I’m in the process of accumulating data about the NCAA lacrosse programs.

Between 2009 and 2019, 283 schools have added or plan to add lacrosse. FIfty more are set to start between 2017-19. 175 have been men’s and 208 have been women’s.

There have been 134 schools in DI, 69 schools in DII, and 45 schools in DIII

I am planning to talk to the girls head coach at Milton HS. Milton has won 10 state championships over the past 11 years. Many of their players have gone on to play in college as well.

I also plan to speak to members of the men’s and women’s UGA club lacrosse teams to see why they decided not to play lacrosse in college. Furthermore, I have a potential contact at Stetson University who played on the women’s lacrosse team on the year of its inception.

I am currently working on how men’s and women’s NCAA programs are spread out across the country. Thus far, even without the 50 planned, there are more women’s programs overall than men’s.

What I want to focus on is the growth of lacrosse across the country, men’s vs women’s, and the perspective of players who do and do not choose to play in college.