How to Email a Lacrosse Coach Before and After a Prospect Day
By Andy Hauck, CEO & Co-Founder | Product & Platform · Reviewed by the Recruit Plan team
Numbers derived from the Recruit Plan dataset as of 2026-09-24.
Send the coach a short email a week or two before a prospect day, and another within a day or two after it. The first one tells the staff you're coming and why, so they know to look for you. The second one reminds them who you were and gives them a reason to keep watching. Most players do neither, which is part of why the ones who do get noticed.
Before you email: fill out the questionnaire
Every college program has a recruiting questionnaire on its athletics site. Fill it out for each school you're emailing before you send anything. Coaches often check questionnaire submissions before they read cold emails, and it puts your grades, contact details and club schedule in their system where they can find them.
The email before the prospect day
Keep it to four to six sentences. Write it yourself, not your parent, from an email address with your name in it. Address the coach by name. Make it specific to that school: a coach can tell a mass email in the first line.
Include your grad year, position, club, high school and town. Add your GPA and test scores if they help you. Link your film, and list the tournaments you'll play in over the next few months so the staff can watch you in real games too. End with one clear ask.
Subject: 2028 Midfielder [Your Name]: Registered for [School] Prospect Day, [Date]
Coach [Last Name],
I'm a 2028 midfielder with [Club] and [High School] in [Town, State], and I'm registered for your prospect day on [Date].
[One specific reason: the academic program you want, how the team plays, something real about the school.] That's why [School] is near the top of my list.
I have a [GPA] GPA. My highlight film is here: [link]. This fall I play at [Tournament, dates] and [Tournament, dates].
Is there anything you would like me to work on or show you at the prospect day?
[Your Name] | [Club] | [Phone] | Parent contact: [email]
Change the grad year, position and details to yours. The bracketed reason is the line that matters most. If you can't fill it with something true about that program, it may not be a prospect day worth paying for. See are lacrosse prospect days worth it.
The email after
Send it within 24 to 48 hours. Mention something specific from the day, such as a drill, a piece of coaching you got, or something you saw on campus. Say plainly that you're still interested. Then give one concrete next step: the next tournament where they can see you, or when you'll send updated film or grades.
Subject: Thank you: [School] Prospect Day, [Date], 2028 Midfielder [Your Name]
Coach [Last Name],
Thank you for Saturday's prospect day. [One specific thing: the ride drill, what you told our group about playing off-ball, meeting the team.]
Seeing the campus made me more sure [School] is where I'd like to play.
I'll be at [Tournament] on [dates] with [Club], wearing [number]. I'll send updated film after the fall season.
[Your Name] | [Club] | [Phone]
If the coach doesn't reply
Silence isn't always a no. In Division I lacrosse, coaches can't have personal recruiting conversations with you before September 1 of your junior year, so a younger player may hear nothing back even when the staff is interested. They can still read your emails, watch your film and send general camp information. Division II coaches can begin communicating from June 15 after sophomore year. See what a prospect day is for the rule and the recruiting timeline for your division.
Keep writing, but only when you have something new: fresh film, a tournament schedule, a grade update, an award. Every four to six weeks is a reasonable pace during active recruiting periods. A weekly email with nothing new in it works against you.
If you're old enough for the coach to reply and months have passed, it's fair to ask directly whether they're still recruiting your position. And if you decide a program isn't for you, a two-sentence email saying so closes the loop. Coaches talk to each other, and the lacrosse world is small.
Mistakes that cost you
Sending the same email to 30 coaches with the school name swapped. Leaving out your grad year or position, which are the first two things a coach sorts by. A long highlight reel with the best plays buried at the end. A parent writing in the first person for the player. And sending nothing at all, then hoping a coach picks you out of the crowd.
Emails work best to programs where you realistically fit. The program tiers help you build that list, and the camps directory shows which of those programs have prospect days coming up.