Recruiting News

A bit of news and notes on the Ivy League recruiting trail. Above, a retro-Cornell jersey from the mid 90s.

New England Recruiting Report published a pair of Ivy-themed stories concerning Harvard's big recruiting weekend and Laurent Rivard's scheduled visit to Georgia Tech.

As for Cornell, the Big Red are in a couple of major recruiting battles with some schools from Conference USA and the Atlantic-10, not to mention major BCS conferences.

For some of these immediate impact Cornell prospects (whose identities we've mostly kept off this website), the the ultimate decision may come down to taking scholarships outside the Ivy vs. seizing the opportunity of obtaining the Ivy League education.

But it is not a unilateral decision by the high school student-athlete. The Big Red coaching staff also must decide with each prospect if the athlete is a beneficial addition to Cornell. In Ivy League recruiting, it is important to understand that Ivy schools consider numerous factors in the decision to extend an offer to an athlete (and to hold the offer open). These factors include, but are not limited to the prospect's athletic ability/potential, their personality/character profile, the financial/economic background, as well as the academic profile. With respect to the latter, admissibility is not the only academic issue under consideration. Ivy programs want strong students for a myriad of reasons. Additionally, with respect to economic background, prospects who do not require financial aid packages are generally more attractive than prospects that require hefty financial assistance packages.