My daughter plays HS lacrosse-- it is very competitive here (South Jersey) and she would like to play in college. We have no delusion about some giant scholarship or something-- honestly she just wants to play and go to a nice school with her desired major that we can afford. If she gets a little bit of $$ for LAX that is a bonus. She is a junior right now.
So she started looking and has gotten in contact with several coaches. Her top school is Grand Valley (D2) in Michigan. It has a great merit scholarship program which we expect she will be able to achieve (still doing SAT and ACT thing as she is a junior but her GPA is well within range for decent merit). The coach has told her there are still a few spots for her year on the LAX team and would she come to a 5 vs 5 tournament in February so they can see her play, she can take a campus tour and then speak with the coach about the program.
The school is an awesome fit for her, and even has a direct flight from our home airport-- my step daughter has an all day travel thing with her school, which is fine as it is a great school for her too-- but a 2 hour direct flight is pretty sweet.
Now, the coach isn't allowed to have her do official (paid) visit until senior year so this would be unofficial. It would be nice to wait so we wouldn't have to pay but it seems that some offers are already being made to juniors so it may be time to get on the bus-- or she may not have the chance.
Would you take the trip if you were me? There are only so many LAX programs out there and it whittles down to less when we are talking schools we can afford and schools where her play level may be a match-- she isn't a D1 big name school player but would hold her own I think in a school like this.
HELP!
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