Key questions
- How many college lacrosse programs there are in the country – NCAA
- which ones take a lot from out of state vs which ones that don’t — Stats
- Which MS and HS have lacrosse programs in Georgia — GHSA
- Which programs in georgia have had the most success — Records
- How many lacrosse players stay in GA to play in college vs how many leave the state — Stats
- How many decide not to play in college after having success in HS
- Interviews with lacrosse club team members
- Talk to members of the UGA club lacrosse teams – mens and womens
- Where they are from
- When they started playing lacrosse
- If they wanted to play collegiately
Graphics
- Graphic of Georgia showing where programs are
- Graph those staying vs leaving
- Graph showing who continue to play vs who stopped
Sidebars
- Important quotes from players
Overall story idea:
I want to get a gist of how lacrosse grows past the high school level specifically focusing on students at UGA. I think getting the perspective of those on the club team would add an interesting insight.
So don’t focus on UGA…instead, look at lax growth overall in the NCAA, find recent programs that have started in-state and in the region (Berry and Rhodes come to mind) and find out where Georgia athletes have gone on to school. The differing paths of male and female athletes may be a particular issue to get into–we can talk about how Title IX works in this situation.