USD Men's Soccer 2003

NCAA Compliance

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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 I after the completion of your junior year in high school. A contact is any face-to-face meeting between a co llege coach or athletics sta ff 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 schoo l, preparatory school, two-year college or all-star team shall be considered a contact, regardl ess of the conversation. Currently in all sports other than football, college coaches may con– tact 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 occurs) or watching you practice or compete at any site. Currently in all sports other than foot– ball and basketball, a college coach is limited to seven opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) to recruit you and not more than three ofthe seven opportunities may be contacts. In basketball, coaches have a limit of five opportunities with which to recruit you (contact and evaluations combined) off the college campus. Not more than three of those five opportunities may be contacts. In football , a coach has three evaluation opportunities and six contact opportunities. Once you sign a National Letter oflntent, you may be evaluated an unlim– ited number of times by a college coach from the college with which you have signed. Letters: Letters and printed recruiting information may be sent to you starting September 1st at the beginning of your junior year in high school. However, you may still contact a university prior to this date to receive general information (non-athletic related) prior to this date. You may also complete an athletic questionnaire prior to this date. What Can I Receive from San Diego? You (or your family) may not receive any benefit, inducement or ar– rangement, such as cash, clothing, camp, improper expenses, trans– portation, gifts or loans to encourage you to sign a National Letter of Intent or attend an NCAA college. The University of San Diego may offer you a one-year scholarship that covers room and board, tuition and fees, and required course-related books, or any part of these. The institution can recommend that this aid be renewed each year, as is the general practice at the University of San Diego.

If you intend to participate in Di vision I or II athl etics as a freshman, you must register and be certified by the NCAA Initial- Eligibility Clearinghouse. Your hi gh schoo l counselors should provide you with a student-release form and a brochure titled, "NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athl ete." In order to be registered with the clearinghouse, you must complete the student-release follll and mail the top (white) copy o f the fo rm to the clearinghouse along with the $30 registrati on fee. Give the yellow and pink copi es of the follll to a hi gh-school o ffi cial who then sends the ye llow copy, along with an offi cial copy o f your high-school transcript that includes your SAT or ACT score(s), to the clearinghouse. Your high school should keep th e pink co py for its fil es . You may a lso reg iste r online at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net. After graduation and before the school closes fo r the summer, your school also must send the clearinghouse a copy of your fin al transcript that confilllls graduation from high schoo l. Your counse lors can obtain registration materials, at no cost, by calling the clearinghouse at (3 I 9) 33 7-1492. You become a "prospective student-athlete" when you start ninth– grade classes. Before the ninth grade, you become a prospective stu– dent-athlete if a college gives you (or your relatives or friends) any financial aid or other benefits that the college does not provide pro– spective students generally. You become a "recruited prospective stu– dent-athlete" at a particular college if any coach approaches you (or any member ofyour family) about enrolling and participating in ath– letics at that college. Activities by coaches that cause you to become a recruited prospective student-athlete are (1) providing you with an official visit; (2) placing more than one telephone call to you or any other member of your family ; or (3) visiting you or any other mem– ber of your family anywhere other than the college campus. Boosters: In addition to general recruiting regulations, no alumni, boosters or representatives of a college's athletics interests can be involved in your recruitment. There can be no phone calls or letters from boosters. If a USD booster is contacting you, please call the San Diego Compliance Office as soon as possible at (619) 260-7577. Don 't risk your NCAA eligibility! Telephone Calls: In all sports other than football and basketball, phone ca ll s from staff members (but not boosters) are not permitted until July I a fter completion of your junior year. In men 's basketball , one telephone call to a prospect may be made during March of the prospect 's j unior year in hi gh schoo l. In both men's and women's basketball , one telephone call to a prospect may be made on or after June 2 1 foll owing the prospect's junior year. In Football, a prospect may receive one phone ca ll in May of the prospects junior year in hi gh school and may start receiving additi onal calls after September I of your senior. Year. After thi s, a coll ege coach is limited to one telephone ca ll per week to you (or your parents or lega l guardians), except that unlimited call s to you (or your parents or lega l guardi ans) may be made under the fo llow ing circumstances: ( I) during the fi ve days immediately before your offi cial visit by the co llege you will be visiting; (2) on the day of a coach's off-campus contact with you by that coach; (3) on the initi al 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. How do I know if I'm being recruited? When can I talk to the coach and have him/her see me play?

r Who do I contact with any Questions on Eligibility? You may contact Mike Matoso, USD 's Assistant Director of Athl etics for Compliance at 619-260- 7577 or by email at mmatoso@sandiego.edu.

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