About LacrosseRecruits

Lacrosse Recruits is built on our love and understanding of the game of lacrosse and our desire to help high school players find the best fit in a college. We have played lacrosse for most of our lives, navigated the recruiting process, identified new talent for coaches, worked as counselors at recruiting camps, coached travel lacrosse teams, organized tournament teams, and lived for the game of lacrosse. These experiences along with in-depth interviews with players and coaches have exposed the inefficiencies of the current recruiting process and allowed us to lay the groundwork for an economical and professional service for both coaches and players.

The LacrosseRecruits Story

After a weekend coaching Team Utah at a tournament in Nashua, New Hampshire and talking with players and coaches about the recruiting process, Chris had a “Jerry Maguire” moment on how the recruiting process could become more efficient for all parties involved. On a flight back to Salt Lake City, Chris wrote a ten page rambling email to Matt describing the basic framework of LacrosseRecruits.com. Matt replied the next morning with a simple, “Lets do it.”

That email was sent on October 2nd, 2007 and our idea has grown into an application that will help thousands of high school players and coaches. We love the game of lacrosse and want to help as many players realize their goal of playing in college. We feel that the life lessons and friendships gained from being part of the sport are irreplaceable. We are here to make the process as efficient as possible for the Coach, Player and Parents. If you see us at a lacrosse game or camp, please come up and say hello as we would love to speak to you about our experience.

The Team

Chris Meade – Co Founder

Chris@LacrosseRecruits.com

203.903.0678

Chris is co-founder of Lacrosse Recruits LLC. Prior to founding Lacrosse Recruits, he worked as an Associate at Cushman & Wakefield, Inc in the World Headquarters location in New York City. Chris' Cushman & Wakefield group was among the highest grossing brokerage teams in the country and represented clients such as NASDAQ, JP Morgan, The General Consulate of Sweden, Mochila, Inc. and Loyalty Exchange Partners. Prior to his time at Cushman & Wakefield inc. Chris studied International Relations at Wesleyan University and Graduated in 2005. Aside from his lacrosse commitments, he was Vice President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and a Vice President of his fraternity.

On the Lacrosse field Chris was a 4-year letter winner and Captain. Over that period, Wesleyan achieved the best record over a 4-year span in the schools history (a record that has since been broken!). In his senior year, Chris helped lead Wesleyan to their first ever bid to the NCAA tourney, making it to the quarterfinal game and received the Call Award, an award given to the most inspiring and dedicated senior athlete.

Matt Wheeler – Co Founder

Matt@LacrosseRecruits.com

203.903.0679

Matt is co-founder of Lacrosse Recruits LLC. Prior to founding Lacrosse Recruits, he worked as a Senior Risk Analyst for Guy Carpenter, LLC, the leading Reinsurance Intermediary in the world, in New York City. Prior to Guy Carpenter, Matt earned an Economics degree from Wesleyan University and graduated in 2005. Aside from lacrosse commitments, Matt was very active within his fraternity as treasurer for two yeas and worked as a mentor at the local high school.

On the lacrosse field, Matt was a 4-year letter winner and Captain of the team that made it to the NCAA quarterfinals in 2005.

Outside of work, Matt is the co-chair of the Wesleyan Graduates of the Last Decade NYC Chapter and a member of the Cardinal Mentoring Program, which mentors NYC high school students.