Showing posts with label College Choices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College Choices. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

2007 College Choices - THE List

May 23rd - DATE CHANGEIt has finally arrived, the second year for the [now named] PlayUltimate College Signing Day, last year's list can be viewed by clicking here.

You can scroll through this year's list below by clicking on "Click here to view the entire list", or by clicking here to view it as a Google Spreadsheet. I will put up a .pdf sometime in the next few days.

119 graduating seniors submitted their college plans, beating last year's total by almost 40. They represent not only the 45 high schools they have or will graduate from, nor the 74 colleges they will attend in the fall. The names listed below, the class of 2007, represent the future of ultimate in the United States.

So, without further ado, I present to you the PlayUltimate College Signing Day List for 2007...

Click here to view the entire list.




Thank you to all who submitted information, spread the word so that next year's list can be even more comprehensive and jaw-dropping.


ps - disregard the date on the image, we moved the date up so college players could print the list out before leaving for nationals this coming weekend.

Posted by McCabe at 11:59 PM 14 comments

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College choices announcement - 3 hours left!

120 players, 74 colleges and universities.

Can you guess how many players the most popular college choice received?

(Answer: 7)


Check back at midnight to see the 2007 list in its entirety.

Posted by McCabe at 9:15 PM 4 comments

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PlayUltimate College Signing Day List - 22 hours left

The list has been finalized and tallied into an excel document, it will be released tonight (Wednesday) at midnight. Only 22 hours and counting.

Spread the word to your college acquantances, they are most certainly going to want to find out what sweet recruits they will be picking up.

There were 104 entries to the list, representing 9 nationals qualifying teams and a ton of regional qualifiers.

Check back throughout the day for updates and facts about the list....

PS - PlayUltimate's foray into fantasy ultimate will be announced Thursday afternoon, stay tuned for more information.

Posted by McCabe at 1:58 AM

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

2007 College Choices - URGENT - LAST CALL!!!

May 23rd - DATE CHANGEI will be releasing the list on Wednesday, May 23rd at Midnight (as many college players will be traveling to Columbus on Thursday and will naturally want to print it out and peruse on their journeys). SO, if you would like to be included on the list get your information posted now.

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST, SO POST YOUR INFO NOW.

Description of the event: This is the sixth in a series regarding high school ultimate players and their college choices. Easterns is quickly approaching, as are big state championships. I know for a fact many colleges have sent out their letters by now, so announce your plans!

If you've been following along you know that last year we compiled a list of where many players from around the country were attending colleges. You can find last year's list here.

Well we are doing the list again for 2007, and the deal is all the information is user submitted, so comment below with...

College
Last Name, First Name
High School
Height
Right Handed / Left Handed
HS State
HS League

later we'll add Xs next to the names that get selected to YCC teams. It ends up being a very fun list and an early indicator of which college programs are trending up or down.

If you have decided on a college, post your information below and you will be added to the list. If you prefer to keep it a surprise until the Official College Ultimate Signing Deadline, on May 23rd (when the list will be released) - you can email the site at PlayUltimateBlog@gmail.com, just put "2007 College Choices" in the subject line.

Thus far we have 81 submissions to the list representing 9 college nationals teams. Now i know there are more seniors out there graduating. Score reporter says there are 300 high school teams, so if there is just one senior on each team the list should be at least 300 long. So post your decisions asap.

If you know of teams in your league that dont read the site, forward this to the other captains. Post it to the league message boards. Make the other colleges jealous they didnt get you, connect with other incoming freshmen!

TUESDAY (tonight) AT MIDNIGHT IS THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE

Posted by McCabe at 1:53 AM 21 comments

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

2007 College Choices - Thread #6 - ANNOUNCEMENT DATE CHANGE

Date Change: after looking at the ultimate calendar for the next few weeks it occurred to me that College Nationals is the weekend of the 27th. Since i will be attending and since this would be a great opportunity for all those college players to discuss the 2007 list i am moving the release date of the list to Wednesday, May 23rd at Midnight (as many college players will be traveling to Columbus on Thursday). SO, if you would like to be included on the list get your information posted now by then. (I'll change the image at some point today hopefully)

Description of the event: This is the sixth in a series regarding high school ultimate players and their college choices. Easterns is quickly approaching, as are big state championships. I know for a fact many colleges have sent out their letters by now, so announce your plans!

If you've been following along you know that last year we compiled a list of where many players from around the country were attending colleges.
You can find last year's list here.

Well we are doing the list again for 2007, and the deal is all the information is user submitted, so comment below with...

College
Last Name, First Name
High School
HS State
HS League
Height
Right Handed / Left Handed
later we'll add Xs next to the names that get selected to YCC teams. It ends up being a very fun list and an early indicator of which college programs are trending up or down.

So if you have decided on a college yet, post your information below and you will be added to the list. If you prefer to keep it a surprise until the Official College Ultimate Signing Deadline, on May 23rd (when the list will be released) - you can email the site at PlayUltimateBlog@gmail.com, just put "2007 College Choices" in the subject line.

Looking forward to seeing where people are heading...

(If you would like to see all of these college choice posts, and their comments, in one place you can click on the "College Choices" label)

Posted by McCabe at 12:52 PM 8 comments

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

2007 College Choices - Thread #5


The fifth in a series regarding high school ultimate players and their college choices. Easterns and westerns are quickly approaching, as are big state championships. I know for a fact many colleges have sent out their letters by now, so announce your plans!

If you've been following along you know that last year we compiled a list of where many players from around the country were attending colleges.
You can find last year's list here.

Well we are doing the list again for 2007, and the deal is all the information is user submitted, so comment below with...

College
Last Name, First Name
High School
HS State
HS League
Height
Right Handed / Left Handed
later we'll add Xs next to the names that get selected to YCC teams. It ends up being a very fun list and an early indicator of which college programs are trending up or down.

So if you have decided on a college yet, post your information below and you will be added to the list. If you prefer to keep it a surprise until the Official College Ultimate Signing Deadline, on May 27th (when the list will be released) - you can email the site at PlayUltimateBlog@gmail.com, just put "2007 College Choices" in the subject line.

Looking forward to seeing where people are heading...

(If you would like to see all of these college choice posts, and their comments, in one place you can click on the "College Choices" label)

Posted by McCabe at 4:05 AM 18 comments

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Monday, April 23, 2007

2007 - College Choices - Thread #4


The fourth in a series regarding high school ultimate players and their college choices. Big tournaments this past weekend, where are all those players going to college?

(If you've been following along you know that last year we compiled a list of where many players from around the country were attending colleges.
You can find last year's list here. )

Well we are doing it again for 2007, and the deal is all the information is user submitted, so comment below with...

College
Last Name, First Name
High School
HS State
HS League
Height
Right Handed / Left Handed
later we'll add Xs next to the names that get selected to YCC teams. It ends up being a very fun list and an early indicator of which college programs are trending up or down.

So if you have decided on a college yet, post your information below and you will be added to the list. If you prefer to keep it a surprise until the Official College Ultimate Signing Deadline, on May 27th (when the list will be released) - you can email the site at PlayUltimateBlog@gmail.com, just put "2007 College Choices" in the subject line.

Looking forward to seeing where people are heading...

(If you would like to see all of these college choice posts, and their comments, in one place you can click on the "College Choices" label)

Posted by McCabe at 11:20 PM 28 comments

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

2007 College Choices - Thread #3


The third in an increasingly frequent series regarding high school ultimate players and their college choices.

(If you've been following along you know that last year we compiled a list of where many players from around the country were attending colleges.
You can find last year's list here. )

Well we are doing it again for 2007, and the deal is all the information is user submitted, so comment below with...

College
Last Name, First Name
High School
HS State
HS League
Height
Right Handed / Left Handed
later we'll add Xs next to the names that get selected to YCC teams. It ends up being a very fun list and an early indicator of which college programs are trending up or down.

So if you have decided on a college yet, post your information below and you will be added to the list. If you prefer to keep it a surprise until the Official College Ultimate Signing Deadline, on May 27th (when the list will be released) - you can email the site at PlayUltimateBlog@gmail.com, just put "2007 College Choices" in the subject line.

Looking forward to seeing where people are heading...

(If you would like to see all of these college choice posts, and their comments, in one place you can click on the "College Choices" label)

Posted by McCabe at 2:16 PM 44 comments

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Friday, March 23, 2007

2007 College Choices - Part 2 of a Monthly Series


The second of many posts regarding high school ultimate players and their college choices. If you've been following along you know that last year we compiled a list of where many players from around the country were attending colleges. (You can find last year's list here)

Well we are doing it again for 2007, and the deal is all the information is user submitted, so comment below with...

College
Last Name, First Name
High School
HS State
HS League
Height
Right Handed / Left Handed
later we'll add Xs next to the names that get selected to YCC teams. It ends up being a very fun list and an early indicator of which college programs are trending up or down.

So if you have decided on a college yet, post your information below and you will be added to the list. If you prefer to keep it a surprise until the Official College Ultimate Signing Deadline, on May 27th (when the list will be released) - you can email the site at PlayUltimateBlog@gmail.com, just put "2007 College Choices" in the subject line.

Looking forward to seeing where people are heading...

(If you would like to see all of these college choice posts, and their comments, in one place you can click on the "College Choices" label)

Posted by McCabe at 1:14 PM 7 comments

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

College Choices 2007 - Part 1 (of an occasional series)

You may remember that last year we compiled a spreadsheet of high school ultimate players' college choices (who intend to continue playing in college).

We are going to do it again this year, because its fun, and allows colleges to see what sweet new recruits they are going to get, it also gives a general idea of what college programs attract top talent, who might be good in the college realm in 2-3 years, and a slew of other inferences.

Just because its fun.

So I know its a bit early at this point, but I'm sure a few have made their decisions already so post a comment with -

College
Last Name, First Name
High School
HS State
HS League
Height
Right Handed / Left Handed


later we'll add Xs next to the names that get selected to YCC teams.

we'll put up a few more threads like this, perhaps one per month and ill tally all the results into a spreadsheet and post em here at some point - Lets just throw out a date, we'll say the weekend after Easterns and Westerns are over. So, May 27th - Let's call that the Official Ultimate Signing Deadline

A side note: there will be two separate lists, one for women, one for men. So lets consider it a competition as to which gender will have more players report their college decisions.

If you prefer to keep your decision a secret until the signing deadline you can email the site at PlayUltimateBlog@gmail.com

Posted by McCabe at 3:52 PM 3 comments

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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Going off to College

In the fall of 1995 when I was athletic director at The Northwest School, I was looking to add a spring sport that would serve our student population. I ended up choosing ultimate over rugby and lacrosse. One of the main reasons I chose ultimate was that it was a sport that our student athletes could play in college. The goal of playing in college was not so our graduates could go win college championships (some have), but that during their first few days on a new campus they could meet a big new group of friends and mentors instead of only knowing the people in their dorm. This is of course one of the great things about being on a college team in any sport.

So here it is more than a decade later and this is still one of the main reasons that ultimate is a sport at our school. We are a prep school after all. It is great to hear from former students who are playing ultimate in college and who appreciate the fact that they walked onto campus and met a bunch of people through ultimate. Some of those students (and current HS seniors who already know where they are attending next year) are also very involved in building the programs at their colleges and universities. A couple have asked me how they could get the word out that their school is building a competitive ultimate program. I gave the obvious answer that Tiina is maintaining an excellent service doing just this on her NUTC site: http://nutc.net/college.cfm

Beyond the NUTC site this post and thread will allow PlayUltimate readers who are going off to college to say: "This is X from Y HS and I am going to attend (or I already attend) Z College/University. This is what the program is about and why I chose to attend as a young former HS player."
I am asking that people keep comments positive and that there is no bad mouthing of people or schools. I also think that if someone has something to say they should be willing to put their name on it.

Good luck to everyone going off to college.

-Mike Mullen, Boys Ultimate Coach, The Northwest School

Posted by Mike Mullen at 3:47 PM 12 comments

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