Coaches Educational Compliance Meeting SEPTEMBER 2015

Recruiting Reminders

It is after September 1st meaning:

Telephone calls to an individual (or his or her relatives or legal guardians) may be made after September 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school (subject to the exceptions below).

In women's basketball, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or her relatives or legal guardians) before September 1 at the beginning of her junior year in high school. Contacts that occur during a prospective student-athlete's junior year may occur only at the prospective student-athlete's educational institution or residence.

An institution shall be able to provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or his or her parents or legal guardians) after September 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school.

As specified below, an institution may provide only the following printed materials to a prospective student-athlete, his or her parents or legal guardians, coaches or any other individual responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospective student-athlete is involved: [ (a) General Correspondence. There are no restrictions on the design or content of general correspondence and attachments, except that the size of the printed material may not exceed 8 ½ by 11 inches when opened in full. There are no restrictions on the design or content of an envelope used to send general correspondence and attachments, except that the size of the envelope may not exceed 9 by 12 inches.

Eligibility

2015-16

Complete 16 core courses (10 of which must be completed before the start of the senior year).

• 4 years of English

• 3 years of math (Algebra 1 or higher)

• 2 years of natural/physical science (including one year of lab science if your high school offers it)

• 2 years of social science

• 1 additional year of English, math or natural/physical science

• 4 additional years of English, math, natural/physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy

Earn at least a 2.3 GPA within these core courses.

Earn an SAT or ACT test score which closely matches the academic performance and GPA. The Division I sliding scale balances GPA and test scores; looking for higher test scores where the core-course GPA is lower and a higher core-course GPA when the test scores are lower.

http://www.ncaa.org/static/2point3/#tests