Parke Schweiter doesn't sugarcoat it. He thought long and hard throughout his first semester at Hobart about how badly he wanted to play Division I lacrosse.

The All-American defenseman at Trinity, a NXT Lacrosse Club NXT 2014 alum, was locked in to fulfill his dream of playing Division I lacrosse at the College of the Holy Cross. He knew that the commitment was significant and that he'd start at the bottom of the depth chart, especially as a raw prospect coming out of a non-hotbed area. At the same time, it was Division I lacrosse with top-of-the-line academics, so there wasn't a whole lot to dislike.

NXTlacrosse features so many different players who have such varying backgrounds and life stories. This is the third story in a series of first-person renditions of those backgrounds and what each player thought and went through. NXT 2016 and Conestoga LSM Sam Bouhdary was a late commitment to Michigan. This is his first-person account of how his recruitment went into his senior summer before he committed to the Wolverines, a rarity in today's college lacrosse recruiting environment.

NXTlacrosse features so many different players who have such varying backgrounds and life stories. This is the fourth story in a series of first-person renditions of those backgrounds and what each player thought and went through. NXT 2015 and Kennett attackman Brady O'Neill, now a freshman at Washington College, tore his ACL as a junior. He chronicles his recovery and what it took for him to get back on the field.

NXTlacrosse features so many different players who have such varying backgrounds and life stories. This is the second story in a series of first-person renditions of those backgrounds and what each player thought and went through. NXT 2017 midfielder and attackman Colby Smith, an Ohio State commit who has emerged as Hempfield's next All-American, continues the series. This is his first-person account of how he had to bide his time before seeing the field for the Black Knights.