Beginning your freshman year of high school coaches are permitted to send you the following:
An institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or his/her parents/legal guardians) until Sept. 1 at the beginning of his/her junior year in high school.
An institution may provide the following printed materials beginning Sept.1 of your junior year in high school:
Topic | Division I Rules | Division II Rules | Division III Rules |
Recruiting Materials | A coach may begin sending printed recruiting materials beginning Sept. 1 of your junior year. | A coach may begin sending printed recruiting materials beginning Sept. 1 of your junior year. | You may receive printed material at any time. |
Telephone Calls | You may make calls to coaches at your expense. Beginning Sept. 1 of your junior year you may receive telephone calls & text messages. Institution may make telephone calls & text messages to the prospective student-athlete at its discretion. | You may make calls to coaches at your expense. Beginning June 15 after your junior year a coach may call you once per week. | You may make calls at your expense & there is no limit to the number of calls a coach can make or when they can happen. |
Off-Campus Contact | A coach may contact you or your parents/legal guardians off-campus beginning July 1 prior to senior year or the opening day of classes of senior year in high school, whichever is earlier, subject to recruiting calendars. | A coach may contact you or your parents/legal guardians off-campus beginning June 15 after your junior year. A coach is limuted to 3 in-person, off-campus visits. | A coach may contact you or your parents/legal guardians beginning after your junior year. |
Unofficial Visits | Umlimited number of unofficial visits at any time. | Umlimited number of unofficial visits at any time. | Unlimited number of unofficial visits at any time. |
Official Visits | You may begin making official visits once classes start your senior year. Five (5) official visits total and allowed only one (1) official visit per college. | You may begin making official visits once classes start your senior year. Five (5) official visits toal and allowed only one (1) official visit per college. | You may make official visits once the first day of classes begin your seniors year. One (1) official visit per college. |
An Unofficial Visit is a visit to a college campus at a prospect's expense. Colleges may only provide free tickets to an on-campus athletics event. No lodging, meals, or transportation to campus may be provided.
Unofficial Visit Checklist:
Official Visit:
On an Official Visit the NCAA allows a school to pay for lodging, transporation, meals, & entertainment. That includes airfare, rental car, & three (3) meals per day.
To take an official visit in Division I or Division II a prospect needs to do the following:
Official Visit To Do List