STRICTLY BY THE NUMBERS
by Tom Keegan
If your goal is to play college hockey it is important to play where the combination of hockey development and exposure is within an environment which allows for academic development and success.
How are you to know where your daughter should play to have the greatest chance to satisfy these criteria?
This College Hockey Guide includes rosters of all NCAA 1, 2 and 3 teams. Each of the rosters includes pertinent information about all of the players who have successfully navigated the hockey development level and are playing at the college level. Each of these players found a way to develop their skills and get noticed. I think it is important for you to know how they succeeded so that you can plot your own course.
There are 1,551 players on NCAA Division 1 rosters, 202 players on NCAA Division 2 rosters and 1,978 players on Division 3 rosters for 2006/2007. How did they get there? Which programs provided the development and exposure?
|
Female College Hockey Prospects (projected for 2006/2007) |
|
| Participation Level | Participants |
| USA Hockey 13-14 | 7,000 |
|
USA Hockey 15-16 |
5,000 |
| USA Hockey 17-19 | 3,500 |
| United States High School Teams | 7,000 |
| United States Prep School Teams | 4,000 |
| CHA Bantam Teams | 6,000 |
| CHA Midget Teams | 5,500 |
| CHA Juvenile Teams | 3,500 |
| Canadian High School Teams | 2,500 |
| European Teams | 2,000 |
|
Total |
46,000 |
| NCAA Participants (Actual 2006/2007) | 1,749 |
| (3.80%) | |
| NCAA Division 1 Participants (Actual 2006/2007) | 782 |
| 23.7 players per team | |
| (1.70%) | |
| NCAA Division 3 Participants (Actual 2006/2007) | 967 |
| 21.1 players per team | |
| (2.10%) | |
| NCAA Division 1 Full Scholarships (Projected 2006/2007) | 433 |
| (0.94%) | |