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NCAA RECRUITING INFORMATION
The NCAA has extensive rules regarding how and when coaches may recruit prospective student-athletes. There are also a number of criteria that a prospective student-athlete must meet in order to be eligible to participate in college athletics. The NCAA provides some resources that summarize these rules and criteria that may prove helpful to you.

Compliance Manuel Links
NCAA Compliance Manual for DI 
Recruiting
Recruiting is any solicitation of a prospective student-athlete or their relatives by an institutional staff member for the purpose of securing the prospect student-athlete’s enrollment and ultimate participation in the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program (Bylaw 13.02.10).
Telephone Calls/In-person Contact
Telephone calls or in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with a prospective student-athlete or prospective student-athlete’s relatives before June 15 immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete’s junior year of high school (Bylaw 13.1.1.1).  There is no limitation on the number of in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts per prospective student-athlete at any site (Bylaw 13.1.6).

Evaluations
An evaluation is any off-campus activity designed to assess the academic qualifications or athletics ability of a prospective student-athlete, including any visit to a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution or the observation of any practice or competition at which the prospective student-athlete participates (Bylaw 13.02.6).

Printed Recruiting Materials
An institution may not provide athletically related recruiting materials (including electronic mail and facsimiles) to a prospective student-athlete before June 15 immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete’s junior year in high school (Bylaw 13.4.1).

Official (Paid) and Unofficial (Unpaid) Visits
A member institution may finance only one visit to its campus for a prospective student-athlete.  A prospective student-athlete may not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than the opening day of classes of the prospective student-athlete’s senior year in high school (Bylaw 13.6.1).
A prospective student-athlete may visit a member institution’s campus at his or her own expense an unlimited number of times.  A prospective student-athlete may make unofficial visits before his or her senior year in high school (Bylaw 13.7.1).
An institution shall not provide an official visit to a high school or preparatory school prospective student-athlete until he or she: (a) Presents a score from a PSAT, an SAT, a PLAN or an ACT test taken on a national testing date under national testing conditions or an ACT test taken on a state testing date under state testing conditions; (b) Registers with the NCAA Eligibility Center; and (c) Is placed on the institution’s institutional request list (IRL) with the Eligibility Center.
During the official visit, a maximum of three complimentary admissions to a campus athletics event in which the institution’s intercollegiate team practices or competes may be provided to a prospective student-athlete.  Such complimentary admissions are for the exclusive use of the prospective student-athlete and those persons accompanying the prospective student-athlete on the visit and must be issued on an individual-game basis (Bylaw 13.6.6.2).
An institution may conduct a tryout of a prospective student-athlete only on its campus or at a site which it normally conducts practice or competition beginning June 15 immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete’s junior year in high school (Bylaw 13.11.2.1).
 
Extra Benefits
An extra benefit is considered to be any special arrangement or preferential treatment given to prospective student-athletes or enrolled student-athletes, their families/relatives, and/or their friends that is not expressly authorized by NCAA regulations. Receipt by a student-athlete of an impermissible award, benefit or expense allowance can render the individual ineligible. Some examples of extra benefits that are not allowed are:

• Entertainment (such as tickets to sporting events, concerts, movies, meals at a restaurant, etc.)

• Money, loans or transportation services not available to all other Lock Haven University students
• Discounts on tickets, services, products or rent not available to all other Lock Haven students
• Use of an automobile (except owned by you or your family)
• Meals at a restaurant provided by athletic boosters, alumni, fans, or others not related to you
• Free or discounted typing services
• Use of telephone or telephone credit card at no charge
• Use of copy/fax machine at no charge or reduced rate
• Co-signing of loans (except by family members)