Jaden Mehnert '20 Recruiting Profile

    I am 5'8, 140 pounds, and I graduate in the year 2020. The positions I play are attack and fogo. I'm from Lexington, Kentucky, which is not a very popular state for lacrosse unlike other states that are further north. I'm a fast attackman; my speed benefits my play style as being more of dodger than a feeder. I have just started being a fogo this fall; my reaction time is very quick.  I started playing lacrosse last year; my first year, as a freshman playing varsity. I just started playing for a fall ball club team called, The Bluegrass Bandits. Next year, I'm playing for another club team for summer and fall called, The Commonwealth Kings.

    Goals I have before my high school career is over are: win a high school championship; become as good with my offhand as I am with my dominant so it can me help become a better player for the rest of my high school career; and when I move up to play college lacrosse,  get recruited to a amazing school I can help make stay that way.  School comes first, then lacrosse. My average GPA totaled from both my semesters is a 3.6 GPA, school is important to me, the same way lacrosse is.  I try as hard in the classroom as I do on the field so I can have a higher chance of being recruited to schools of interest. 

    Lacrosse is a huge passion of mine, I always practice with anticipation to become the best player I can be. I love to work hard; because if I don't, I won't become better and improve fast enough to play in the next level. I'm almost always the first one to get to the field and the last one to leave. It's been my dream to play lacrosse in college. Since I put a stick in my hand, I fell in love with the game. I would like to go to a big school, preferably a DI school. I like the atmosphere of a big school having a lot of people, instead of a smaller school with less people. A college located around north, or north-eastern states would be nice for me because that's where lacrosse is more popular and where other people share the same passion of the sport as me.  Financial assistance is going to be very important to me in the college selection process as my family will have high need, but scholarships can help me also. I haven't decided what major I would like to do, but I'm interested in business, as well as in technology.  Ideally, I would like to play at the highest level of competition level possible and would make a significant contribution early on in my career as a college athlete, because I'm hardworking and dedicated to school and lacrosse.