North America's Premier Recruiting Event

The Nike Boys Philly Showcase, now in its 11th year, is widely considered to be North America's premier recruiting event. This is a two-day event with registration on Friday (November 22nd), which includes a charity basketball game featuring college coaches as well as skills competition for prizes, an elite gear store, and a college coach panel for recruiting advice. This event is open to any and all participants in the corresponding graduation years.

Click here to RSVP to the Nike Boys Philly Showcase Kickoff on Friday, November 22nd. Check back for updates on special guest speakers, charity coaches basketball game, and kickoff highlights!  

Saturday is an individual player Showcase before the Boys Philly Invitational team event. All players in the Saturday event are divided up and placed on teams coached by established coaches from some of the top high school programs in the area. 

Each participant will receive a Nike gear package. Throughout the day, college coaches will lead all skills clinics and a recruiting talk, providing players with an opportunity to work directly with them.

Showcase All-Star Evaluation

We have three evaluators watching every game. The evaluators are simply given a list of players and numbers and are not given any information about where a player is from or who they play for.  The evaluators are not stat-counting, but rather grading the players on the skills and attributes needed to be a successful college lacrosse player. At the end of the morning session, we run all the numeric grades through our program to select the All-Stars.

COLLEGE COACHES

This highly competitive event attracted 186 college coaches from 144 different schools. 53 Division I, 14 Division II, and 70 Division III schools populated the sidelines to watch 2020, 2021, and 2022 recruiting classes. 31 colleges brought multiple staff members including Denver, University of Massachusetts, Penn State, Villanova, Delaware, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, and more. The reigning 2018 NCAA Divison I Lacrosse Champions, Yale University was also onsite recruiting their future Bulldogs. Bill Tierney, Head coach of the University of Denver and seven-time NCAA Division I Lacrosse National Champion Head Coach, was present at United Sports for both the Showcase and Invitational. At one point throughout the day, over 70 coaches lined Field 1 in the afternoon giving players maximum exposure to the recruiters while competing against some of the top high school talent in the country.