Navy seemingly had a leg up on the competition when it came to recruiting Ryan Wade.
After all, his father played lacrosse at the academy and his older brother was a member of the program at the time.
“We sort of had the inside scoop on Ryan and certainly liked what we saw at an early age. We also knew Ryan did have an interest in the Naval Academy because of father and brother,” head coach Rick Sowell said.
However, when Wade came to Annapolis as a sophomore to visit the academy he made it clear from the get-go that he would be looking closely at other schools.