Best In
Class

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What is Best In Class?

From Deemer Class
Founder of First Class Lacrosse

Best In Class is our vision of a valuable use of a high school recruits time and energy. It’s a 2 day training and recruiting event aimed to maximize both of those objectives. It’s our first event that ties in a recruiting and evaluative component into the core player development sessions that FCL was built on.

There are many tournaments, showcases, and team events to choose from with many great options that provide significant value in different ways. We are weaving the core principles we believe in, and our method of training, to help players see the value in development in order to make an impact at the school’s they desire to play for.

Rising Juniors: This Is An Elite Training Event

Rising Sophomores: Get Better and Burst Onto the Recruiting Scene

Rising Freshman: Prepare for Varsity and Get Your First Elite Training & Showcase Experience

Summer 2025 Events

Men's 2027: June 10-11, 2025
Men's 2028 & 2029: June 23-24, 2025
Women's 2027: June 18-19, 2025
Women's 2028 & 2029: June 16-17, 2025

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What To Expect

Selection Process

Our team will review applications, consider recommendations from club, HS and local coaches, and perform their own evaluations in order to select top candidates every BIC event.

The Coaching

With partnerships with Goaliesmith Lacrosse and the Face Off Academy, the Best in Class staff has one common theme: they all have continued to progress throughout every stage of their career. Not only do they believe in the principles of hard work, coach-ability and growth mindset, but they have practiced these principles with great success. They know how to process feedback, analyze techniques and ultimately maximize success.

The Best in Class coaching staff has walked in the same shoes as our players and will be able to connect beyond the field and the X’s and O’s. Each of them represent the cornerstone of FCL, proving that hard-work and effort is as important off the field as on the field, and a well-rounded student-athlete will be a well-rounded and successful member of their community.

The Format

Best in Class brings together individual technique drills, small sided drills, live repetitions, situational environments, half field and full field scenarios, and in-game coaching points. The ultimate goal of this design is to help our players develop, be seen, and be accurately evaluated by college coaches by developing and performing the skillsets that are necessary for their success in college lacrosse.

The Best in Class format has been designed to give players the unique opportunity to train and learn in an environment that will push them to be open minded, expand their games and become better lacrosse players. Through this training, coaches will have a unique chance to see players respond to feedback, make improvements and demonstrate other intangibles that might not always come out in pure gameplay. Our hope is that it will showcase those players that are drawn to improvement and hard work – the players with the highest trajectory to excel in their 4 years of collegiate lacrosse.

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Standout Blogs

7 min read

Best In Class Standouts 2026 Rising Junior Boys

The Class of 2026 kicked off the summer with our first Best In Class Event. The "Standouts" from...
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Fall Showcase 2023 Recap

As we reflect on our first Fall Best In Class, we were thrilled at the turnout and the results....
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New Commitments from Best In Class Standouts: Boys 2025

We are a little over a month since 9/1, the start of the recruiting period for rising juniors....
6 min read

New Commitments from Best In Class Standouts: Women's 2025

In our second year of Best In Class for women’s players, 155 attendees competed across 8 teams. 40+...

Coach Features

 

Location

Chase Fieldhouse

The Chase Fieldhouse is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena and sports complex located at 401 Garasches Lane in Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

  • 161,000 square feet, visible from I-95 and I-495
  • Home of the 76ers G League team the Delaware Blue Coats, Nemours Sports Medicine and Titus Sports Academy
  • Seating capacity for the arena is 2,500 people
    State of the art indoor turf field 100 yds x 70 yds
    3 State of the art Outdoor turf fields
  • A mezzanine that overlooks both the basketball court and turf field that can fit 450+ people

Field Map

The Fieldhouse has a state of the art indoor turf field (Field 1) that is 100 yds x 70 yds, three state of the art outdoor turf fields (Fields 2, 3 and 4), and a mezzanine that overlooks both the basketball court and turf field that can fit 450+ people.

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Chase Fieldhouse

The Chase Fieldhouse is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena and sports complex located at 401 Garasches Lane in Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

161,000 square feet, visible from I-95 and I-495

Home of the 76ers G League team the Delaware Blue Coats, Nemours Sports Medicine and Titus Sports Academy

Seating capacity for the arena is 2,500 people
State of the art indoor turf field 100 yds x 70 yds
3 State of the art Outdoor turf fields

A mezzanine that overlooks both the basketball court and turf field that can fit 450+ people

Field Map

The Fieldhouse has a state of the art indoor turf field (Field 1) that is 100 yds x 70 yds, three state of the art outdoor turf fields (Fields 2, 3 and 4), and a mezzanine that overlooks both the basketball court and turf field that can fit 450+ people.

Address to Fields 3 and 4: 780 A Street, Wilmington DE 19801

Film Questions

Any film related questions, please email  and CC