Recruiting Terminology

Basic Recruiting Terms
Contact – A contact occurs any a coach has any face-to-face contact with you or your parent off the college's campus and says more than hello. A contact also occurs if a coach has any contact with you or your parent at your high school or any location where you are competing or practicing.

Contact Period – During this time, a college coach may have in-person contact with you and/or your parents on or off the college's campus. The coach may also watch you play or visit your high school. You and your parents may visit a college campus and the coach may write and telephone you during this period.

Dead Period – The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents at any time during the dead period. The coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.

Evaluation – An evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate your academic or athletic ability. This would include visiting your high school or watching you practice or compete.

Evaluation Period – The college coach may watch you play or visit your high school, but cannot have any in-person conversations with you or your parents off the campus. You and your parents can visit a college campus during this period. A coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.

Official Visit – Any visit to a college campus by you or your parents paid for by the college. Colleges may pay the following expenses:
Your transportation to and from the college.
Rooms and meals (three per day) while you are visiting the college.
Reasonable entertainment expenses, including three complimentary admissions to a home athletic contest.
Before a college may invite you on an official visit, you will have to provide the college with a copy of your high-school transcript (D1 only) and SAT, ACT or PLAN score.

Quiet Period – The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents off the college's campus. The coach may not watch you play or visit your high school during this period. You or your parents may visit a college campus during this time. A coach may write or telephone you or your parents during this time.

Redshirt – Describes a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If an athlete does not compete in a sport the entire academic year, he/she has not used a season of competition. Each student is allowed no more than four (4) seasons of competition per sport. If an athlete were not a qualifier, he/she may have fewer seasons of competition available to him/her.

Unofficial Visit – Any visit by you and your parents to a college campus paid by you or your parents. The only expense you may receive from the college is three complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest. You may make as many unofficial visits as you like and may take those visits at any time. The only time you cannot talk with a coach during an unofficial visit is during a dead period.

Financial Aid - Division 3 and Ivy League!

Can Division 3 and Ivy League Schools offer Athletic Scholarships?
No! Division 3 and Ivy League schools cannot offer Athletic Scholarships – these schools offer need-based and academic financial awards.
Athletic departments are staffed and funded like any other department in the university.

Should Athletes consider D3 schools if they need a Scholarship?
Many schools offer attractive financial aid programs therefore don't overlook any school, even if they don't offer athletic scholarships.

What are Division 3 Financial Aid Packages?
Division 3 financial aid packages consist of need based grants, loans and work study programs, plus academic and leadership scholarships.

How do you apply for a Financial Aid Package?
Speak to your Guidance Counselor and/or go to FAFSA web site.www.fafsa.ed.org
It is the form you fill out to apply for federal grants and loans.www.fedmoney.org
Applying for financial aid may sound daunting, but in reality, the form is short and painless.
Don't let the idea of applying for financial aid scare you away.
You may be surprised by everything financial aid may have to offer you.