Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?"

In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Dartmouth head coach Sean Kirwan.

Entering his third recruiting cycle leading the Big Green, Kirwan talks about the relationship between recruiting and developing star players — diving deep into how that unfolded with Connor Shellenberger when he was an assistant at Virginia — and the role that watching high school film has played in his evaluation methods.