New Mexico · High School
Carlsbad High
32 athletes. 5 years. 13 colleges.
Every athlete Carlsbad High has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Carlsbad, NM.
Strong
W. Basketball
D1
7
5yr
Rising
W. Track
D3
5
5yr
Emerging
Football
D2
5
5yr
Emerging
Football
D3
5
5yr
Emerging
Football
NAIA
2
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D2
2
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
NAIA
2
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D2
2
5yr
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier. Tiers recompute weekly as new college roster data lands.
Pipeline scoreboard
32
Total placements
verified college athletes
13
Unique colleges
programs recruited from
4
Sports represented
Led by football
5yr
Rolling window
2021 to 2025
Destinations
Which colleges have recruited the most players from Carlsbad High?
These are the programs actually pulling athletes from this roster. Ranked by verified placements over the last 5 years. Click any college to see your fit score against that program.
Women's Basketball
→D1Strong feeder7
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as a strong feeder for women's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Emerging feeder5
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Emerging feeder5
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D3Rising feeder5
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as a rising feeder for women's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Football
→NAIAEmerging feeder2
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D2Emerging feeder2
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→NAIAEmerging feeder2
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder2
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder2
total placements
Carlsbad High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Carlsbad High over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Carlsbad High alumni on college rosters?
Real athletes playing right now. Scraped from live college rosters this week. Not self-reported, not seven years old, not fabricated.
Jonathan Mendez
Football · 2025
Ottawa
Jonathan Mendez
Football · 2025
Ottawa University
Lisa Lopez
Women's Track · 2025
Eastern New Mexico
DJ Moore
Football · 2025
Eastern New Mexico
Annika Sowers
Women's Track · LONG_JUMP · 2025
Hardin-Simmons
13 more Carlsbad High alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Carlsbad High
What is Carlsbad High's college recruiting track record?
Carlsbad High in Carlsbad, NM has sent 32 athletes to college programs across football, basketball, and track in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,900+ NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
Where does this Carlsbad High recruiting data come from?
RawRecruit aggregates data from first-party scraping of 1,900+ college athletic rosters across football, basketball, and track. Each athlete's high school is matched against the NCES federal high school database using a state-disambiguated fuzzy matching algorithm. Tier badges are computed from percentile rankings over a rolling 5-year window.
How can athletes from Carlsbad High get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Carlsbad High can use RawRecruit's Fit Score algorithm to find personalized matches across 1,900+ college programs. RawRecruit analyzes athletic fit, academic fit, positional need, geographic proximity, and cultural fit -- plus the HS pipeline data shown here -- to recommend realistic targets and identify recruiting opportunities.
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