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Deltadog - of the players who didn't participate as members of the '91 team, how many have already verbally committed to colleges?



Of the 8 former members I know of at least 4 that have made verbal commitments. One of the 8 is still recovering from an injury during the High School season, and another passed on attending to attend a later camp at a college she is interested in. However, several of the players who did attend have also already made verbal commitments to colleges. One of the players in attendance graduated early and will be headed to the Citadel in two weeks to begin Fall training.

Given the subject of this thread, I guess you have to ask each player what she is looking to get from participation to determine "Is ODP worth it???". For those who participate only to gain exposure to the college coaches as part of the recruiting process, I guess having already made a verbal commitment would make participation this year not worth it. However, for those who participate to try out for an opportunity to play at the next level (state, regional and then national) participation would be worth it regardless of verbal commitments.

One of the national coaches often addresses the players before the subregional events, and he asks the players why they are there. After hearing a variety of reasons for attending he will reply, "No. You are here to try to make the national team." There are many great fringe benefits to participation in ODP, but the fundamental purpose of the program is to identify the individual players capable of someday playing as part of the US National Team.