It's never a surprise when Minnesota, Ontario, Michigan, Massachusetts and New York are the top five in the production of NCAA Division I freshmen. But data is data and we'll never know if it changes or shifts unless we do the research each year.
This data is related to the place of birth for all freshmen, so we realize some players -- like Alaska's Connor Mylymock for example -- are listed with their place of birth but actually grew up and played elsewhere. Mylymock is the lone Mississippi-born freshman this year but grew up in Saskatchewan. We fully understand that, but with all data you have to set parameters for your research.
What IS surprising is the fifth- and sixth-highest producing states were California and Colorado, with 16 and 15 freshmen respectively, while we could not find a single freshman from Connecticut. Nor would we figure Vermont and Virginia, sticking with my alliteration concept, would regularly produce the same number of NCAA Division I players (two for each this year).
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