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NCAA COMPLIANCE I want to play Division I intercollegiate athletics at San Diego... What do I need to do in order to play at San Diego as a freshman? Off-Campus Contacts: A college coach may contact you in person off the college campus only on or after July 1 after the completion of your junior year in high school. A contact is any face-to-face

If you intend to participate in Division I or II athletics as a freshman, you must register and be certified by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. Your high school counselors should provide you with a student-release form and a brochure titled, "NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete." In order to be registered with the clearinghouse, you must complete the student-release form and mail the top (white) copy of the form to the clearinghouse along with the $30 registration fee. Give the yellow and pink copies of the form to a high-school official who then sends the yellow copy, along with an official copy of your high-school transcript that includes your SAT or ACT score(s), to the clearinghouse. Your high school should keep the pink copy for its files. You may also register online at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net. After graduation and before the school closes for the summer, your school also must send the clearinghouse a copy of your final transcript that confirms graduation from high school. Your counselors can obtain registration materials, at no cost, by calling the clearinghouse at (319) 337-1492. How do I know if I'm being recr"'..ited? You become l:l. "prospective student-athlete"when you startninth– grade classeso:Before the ninth grade, you become a pr.ospective student-athl~~~Jf a college gives you (or your relatives or friends) any fi.nanciaj i\d or other benefi t the college does not provide prospective stii generally. .come a "recruited prospective student-athlete" particular co1lege if any coach approaches you (or any mem ofyour..family) about enrolling and participating in athletics at Hege.m~ _ctivities by coaches that cause y bee thlet with When can I talk to the coach and have him/her see m e play? Telephone Calls: In all sports other than football and basketball, phone calls from staff members (but not boosters) are not permitted until July 1 after completion of your junior year. In men ' s basketball, one telephone call to a prospect may be made during March of the prospect's junior year in high school. In both men's and women's basketball, one telephone call to a prospect may be made on or after June 21 following the prospect's junior year. In Football, a prospect may receive one phone call in May of the prospects junior year in high school and may start receiving additional calls after September 1 of your senior. Year. After this, a college coach is limited to one telephone call per week to you (or your parents or legal guardians), except that unlimited calls to you (or your parents or legal guardians) may be made under the following circumstances: (1) during the five days immediately before your official visit by the college you will be visiting; (2) on the day of a coach' s off-campus contact with you by that coach; (3) on the initial date for signing the National Letter of Intent in your sport through two days after the initial signing date; and (4) you (or your parents) may telephone a coach at your expense as often as you wish. Also, you may email a coach at anytime.

meeting between a college coach or athletics staff member and you or your parents, during which any of you say more than "hello." Also, any such face-to-face meeting that is prearranged or that takes place on your campus, at an organized competition or practice involving you or your high school, preparatory school, two-year college or all-star team shall be considered a contact, regardless of the conversation. Currently in all sports other than football , college coaches may contact you off the college campus no more than three times. However, a college coach may visit your high school (with the approval of your high school principle) only once a week during contact period. Evaluations: An evaluation is any off-campus activity used to assess your academic qualifications or athletics ability, including a visit to your high school (during which no contact occ~) or watching you practice or compete at any site. Currently in all sports other than football and basketball, a college coach is limited to seven opportunities (contacts and evhluations combined) to recruit you and not more than three of the seven opportunities may be contacts. In basketball, coaches have a limit of five opportunities with which to recruit you (contact and evaluatjons co,rined) o!-1'...~e college campus. Not more than three o(those fi've opportunities may be contacts; In football, a coach has three evaluation opportunities and six contact opportunities. Once you sign a National Letter of Intent, ~ou may be evaluated an unlimited number of times by a college ac4.from the college with which you have signed. rs: 'j~etters and printed recruiting information may be sent to ou starting September 1"' at the beginning of your junior year in high school. However, you may still contact a university prior to this 1 ate to receive general information (non-athletic·related) prior to this You 9,iay also co.n;i,l?lete an atlµetic gue~f!OPJ;!,~e apor to this iY ou (or your ·1y) may not receive any benefit, inducement or arrangement, such as cash, clothing, camp, improper expenses, nsportation, gifts or loans to encourage you to sjgn a National tter of Intent or attend an NCAA college. The University of San o may offer you a 09,e-year arship that covers room and ard, tuition and fees, and requi course-related books, or any part of these. Ihe i.tj§titution can recommend that this aid be renewed each year, as is the general practice at the University of San Diego. Who do I contact with any Questions on Eligi– bility? You may contact Mike Matoso, USD's Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance at 619-260- 7577 or by email at mmatoso@sandiego.edu.