North Carolina · High School
Lake Norman High
71 athletes. 5 years. 12 colleges.
Every athlete Lake Norman High has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Mooresville, NC.
Strong
Football
FBS
30
5yr
Strong
W. Basketball
D1
11
5yr
Rising
M. Basketball
D1
6
5yr
Emerging
Football
D3
8
5yr
Emerging
M. Track
D1
7
5yr
Emerging
Football
FCS
4
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D3
2
5yr
Emerging
W. 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
71
Total placements
verified college athletes
12
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 Lake Norman 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.
Football
→FBSStrong feeder30
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as a strong feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D1Strong feeder11
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as a strong feeder for women's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Emerging feeder8
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D1Emerging feeder7
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D1Rising feeder6
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as a rising feeder for men's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSEmerging feeder4
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder2
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder2
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder1
total placements
Lake Norman High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Lake Norman High over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Lake Norman 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.
Michael Buck
Football · K · 2025
Western Kentucky
Ethan Calloway
Football · OL · 2025
Wake Forest
Bailey Sanders
Football · LS · 2025
Western Kentucky
32 Tate Smith
Football · LB · 2024
Randolph-Macon
11 Kirsten Lewis-Williams
Women's Basketball · G · 2024
South Florida
17 more Lake Norman High alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Lake Norman High
What is Lake Norman High's college recruiting track record?
Lake Norman High in Mooresville, NC has sent 71 athletes to college programs across football, basketball, and track in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,597 NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
How many FBS football players has Lake Norman High produced?
Lake Norman High has sent 30 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, Lake Norman High is ranked as a strong FBS football feeder nationally.
Does Lake Norman High send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Lake Norman High has sent 4 players to FCS football programs in the last 5 years, earning a emerging FCS feeder rating. FCS (formerly Division I-AA) is the sub-tier of Division I football below FBS.
Does Lake Norman High produce D1 basketball players?
Lake Norman High has sent 6 men's basketball players to D1 programs in the last 5 years, ranking as a rising D1 basketball feeder.
Where does this Lake Norman High recruiting data come from?
RawRecruit aggregates data from first-party scraping of 1,597 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 Lake Norman High get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Lake Norman High can use RawRecruit's Fit Score algorithm to find personalized matches across 1,597 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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