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Lax Scout at head of class
for high school players and college coaches
October 22, 2003
Unique and useful recruiting
tool for high school lacrosse players and college coaches
by Gerald Goulder, editor, YouthLacrosseUSA.com
Last week YLUSA.com interviewed Christopher Deutsch
editor and founder of what will become the premier lacrosse
recruiting publication in the USA. YLUSA.com has reviewed
this year's Lax Scout and we can tell our readers
that Lax Scout is the new lacrosse recruiting
bible.
Having a good idea is one thing. Being able to take
a concept and turn it into both a viable business model
and a useful product that adds something to the marketplace
is talent. Deutsch's team has shown tremendous ingenuity
and business capabilities in Lax Scout. They
have also developed an honestly helpful aid to the high
school and college lacrosse communities.
Lax Scout is developing a network of lacrosse
recruiters who scout high school players who want to
be scouted and add their scouting report to the player
profile in the publication. Only lacrosse players need
apply to be a Lax Scout recruiting scout. Current
scouts include: Mike Abeles (goalie coach at
Phoenix's Chaparral HS and former MLL and NLL professional
lax player, All-American and "Goalie of the Century"
when he played at Ohio State), Steve Connor (former
assistant coach at Whittier College where he was a league
all-star and three-time defensive MVP), Dan Lannon
(three-time National Champion at Syracuse), Craig
Bubier (three-time All-American, three-time National
Champion at Hopkins), George Camarra (standout defenseman
at Ohio State), Nick Goater (captain and all-conference
defenseman at Union College), Albin Haglund (former
coach at University of Denver, Arizona State, Arapahoe
HS in Colorado, Notre Dame Jesuit HS (Phoenix), 2002
USA Stars Grandmaster Team, and a National Champion
at Cornell), Mark Parmenter (All-American and
Academic All-American at Illinois), Manny Rapkin
(former assistant HS coach at Desert Mountain HS in
Arizona and Clarkstown HS in New York), Jason Silkey
(coach of 2002 Arizona State Champion Chaparral HS,
former assistant and player at Boston College), Kyle
Valkenburg (former coach Elizabethtown HS [PA.]),
Lee Williams (played at Towson State), and Christian
Cook (big lacrosse bully who should never have been
handed a long stick, three-time National Champion and
two-time All-American at Princeton, 2002 MLL Defenseman
of the Year), among others. The other scouts are former
college lacrosse players and coaches who are added as
Lax Scout Scouts as new geographic areas are
added for next year's publication.
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| Example of Scout Report in 2003 Lax Scout publication |
All of the Lax Scout team of professional scouts
are obviously highly qualified and they enter agreements
with Lax Scout attesting to the fact that their
reports are unbiased and represent their subject's skills
as accurately as possible. The professional lax scout
reports are edited for length and evaluated by the Scouting
Coordinator, Scouting Director and Lax Scout's
CEO. It is Lax Scout's policy not to release the name
of the scout that evaluated a particular student.
The Lax Scout player profile also includes a Coach's
Report which contain comments by the player's high school
coach. Coach's comments are received directly from the
coach to ensure reliability and are only edited for
length when necessary.
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| Example of Coach's Comment in 2003
Lax Scout publication. |
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| Player Profiles in Lax Scout are also listed
by player position in listing with all players recruited
by position. |
Lax Scout also includes some interesting articles including
interviews with former college and professional lacrosse
players and a high school lacrosse coach.
For their initial publication as a market test Lax
Scout portends well for high school players who want
to play in college whether its on a club team, or in
a D-III, D-II, or D-1program.
Lax Scout's Mission Statement reads: "Our mission
is to help students, regardless of playing ability,
find a collegiate lacrosse program that is consistent
with their performance objectives. We want to help students
leverage their physical talents so that they may continue
their athletic careers while pursuing their academic
goals in college."
For more information on Lax Scout please contact Christopher
Deutsch Phone: 480-367-1410
Fax: 480-367-1480 Lax Scout, LLC 8314 E. San Simon Dr.
Scottsdale, AZ 85258.
Prior YouthLacrosseUSA.com
article on Lax Scout published October 15, 2003
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