Questions by Prospective Student Athletes
When are coaches allowed unlimited calls to me?
Answer: At the following times; during the five days immediately before your official visit to that college or university; on the day of a coach’s off-campus contact with you; during the time beginning with the National Letter of Intent (NLI) signing date in your sport through the two days after the signing date; subsequent to the calendar date on which you sign the NLI.
Can colleges send me anything prior to my junior year?
Answer: Only questionnaires and summer camp brochures.
Contacting a Student Athlete
Who can call me on the phone? When? How often?
Answer: On or after July 1st after the completion of your junior year in high school, faculty members and coaches are permitted to call you, your parents, or your legal guardians once a week. However, in the case of Division I Football, coaches may call you one time during the month of May in your junior year, and may not call you again until September 1 of your senior year. Boosters are NOT permitted to call.
Can I call coaches collect or toll-free? If so, when?
Answer: Yes. Coaches may receive calls on or after July 1st after you complete your junior year of high school.
What can the school give me during an unofficial visit?
Answer: A maximum of three complimentary admissions to a campus athletic event which that school’s team is competing, issued through a pass list. Such complimentary admissions are for the exclusive use of the prospect and those persons accompanying him or her. They can be issued only on an individual game basis.
Can I pay my own way to visit a college campus?
Answer: You may visit an institution’s campus at your own expense an unlimited number of times beginning before your senior year of high school and continuing in your senior year. This is considered an unofficial visit. This will not count toward your 5 official visits.
Official Visits
How many official visits am I allowed to take?
Answer: Each prospective student-athlete is limited to five official visits which may be taken following the opening day of classes of your senior year in high school. Official visits cannot be taken before opening day of senior year classes.
When is a college considered to be recruiting me?
Answer: If any coach or representative of the college’s athletics interests approaches you, or any member of your family, about enrolling and participating in athletics at the college, you are considered a recruit prospect for said college.
Who can recruit me?
Answer: Only university coaches and staff. Alumni and friends of the university are NOT permitted to contact prospective student-athletes in any way.
What must the school have received before I can take an official visit?
Answer: The recruiting institution must already have a high school transcript and ACT or SAT score results on file.
What else does the Eligibility Center need to certify me?
Answer: After graduation and before school closes for the summer, your high school must send the Center a copy of your final transcript that confirms your graduation. In addition, you must have your ACT or SAT scores sent to the Center directly from the testing agency. Either mark code 9999 as one of the institutions to receive your scores, or submit a request for an Additional Score Report to the appropriate testing agency.
Recruiting Regulations
How do I register with the Eligibility Center?
Answer: Complete the student-release form and mail the top (white) copy of the form to the Center along with the registration fee.
What is the Initial Eligibility Center?
Answer: If you intend to participate in College baseball as a freshman you must register with, and be certified by, the NCAA Initial Eligibility Center. Your high school counselor should provide you with the student-release form and a red brochure titled, “Making Sure You Are Eligible to Participate in College Sports.”
Where can my counselor get registration materials?
Answer: Free registration materials are available by calling the Center at 319-337-1942.
Amateurism Certification Center
Beginning with the fall of 2006, the NCAA Amateurism Certification Center has been the processing center for determining the amateurism eligibility of domestic and international freshman and transfer prospective student-athletes for initial athletics participation at NCAA Division I and II member institutions.
For additional information visit the following pages:
Academics & Athletics, Eligibility & Recruiting, Education & Research, Recruiting, Compliance |
