This success rate is something that Adrenaline President Alex Cade is very proud of. "We are thrilled with our success rate over the 2009 season. My entire staff works very hard on each event to ensure that western players realize their goals of playing collegiate lacrosse. Our numbers in areas where we have a particularly strong presence even surprised me. It is exciting to put numbers on how effective our events are at matching players with recruiters and programs. It is especially satisfying for me to see the players from last years class achieve success. That was the first class that started in the Adrenaline Youth Leagues in 5th grade and progressed all the way through our programs. I was very proud of those boys and our role in being able to help them over the years."
Adrenaline Lacrosse completed its first annual audit of western lacrosse players committed to play NCAA lacrosse in the 2009 season. The resulting numbers are a strong indicator of the explosion in talented western players and also the role that Adrenaline Lacrosse has played in this explosion. Impressively, of the 145 players from the West who were on 2009 NCAA rosters, 93 came though Adrenaline Recruiting Programs. More impressive are the statistics on specific pockets in the West, such as the state of California, where 46 out of 50 NCAA players, 93%, came through Adrenaline recruiting events.
With the addition of the Adrenaline Showcase last summer Adrenaline is confident those success rates will continue to climb. Rory Doucette VP of Recruitment and Team Operations explains; “The recruiters have been thrilled with their ability to find western players at our events. They don’t want to travel all over the West to find players.
Unfortunately, with the way the talent out West is spread out over such a large area, especially when compared to the East. They simply can’t take the time to visit every pocket of lacrosse. We provide a great service to the recruiters by getting the top talent in one place at one time; making it much easier for them to find the guys they want. I was very excited, but not altogether shocked when I saw our success rates. As a former NCAA recruiter I knew how valuable these events were. While we are very enthusiastic about these numbers, we remain focused on making our events even more efficient in the future.”
Since becoming sanctioned in 2000, Whittier has been ranked in the Top 20 four times, made the NCAA playoffs three times and has one Final Four appearance in 2003. New head coach Brian Kelly, a member of Whittier’s ’03 Final Four team, will serve as the field director alongside Notre Dame’s Gerry Byrne, who will once again be the Clinic Director, for this year’s Adrenaline High Rollers. 
The Adrenaline All-Star Game went off with “great success” on Sunday, and was the highlight of an awesome day of lax. Featuring the top 50 players at the Shootout, the game was a display of quality lacrosse ending in 9-8 last second victory for South Swell.
There were more than a few spectacular plays and it was a treat to be able to watch such high quality lacrosse. As with any all-star game, there were a few standout plays.
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