Football wasn’t the only sport on campus knee-deep in recruits Wednesday.
The LSU soccer team also partook in the festivities. Three new players signed National Letters of Intent.
The new trio comes a year after LSU signed 10 players in the class of 2010.
“While we don’t have the numbers in this class that we’ve had in the past, we are very excited this season with the quality we have joining our program,” LSU coach Brian Lee said in a news release.
“These three young ladies have a chance to build upon the foundation we’ve already laid and help us compete for championships for years to come.”
Lee didn’t disappoint. Each recruit — center midfielder Alex Arlitt (Houston), forward Alex Cook (Petal, Miss.) and forward Lexi Gibbs (Prairieville) — ranks as the top recruit in their respective states.
Cook rates as a four-star recruit, while Arlitt is a three-star athlete, according to TopDrawerSoccer.com. Gibbs is not rated.
Gibbs is from Dutchtown High School, where she helped the Griffins to back-to-back state quarterfinals appearances in her last two seasons. She totalled 159 goals and 48 assists in her career at Dutchtown.
Meanwhile, Cook comes in as the No. 88 prospect in the TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 and the No. 2 player in the South Region.
Arlitt has a few personal connections with Lee and Cook. The Clear Lake High School product played on the same club team in Houston as current Tigers forward Addie Eggleston and goalkeeper Megan Kinneman, both sophomores.
The trio joins the gargantuan 2010 class that included Eggleston, Kinneman, midfielders Alex Ramsey and Emily Cancienne, among others. Ramsey and Cancienne started all 21 games of the season, while Eggleston started 20.
Kinneman started all 14 games she played at goalie.
 
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