Last summer was our first real experience playing mainly showcase tournaments.
Honestly I feel we had the best exposure (with coaches from Ohio and schools in states surrounding Ohio) at both of the Outlaw Showcases we attended. (Outlaws Midwest Premier in June and Outlaws Fall Brawl in October)
O'Fallon in the fall, by far, had the most visible coaches from all over the country watching games........a lot of schools from the Midwest that most of our girls would likely consider......... atmosphere was similar to Nationals. (We had the best weather we had seen all season here in late October ... it is my understanding that 2013 was cold, windy, rainy)
PGF Nationals in Huntington Beach had a lot of coaches however; larger venue spread the coaches around. (O'fallon complexes had four backstops together at their complexes ... you could sit at the field and see 10 or more coaches at each field)
Southern Force near Atlanta, GA (early November) had a lot of coaches however; cannot say would benefit any Ohio teams unless you had girls who definitely were going South to go to school.
Coaches seemed to be much more motivated to recruit in the fall.
Pennsbury had a very good showing ..... mainly east coast schools with some schools from OH and MI there.
Last, but not least, I would say Stingrays ...... very well run tournament ... a lot of coaches ... only drawback I would say is how many games going on at once over such a large complex. Granted, if a coach is interested in your daughter, they are going to find her..... only problem is if coaches are interested in more than one girl in the tournament, they will spend as much time traveling between fields as they do watching the games.
added: 12/23 ... forgot to mention the PGF Showcase in Indianapolis 4th of July weekend .... not a very good showing of coaches .... was told that the majority of coaches went to the tournament in Colorado at the same time. This fall, people who attended the Colorado Tournament said they did not see a lot of coaches there either ... I'm sure the holiday prevented coaches from participating....... Had a great time in Indy anyhow.