They recruited my nephew who was an all state defenseman....All my nephew wanted was to play, not sit the bench the first year so he turned them down and went to Williams College in Massachusetts
All state in Michigan is probably pretty decent for the U.S. After more than two decades in Ontario, I’ve really grown to appreciate Michigan.
My one-bit school rents ice on Friday nights in our small town for pick-up hockey. One of the guys went and did a semester at Oxford and was quickly recruited for the Oxford hockey team (which is dominated by expat Canadians). He was about average at our school, and about average in whatever league Oxford was playing in.
Williams was likely a good choice—especially if he takes hockey really seriously and also wants to fit in studies and graduate in four years. I doubt that the Harvard coach is too concerned about his players reaching more than a satisfactory academic level, though I’ve been told that the hardest thing about Harvard is getting in (I believe that that is a quote from one of their former presidents, though that may be an urban legend).