corbo, OTR, Florida
Amanda Cramer, OTR, Northwestern/Cornell*
Braden Dial, OTR, Davidson/Virginia
Hannah Dorney, OTR, Notre Dame
Mia Farnella, OTR, Johns Hopkins
Maddie Johnston, OTR, Duke
Ava Keethler, OTR, Ohio State
Braelie Kempney, OTR, Syracuse
Maddie McSally, OTR, Maryland
Grace Nelson, OTR, Virginia Tech
Maeson Tydings, OTR, Florida
Takeaways:
-74 players hit contributor level compared to 79 from the 2017 class
-Not as many AAs either, with 9 in 2018 compared to 25 in 2017
-Players 1-3 haven't quite lived up to expectations, but the next 10-12 players have been really good.
-BC looks like the clear winner from this class. North deserves d the top-billing, but they don't get to the last 2 title games without this class
-Strong class for Syracuse too at the top
-MD got almost nothing in on the field production out of this class. Sanchez was the only all-conference, and Walsh and McSally looked to be settling into decent roles in 2020 before the season was cut short
-Like with 2017, you can still find really good players in the lower half of the top 100, but the best players are usually still ranked.

[Kleizaster]

Maryland with a super late addition to their 2022 class with G Carly Peterson who i've never heard of. Upon further research turns out MD flipped her from Colgate. I guess after the Lamparter transfer Reese got a bit desperate for a goalie and wanted one for her 2022 class. Makes sense because they are really thin at that position. They have good one coming in next season let's hope she pans out. Goalie is the hardest position in this sport and you pretty much have to hope to hit a lottery to find a good one

[jff97]

Maryland with a super late addition to their 2022 class with G Carly Peterson who i've never heard of. Upon further research turns out MD flipped her from Colgate. I guess after the Lamparter transfer Reese got a bit desperate for a goalie and wanted one for her 2022 class. Makes sense because they are really thin at that position. They have good one coming in next season let's hope she pans out. Goalie is the hardest position in this sport and you pretty much have to hope to hit a lottery to find a good one

Gets them back up to 3 goalies for 2023. Probably will recruit a goalie in the 2024 class too, as Sterling and Hammerschlag both run out of eligibility that year.

[lax410]

Maryland with a super late addition to their 2022 class with G Carly Peterson who i've never heard of. Upon further research turns out MD flipped her from Colgate. I guess after the Lamparter transfer Reese got a bit desperate for a goalie and wanted one for her 2022 class. Makes sense because they are really thin at that position. They have good one coming in next season let's hope she pans out. Goalie is the hardest position in this sport and you pretty much have to hope to hit a lottery to find a good one

Where did you see this?

[wlaxphan20]

Maryland with a super late addition to their 2022 class with G Carly Peterson who i've never heard of. Upon further research turns out MD flipped her from Colgate. I guess after the Lamparter transfer Reese got a bit desperate for a goalie and wanted one for her 2022 class. Makes sense because they are really thin at that position. They have good one coming in next season let's hope she pans out. Goalie is the hardest position in this sport and you pretty much have to hope to hit a lottery to find a good one

Where did you see this?

I saw it here: https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiti ... commitment

[lax410]

Ah thanks. Interesting. Hope she does for them.

[Kleizaster]

Anyone else noticing that Decommitments are becoming more rare in womens lacrosse? Major ones were always rare compared to the Men and other sports but these days they are almost non existent. Ever since the Wurzburger bombshell it's been quiet.

[wlaxphan20]

Anyone else noticing that Decommitments are becoming more rare in womens lacrosse? Major ones were always rare compared to the Men and other sports but these days they are almost non existent. Ever since the Wurzburger bombshell it's been quiet.

I think that was an intended outcome of tightening up restrictions prior to Sept 1 of a PSA's junior year of high school. There's more time for recruits to learn about schools, they are older, and there's also less time for them to de-commit. This may just be an observation from personal experience, but I think the jump from 13/14 years old (8th grade) to 16/17 years (junior year) old can be a big one. The changes to the transfer portal also could have helped to a lesser degree

[jff97]

After taking a look at the 2017 and 2018 class, here's what I found for the 2019 recruiting class. Same five categories as in 2018, and like that year I didn't put the "missed group" in because they still have possibly 2 years left
Multi-time AA: Kasey Choma, #1, Notre Dame
Hannah Leubecker, #9, Maryland
AA: Madison Ahern, #2, Notre Dame
Olivia Dirks, #3, Penn State*/North Carolina
Emma Schettig, #5, Maryland*/Notre Dame
Olivia Carner, #23, Duke
Katelyn Mashewske, #30, Syracuse
Emily Nalls, #39, North Carolina
Cubby Biscardi, OTR, Duke
Isabella Peterson, OTR, James Madison
Emily Sterling, OTR, Maryland
Sam Thacker, OTR, Denver
All-conference: Shaylan Ahearn, #4, Maryland
Sophia DiCenso, #6, Richmond
Catherine Flaherty, #13, Maryland/Florida*
Hannah Heller, #18, UMass
Blair Pearre, #21, Towson
Erin Coykendall, #22, Northwestern
Arden Tierney, #27, Richmond
Katie Elders, #44, Dartmouth
Kara Rahaim, #48, Stanford
Olivia Dooley, OTR, USC
Nicole Ferrara, OTR, Ohio State
Lindsey Frank, OTR, Richmond
Paige Gunning, OTR, Vanderbilt
Hilary Hoover, OTR, Cornell
Olivia Malamphy, OTR, Boston College/Towson*
Libby May, OTR, Maryland
Emily Wills, OTR, Loyola
Multi-year starter: Kari Buonanno, #11, Princeton
Jackie Wolak, #15, Notre Dame
Becky Browndorf, #33, Florida
Jay Browne, #36, Stanford
Kayla Frank, #37, Virginia Tech
Caroline DeBellis, #42, Duke
Emily Heller, #45, Florida
Allegra Catalano, #46, Louisville
Kay Conway, OTR, Duke
Julia Greene, OTR, Stanford
Niki Miles, OTR, Penn
Contributor: Jane Hansen, #7, Northwestern
Delaney Sweitzer, #8, USC/Syracuse*
Livi Lawton, #10, North Carolina
Kennon Moon, #12 Penn
Ryan Smith, #14, Boston College
Nicole Humphrey, #16, North Carolina
Shelton Sawers, #17, Florida
Lexi Schmalz, #19, Duke
Kate Sites, #20, Maryland
Chloe Hunter, #24, Penn
Izzy Rohr, #25, Penn
Victoria Hensh, #26, Maryland
Dylan Amonte, #29, Northwestern
Sophia Taglich, #31, Boston College
Julia Dorsey, #32, North Carolina
Bianca Chevarie, #35, Syracuse
Kiki Shaw, #41, Virginia
Melissa Sconone, #47, North Carolina
Anna Ruby, #49, Loyola
Jaime Biskup, OTR, Virginia
Katie Castiello, OTR, Cornell
Phoebe Day, OTR, Boston College
Sydney Foster, OTR, Loyola/Saint Joseph’s
Meg Hillman, OTR, Loyola
Jane McAvoy, OTR, Notre Dame
Lianna McDonnell, OTR, Stanford
Caitlin McHale, OTR, Bucknell
Caroline Mondiello, OTR, Stanford
Sloane Murphy, OTR, USC
Lucy Murray, OTR, Dartmouth
Aiden Peduzzi, OTR, Maryland
Bryce Pfundstein, OTR, Johns Hopkins*/Ohio State
Carly Steinlauf, OTR, Johns Hopkins
Takeaways:
-73 of the 99 recruits have reached at least contributor level, slightly down from the 79 in 2017 and 74 in 2018
-In terms of the "missed" group, I didn't put only 5 of the top 50 are in there, the lowest of the three classes so far
-Not as many generational talents so far, but definitely some sleepers in this class, 4 All-Americans in the On the Rise group compared to zero from the 2018 class
-No consensus top class yet, but might give the edge to Maryland in terms of depth
-One trend I've noticed is defenders seem underrated, especially here with Nalls being the only one of 3 AA defenders to crack the top 50
-ILWomen did a good job recognizing there was talent in this class, but not as good of a ranking it. The top of this class does not appear to be as slam dunk as 2018, but they still have two more years to get there

[njbill]

Thanks for all your yeoman's work on this. Very impressive and very interesting.

My two cents is that ranking players no. 1, 2, 3, etc. is ridiculous. How do you (i.e., the websites and magazines) distinguish between no. 13 and no. 14, between nos. 32 and 33? Obviously you can't.

If we must (and I guess we must ) have recruit rankings, I would prefer the ''star'' system: five star, four star, etc. Have, say, 20 five stars without individually ranking them, and so forth for four and three stars.

[Kleizaster]

They already assign stars. Usually the top 25 recruits or so are 5 stars. Yes it's true that the difference between #14 and #15 is negligible. But with that said, you have to look at it as a whole. The top 5-7 are usually a level above the remaining players ranked. This is true in every sport. Those are program/franchise changing type players. ofcourse there are always exceptions. But top 5 talents succeed more often than they fail. Especially in lacrosse, where it's much easier to evaluate talent. This is where ranking by numbers becomes valuable. Leaves a quantifiable trail that can be used as a reference. The higher the number, the less chance a player is of becoming a high impact player.

[njbill]

I was imprecise. I should have said they should just leave it at the "star" rankings and deep six the numerical ones.

[jff97]

Back with another analysis, this time for the 2020 class. Decided to add a new category for this group, splitting up the Contributor group into Starter and Contributor since it's hard for rising juniors to have been multi-year starters. This class has just missed some seismic changes in the sport, as it was the last to mostly commit during the early recruiting period and did not get a COVID year while the previous four classes did. As I did with the 2018 and 2019 classes, the Missed category isn't included since they still have two years of eligibility remaining. Here's what I found.
Multi-Time AA: Belle Smith, #2, Boston College
AA:Caitlyn Wurzberger, #1, North Carolina
Ashley Humphrey, #4, Stanford
Ellie Masera, #10, Stony Brook
Danielle Pavinelli, #23, Florida
All-conference: Katie DeSimone, #5, Duke
Maggi Hall, #7, Florida
Kristin O’Neill, #9, Penn State
Ailish Kelly, #22 Stanford
Aubrey Williams, #27, Virginia
Madison Waters, #45, USC
Jaden Hampel, #48, Stony Brook
Sydni Black, OTR, Loyola
Maddie Burns, OTR, Michigan
Sammy Dupcak, OTR, Penn State
Tatum Geist, OTR, Georgetown
Hayley Hunt, OTR, Stony Brook/Lehigh*
Taylor Lane, OTR, Yale
Maria Themelis, OTR, Penn
Carolyn Thistlewaite, OTR, James Madison
Shelby Tilton, OTR, USC
Jo Torres, OTR, Navy
Isabelle Vitale, OTR, USC
Multi-year starter: Morgan Schwab, #12, Virginia
Gretchen Gilmore, #14, Penn State
Mackenzie Hoeg, #31, Virginia
Katelyn Morgan, #40, James Madison
Kendall Halpern, #44, Northwestern
Anna Palmisano, OTR, Denver
Hunter Roman, OTR, Boston College
Starter:Kayla Abernathy, #8, Penn State
Shannon Smith, #13, North Carolina/Maryland*
Eloise Clevenger, #17, Maryland
Keelin Schlageter, #28, Notre Dame
Jenny Markey, #29, Syracuse
Devon Whitaker, #30, Virginia
Annabelle Burke, #32, Michigan
Sophie Student, #35, Virginia Tech
Katie Goodale, #36, Syracuse
Emma Ward, #41 Syracuse
Regan Alexander, #49, Ohio State
Liz Harrison, OTR, Florida
Kacy Hogarth, OTR, Maryland
Katie Keller, OTR, Duke
Jamie Lasda, OTR, Ohio State
Cameron Levine, OTR, Johns Hopkins
Chloe Provenzano, OTR, Harvard
Morgan Smith, OTR, Penn
Contributor: Leah Holmes, #3, Northwestern
Sarah Jaques, #6, Stanford
Andrea Reynolds, #11, Boston College
Aine Maseker, #18, Notre Dame
Maggie Bostain, #20, Virginia
Gina-Marie Ricciotti, #24, Harvard
Annabelle Hasselbeck, #38, Boston College
Lexi Edmonds, OTR, Penn
Cam Evitts, OTR, Penn State
Katy Gilbert, OTR, Stanford
Hannah Johnson, OTR, Northwestern
Maddie Joyce, OTR, Brown
Megan Kielbasa, OTR, Johns Hopkins
Ella Little, OTR, North Carolina
Kelly Schluederberg, OTR, Florida
Natalie Smith, OTR, Syracuse
Claire Snyder, OTR, Northwestern
Some takeaways:
-48 in the top 50 and On the Rise have gotten to starter level, the same as 2019. 2017 had 70 get there and 2018 had 63
-65 have gotten to contributor level, slightly less than the 79 in 2017, 75 in 2018 and 73 in 2019
-The AA players are obviously studs, but with just 5 so far I think it shows how hard it is to be at that level so quickly in your college career
-Lot of programs had all-conference players in the rankings, showing that you can find impact players even if they aren't ranked. Still, the best in the class are usually ranked initially
-No clear best class so far, but looks like this could be a good class for Florida and Penn State. Like what Virginia and Syracuse have got here too. Think this is the first time I've soon Stony Brook recruits on this list as well.
-Will post 2021 in a few days, hopefully you guys have enjoyed this. Took some work, but not as much as you think

[Justalaxdad]

Back with another analysis, this time for the 2020 class. Decided to add a new category for this group, splitting up the Contributor group into Starter and Contributor since it's hard for rising juniors to have been multi-year starters. This class has just missed some seismic changes in the sport, as it was the last to mostly commit during the early recruiting period and did not get a COVID year while the previous four classes did. As I did with the 2018 and 2019 classes, the Missed category isn't included since they still have two years of eligibility remaining. Here's what I found.
Multi-Time AA: Belle Smith, #2, Boston College
AA:Caitlyn Wurzberger, #1, North Carolina
Ashley Humphrey, #4, Stanford
Ellie Masera, #10, Stony Brook
Danielle Pavinelli, #23, Florida
All-conference: Katie DeSimone, #5, Duke
Maggi Hall, #7, Florida
Kristin O’Neill, #9, Penn State
Ailish Kelly, #22 Stanford
Aubrey Williams, #27, Virginia
Madison Waters, #45, USC
Jaden Hampel, #48, Stony Brook
Sydni Black, OTR, Loyola
Maddie Burns, OTR, Michigan
Sammy Dupcak, OTR, Penn State
Tatum Geist, OTR, Georgetown
Hayley Hunt, OTR, Stony Brook/Lehigh*
Taylor Lane, OTR, Yale
Maria Themelis, OTR, Penn
Carolyn Thistlewaite, OTR, James Madison
Shelby Tilton, OTR, USC
Jo Torres, OTR, Navy
Isabelle Vitale, OTR, USC
Multi-year starter: Morgan Schwab, #12, Virginia
Gretchen Gilmore, #14, Penn State
Mackenzie Hoeg, #31, Virginia
Katelyn Morgan, #40, James Madison
Kendall Halpern, #44, Northwestern
Anna Palmisano, OTR, Denver
Hunter Roman, OTR, Boston College
Starter:Kayla Abernathy, #8, Penn State
Shannon Smith, #13, North Carolina/Maryland*
Eloise Clevenger, #17, Maryland
Keelin Schlageter, #28, Notre Dame
Jenny Markey, #29, Syracuse
Devon Whitaker, #30, Virginia
Annabelle Burke, #32, Michigan
Sophie Student, #35, Virginia Tech
Katie Goodale, #36, Syracuse
Emma Ward, #41 Syracuse
Regan Alexander, #49, Ohio State
Liz Harrison, OTR, Florida
Kacy Hogarth, OTR, Maryland
Katie Keller, OTR, Duke
Jamie Lasda, OTR, Ohio State
Cameron Levine, OTR, Johns Hopkins
Chloe Provenzano, OTR, Harvard
Morgan Smith, OTR, Penn
Contributor: Leah Holmes, #3, Northwestern
Sarah Jaques, #6, Stanford
Andrea Reynolds, #11, Boston College
Aine Maseker, #18, Notre Dame
Maggie Bostain, #20, Virginia
Gina-Marie Ricciotti, #24, Harvard
Annabelle Hasselbeck, #38, Boston College
Lexi Edmonds, OTR, Penn
Cam Evitts, OTR, Penn State
Katy Gilbert, OTR, Stanford
Hannah Johnson, OTR, Northwestern
Maddie Joyce, OTR, Brown
Megan Kielbasa, OTR, Johns Hopkins
Ella Little, OTR, North Carolina
Kelly Schluederberg, OTR, Florida
Natalie Smith, OTR, Syracuse
Claire Snyder, OTR, Northwestern
Some takeaways:
-48 in the top 50 and On the Rise have gotten to starter level, the same as 2019. 2017 had 70 get there and 2018 had 63
-65 have gotten to contributor level, slightly less than the 79 in 2017, 75 in 2018 and 73 in 2019
-The AA players are obviously studs, but with just 5 so far I think it shows how hard it is to be at that level so quickly in your college career
-Lot of programs had all-conference players in the rankings, showing that you can find impact players even if they aren't ranked. Still, the best in the class are usually ranked initially
-No clear best class so far, but looks like this could be a good class for Florida and Penn State. Like what Virginia and Syracuse have got here too. Think this is the first time I've soon Stony Brook recruits on this list as well.
-Will post 2021 in a few days, hopefully you guys have enjoyed this. Took some work, but not as much as you think

What does “OTR” stand for?

[jff97]

OTR stands for "On the Rise." It's the next best 50 players outside the top 50. ILWomen doesn't rank them, just lists them in alphabetical order.

[Justalaxdad]

OTR stands for "On the Rise." It's the next best 50 players outside the top 50. ILWomen doesn't rank them, just lists them in alphabetical order.

Ahh, thank you!

[jff97]

One more recruiting analysis, this time for the 2021 class. Same categories as for the 2020 class. This class is the first one to be mostly recruited with the new roles, but also one whose first year was impacted by the extra eligibility granted because of COVID. Here's how the class stacks up so far.
AA: Emma LoPinto, #4, Florida
All-Conference: Rachel Clark, #10, Virginia
Fallon Vaughn, #31, Yale
Annabel Frist, #48, Stanford
Georgia Latch, OTR, Loyola
Starter: McKenzie Blake, #7, Princeton
Samantha White, #8, Northwestern
Emily Messinese, #22, Navy
Ashley Bowan, OTR, Penn State
Ellie Hollin, OTR, Penn State
Madison Karpe, OTR, Rutgers
Taylor McClain, OTR, Bucknell
Brooklyn Walker-Welch, OTR, North Carolina
Contributor: Mallory Hasselbeck, #1, Boston College
Nina Montes, #11, Princeton
Christina Gagnon, #12, USC
Chase Boyle, #13, Loyola
Paris Colgain, #14 Johns Hopkins
Grace Weigand, #15 Notre Dame
Jordyn Lipkin, #17, Maryland
McKenna Davis, #18, Boston College
Natasha Gorriaran, #20, Penn
Samantha Smith, #23, Northwestern
Kylie Gelabert, #29, Cornell
Celeste Forte, #30, Florida
Kate Miller, #33, Virginia
Maddie Dora, #35, USC
Jade Catlin, #39, UMass Lowell (VT Commit)
Brooke Hoss, #40, Penn State
Reilly Traynor, #43, Duke
Olivia Adamson, #46, Syracuse
Alex Hopkins, OTR, Yale
Grace Muldoon, OTR, Richmond
Lily Osborne, OTR, Loyola
Julia Schwabe, OTR, Michigan
Maley Starr, OTR, Georgetown
Amanda Sudnik, OTR, Harvard
Alexa Waters, OTR, Florida
Some takeaways:
-Only 38 players have reached the contributor level so far out of the 99 players. That's a lot less than any other class.
-25 ranked players have reached contributor level, compared to just 13 in On the Rise.
-Though when you break it down to starter and above, it's more even, with 7 in the top 50 and 6 from On the Rise.
-It's really hard to have a big role as a freshman. You either have to be an absolute stud or come into a team where there's opportunity for playing time. Stanford, for example, redshirted most of their 2021 recruits.
Thanks for following along. This was fun to do, and hopefully y'all enjoyed it. My biggest takeaway from this is that ILWomen had its fair share of misses like any recruiting site, but generally has done a good job evaluating potential talent. Even if some schools players may not always be ranked high, there are a lot of schools that make the list.