General Info – College Showcase: U16 to U19 Teams

Teams and Players

The Hempfield Fall Classic College Showcase portion of the tournament will be held on both Saturday and Sunday of the girls and boys weekends and will be available to all teams accepted to the U16-U19 ages in all divisions.

We directly invite over 400 colleges and their coaches from the region to come and observe these older players.

Player Profiles will be available to all college coaches. 

Additionally, the Friday Night College ID Exhibition Games will be held: on Friday, Nov 15 for girls and Friday, Nov 22 for boys. The college coaches love this format because they know that everyone that is playing wants to play in college. We have done this for years with our events as do some of our local tournaments and have had very good success with this format. The exhibition games will be recorded via VEO and made available for college coaches to view. or for players to share with college coaches directly. 

• We will host one to two girls matches on Friday evening, Nov 15 and one to two boys matches on Friday evening Nov 22, and we invite each team’s head coach to initially nominate 2 players graduating in 2024 or 2025 from their team that want to play in college to play in the exhibition games. This is great opportunity for college coaches to see current players interested in playing in college.
• Once all the tournament team coaches nominate their first 2 players, if we have not filled the team roster then we allow teams to nominate additional players and if space allows 2026 graduating players. 

Team players

Once accepted to the tournament players should begin to contact colleges they are interested in to let them know they will attend the Hempfield Fall Classic.  This generates more interest from the college coaches to attend the event.

• Weekend Tournament Schedules will be posted on or around Nov 1 for Girls Teams and Nov 8 for Boys Teams, and we suggest you share the link to the schedules web page with college coaches between Nov 4 and Nov 6 for girls and Nov 11 and 13 for boys. Send your schedule to any school you are interested in by letting them know you will be playing at the Hempfield Fall Classic and providing them with a link to your schedule. 
  
  1. Registered College Coaches to date will be posted on Oct 26 (Note: invitations to coaches will go out mid-Sept and please understand that many coaches tend not to register until immediately prior to the event).
     

     Note: We ask the college coaches to register in GotSport  Please be sure to contact colleges you are interested in attending if they do not appear in the lists.  This is what then drives them to attend. Remember, not all coaches will register to attend so do not only send information to coaches that have registered, as some coaches prefer to attend without registering.  Contact them directly to invite them to your games!

Summary | College Showcase Timeline - GIRLS:

10/19: Accepted Teams Posted Online
10/19: Tournament will send an informational email to each team’s head coach about Player ID Exhibition Games and how to nominate players from their team.
Note: Deadline for nominated ID Game players to register is Nov 4. Players must be nominated by their coach. The coach will then provide a link for the player to register.
11/1: Tournament Schedules are posted. Between Nov 4 and Nov 6 players should re-contact college coaches to provide them with their weekend game schedules. This is what will also help increase the number of coaches attending by showing your interest in their institution. If you are nominated by your coach to participate in the ID games be sure to let them know that also.
11/4 at 7:00 PM: College ID Exhibition Game Nominations are due. If all slots are not filled as of Nov 5, coaches may nominate additional Jr and Sr players until midnight on the 6th. If on Nov 7 not all slots are filled coaches may nominate sophomores until 7:00 PM on Nov 7.
11/9: Players nominated for the exhibition games will be notified via email of their game schedules for the Friday night games.
11/11: Tournament will send schedules and game rosters to college coaches for ID Exhibition games
11/13: Electronic player profile books will be available to college coaches.
11/15: College ID Exhibition Games for Nominated Players

Summary | College Showcase Timeline - BOYS:

10/26: Accepted Teams Posted Online
10/26: Tournament will send an informational email to each team’s head coach about Player ID Exhibition Games and how to nominate players from their team.
Note: Deadline for nominated ID Game players to register is Nov 11. Players must be nominated by their coach. The coach will then provide a link for the player to register.
11/8: Tournament Schedules are posted. Between Nov 11 and Nov 13 players should re-contact college coaches to provide them with their weekend game schedules. This is what will also help increase the number of coaches attending by showing your interest in their institution. If you are nominated by your coach to participate in the ID games be sure to let them know that also.
11/11 at 7:00 PM: College ID Exhibition Game Nominations are due.  If all slots are not filled as of Nov 12, coaches may nominate additional Jr and Sr players until midnight on the 13th. If on Nov 14 not all slots are filled coaches may nominate sophomores until 7:00 PM on Nov 14.
11/16: Players nominated for the exhibition games will be notified via email of their game schedules for the Friday night games.
11/18: Tournament will send schedules and game rosters to college coaches for ID Exhibition games
11/20: Electronic player profile books will be available to college coaches.
11/22: College ID Exhibition Games for Nominated Players

College Coaches Attending:

Below is a link for college coaches that have registered to attend the tournament.

Note: We ask the college coaches to register to attend the event  Please review and be sure to contact not only the colleges listed, but also contact colleges you are interested in attending if they do not appear in the lists.  This is what then drives them to attend. 

Registered College Coaches Girls Weekend - GotSport List

Registered College Coaches Boys Weekend - GotSport List

Remember, not all coaches will register to attend. In recent years many teams provide VEO or similar game videos to coaches and their attendance is not as crucial as in years past.  So do not only send information to coaches that have registered, send your info, and that you will be playing here to any schools you are interested in attending.  Note also, some coaches prefer to attend without registering.  Or, MANY will also register immediately prior to the dates of the tournament as their school season is still in session.
Contact them directly to invite them to your games!

Email us! We respond promptly.  

Showcase Inquiries? Please email  

Registration or Rostering Questions? Please email Tournament Registrar,  

To contact the Tournament Director Please email Director, Sarah Thomas