Prospective Student-Athlete Questionnaire
Recruiting Definitions
2010-11 Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete
Recruiting Calendars
Recruiting Guides
ON-LINE DOCUMENTS
Many schools have placed their documents on the web. Web based documents allow students quick access to information and make application in a timely manner.
Once you commit to be a Panther, please visit the following web-sites to begin your application to Prairie View A&M University. In addition, if you are an incoming freshman and plan to stay on campus, you must make application with the housing office.
At any point you can contact your recruiting coach assigned to the sport you are being recruited for, and they will assist you in any of the below listed steps.
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE/INCOMING STUDENTS
www.pvamu.edu/pages/6862.asp
Information on Prairie View A&M's academic schools and colleges, admissions, financial aid, campus life and more.
APPLY FOR ADMISSIONS
www.pvamu.edu/pages/6903.asp
Notes: It is your responsibility when you apply on-line. When you are completely finished, you will be able to print out a form confirming completion of the application. Once you have done this, notify your recruiting coach.
UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG
www.pvamu.edu/pages/6880.asp
Notes: If you are having trouble finding information in the on-line catalog, contact your recruiting coach for assistance.
NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE
www.ncaaclearinghouse.net
NCAA Eligibility Center
Notes: You must be certified as a QUALIFIER by the NCAA to be a student- athlete at Prairie View A&M. Begin this process early, and contact your recruiting coach with any specific questions.
Recruiting Definitions
Contact
A contact occurs any time a coach has any face-to-face contact with you or your parents off the college's campus and says more than hello. A contact also occurs if a coach has any contact with you or your parents 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 in 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 athletics 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 college's 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 and your parents paid for by the college. The college may pay the following expenses:
• Your transportation to and from the college;
• Room and meals (three per day) while you are visiting the college; and
• Reasonable entertainment expenses, including three complimentary admissions to a home athletics 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 (Division I only) and SAT, ACT or PLAN score and register with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Prospective Student-Athlete
You become a “prospective student-athlete” when:
• You start ninth-grade classes; or
• Before your ninth-grade year, a college gives you, your relatives or your friends any financial aid or other benefits that the college does not provide to students generally.
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 and your parents may visit a college campus during this time. A coach may write or telephone you or your parents during this time.
Unofficial Visit
Any visit by you and your parents to a college campus paid for 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.
Verbal Commitment
This phrase is used to describe a college-bound student-athlete's commitment to a school before he or she signs (or is able to sign) a National Letter of Intent. A college-bound student-athlete can announce a verbal commitment at any time. While verbal commitments have become very popular for both college-bound student-athletes and coaches, this "commitment" is NOT binding on either the college-bound student-athlete or the school. Only the signing of the National Letter of Intent accompanied by a financial aid agreement is binding on both parties.
STANDARDIZED TESTS
The SAT: www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/about.html
The ACT: www.act.org/aap/
TOFEL: www.toefl.org/
THEA: www.thea.nesinc.com/
