STEPS Elite Optional Apparel Store is open until May 14th.
Link to store:http://www.shopgraph-tex.com/
Mandatory Player and Parents Meeting at 8:00PM on
Wednesday May 30th at Indoor Sports Pavilion
The STEPS Elite team program is designed to foster the development of the highly competitve, dedicated player.
The STEPS Elite Team Program will field teams from current 5th graders to rising seniors. The number of teams and composition will be decided following tryouts.
Travel team highlights:
- The STEPS Elite staff is comprised of state and nationally honored coaches.
- Exposure to the nations best lacrosse colleges and universities.
- Entrance into four nationally recognized tournaments.
- Opportunity to play with the top area players will make all players more competitive.
- Opportunity to play against the best players from all over the country.
- STEPS ELITE is the first girls travel club program sponsored by NIKE.
- Nike custom uniforms
- Collegiate recruitment support services.
- 10-12 highly organized practice sessions with all teams at 1 site.
All players in STEPS are encouraged to give back to the community by raising awareness, fundraising, and learning about the fight against breast cancer. WE LAX FOR THE CURE!
Collegiate exposure and the recruiting process:
The following schools watched STEPS Elite play this past summer and are recruiting our athletes:
American, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bryant, Bucknell, California, Cincinnati, Colgate, Columbia, Connecticut, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Delaware, Denver, Drexel, Duke, Fairfield, Florida, Franklin & Marshall, George Washington, Georgetown, Gettysburg, Hamilton, Harvard, Hofstra, Holy Cross, Jacksonville, James Madison, Johns Hopkins, Lafayette, Lehigh, Louisville, Loyola, Manhattan, Marist, Maryland, Massachusetts, Middlebury, Monmouth, Mount Saint Mary’s, Navy, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn, Penn State, Princeton, Quinnipiac, Richmond, Robert Morris, Rutgers, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis, Saint Joseph’s, Siena, Stanford, Stony Brook, St. bonaventure, Syracuse, TCNJ, Temple, Towson, UMBC, Vanderbilt, Vermont, Villanova, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wagner, William & Mary, Yale.
STEPS Elite recruiting directors, Charlie Shoulberg and Mike Walsh, have developed long standing relationships with the top college coaches in the country. The recruiting landscape is changing yearly – we are here to help guide you through the process.
STEPS Elite Facts:
- 9: Number of US Lacrosse Chapter All-Americans in 2011 (of 11 total)
- 3: Number of Players of the Year in 2011 (Bergen Record, Daily Record, Star Ledger)
- 3: Number of Star Ledger Players of the Week in 2011
- 56: Number of All-Americans STEPS has produced.
- 86: Number of Academic All-Americans.
- 89: Number of All-State players.
- 236: Number of All-Conference or All-County honors.
- 9: Star-Ledger, Daily Record, Bergen Record Player of the Year honors.
- 9: Number of times STEPS Lacrosse coaches have won Coach of the Year honors.
- 109: Number of players that have gone on to play in college.
- $200,000+: Amount of money STEPS Elite has raised for the fight against breast cancer in 3 years.
- $705,000+: Amount of money Lax For The Cure, founded by Jessica and Charlie Shoulberg of STEPS has raised in 3 years.
