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How much power does a coach have to send a recruited athlete to a SA prep school?
DeChellis and his staff have been working furiously on the recruiting trail to address the team’s deficiencies and have thus far gained commitments from five promising prospects that are coming directly to the Naval Academy. DeChellis hopes to add two more players to the incoming recruiting class while placing another five or six at the Naval Academy Prep School.
The Capital has identified all five of Navy’s current recruits through internet and newspaper reports. Two of prospects — forwards Jerome Alexander and Will Kelly — were placed at prep schools by previous head coach Billy Lange.
My son is a recruited athlete at USMAPS. As I understand it, each core sport coaching staff has a certain number of spots at the prep school available for their recruits who can qualify for admission.
If they are "qualified for admission" doesn't that make them "over qualified" for Prep?
Originally Posted by RSMWilson
My son is a recruited athlete at USMAPS. As I understand it, each core sport coaching staff has a certain number of spots at the prep school available for their recruits who can qualify for admission.
The exact words were "can qualify for admission" not "qualified."
Mullen also enjoyed a fine three-year varsity career in football, playing defensive back, wide receiver and running back. he was recruited more heavily to play that sport in college, but basketball is what he enjoys most, and when the Naval Academy came calling for him to play hoops, he jumped at the chance. A member of the National Honor Society with a weighted 4.0 GPA, Mullen was accepted straight into the Naval Academy, but he plans to spend next year at its prep school in Newport, R.I., to help smooth in the transition and further develop his game.
Having a 4.0 and being a NHS member tells one NOTHING about being academically qualified for admission.
Mullen was accepted straight into the Naval Academy, but he plans to spend next year at its prep school in Newport, R.I., to help smooth in the transition and further develop his game.
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The Capital has identified all five of Navy’s current recruits through internet and newspaper reports. Two of prospects — forwards Jerome Alexander and Will Kelly — were placed at prep schools by previous head coach Billy Lange.
Pretty clear that NAPS is being used as a redshirt factory.
A universal truth is that no candidate wants to attend NAPS but once graduated they would never not have done so. We have here a candidate whose sole Academy contact is with a coach, probably a new coach since the head coach is new. There are candidates on this forum dealing with BGOs and RDs who are unsure of their status. It is a subject ripe with misunderstanding. I personally would not put a whole lot of credence in his statement to a sportswriter that he is qualified. Hence JAM's observation. Nor the new head coach planning to send five to NAPS. A couple to Foundation maybe.Mullen was accepted straight into the Naval Academy, but he plans to spend next year at its prep school in Newport, R.I., to help smooth in the transition and further develop his game.
Not sure what a “red shirt factory” is.
I personally would not put a whole lot of credence in his statement to a sportswriter that he is qualified.
We have already discussed that probably the reason there is a new lacrosse coach is the old coaches recruiting policies. Football, from all the data I have ever seen, seems to fall under the general guidelines of the percentages commensurate with that in the Brigade. If you have other data, not opinion, please provide. As far as basketball, you don't mention whether you are referring to men or women. Surely you don't mean men since only a total of two midshipmen, both freshmen, on the USNA roster are products of NAPS. Two out of twenty. A "redshirt factory"? There are three freshmen out of five total NAPSters on the women's roster. I suspect one or two are walk-ons. However, still hardly a "redshirt factory". Yep, "the data speaks for itself."This ain't rocket science, the data speaks for itself. Navy Lacrosse, football, and basketball all use the prep program to redshirt.
I don't see the problem in using NAPS as a place to get DI athletes ready for the academic and athletic rigors of a service academy. I think it's perfectly acceptable to allow student/athletes an extra year to get ready for the special demands of a service academy. Once these student/athletes get to USNA, USMA or USAFA, then they are expected to perform well in academic, military and athletic environments. I wish all the student/athletes at the various prep schools the best of luck in their future academic, military and athletic endeavors. Use that extra year to your benefit!!