North America's Premier Recruiting Event

The Nike Boys Philly Showcase, now in its 12th year, is widely considered to be North America's premier recruiting event. This is a two-day event with a registration on Friday (November 20th), which includes combine 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 20th.

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.

The Draft

I. Our Process
This event is open to any and all participants in the corresponding graduation years. The pride of Showcase Lacrosse is our process. We collect both an Application as well as a Nomination from the athlete's high school or club coach. This allows us to learn about the player through their highlight film, in addition to gauging their abilities from the perspective of a coach. We then review all Applications/Nominations and send emails with instructions to register. If the selections from the prior round of the Draft do not register before the dates below, their spot will no longer be guaranteed. This is a first-come, first-serve basis registration.

II. Invitation Dates
Invitations will be sent out on a bi/monthly basis according to the following schedule:
Round 1: April 25, 2020 / Round 2: May 30, 2020 / Round 3: June 27, 2020 / Round 4:  July 25, 2020

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 255 college coaches to populate the sidelines to watch 2020, 2021, and 2022 recruiting classes. 91 Division I coaches from 51 schools were in attendance this weekend including seven-time national champion Bill Tierney (Denver) and five-time national champion John Desko (Syracuse). Four of the last five NCAA DI champions and the last 17 NCAA DIII champions were all on hand at United Sports.