(Marco Banegas Flores & Townson Head Coach Pat Skerry )

FRESHMAN & SOPHMORES

• Coaches can send brochures for summer camps and questionnaires
• Division I and II coaches can’t call or e-mail you
• You can begin receiving recruiting materials June 15 after your sophomore year
• You can call or email coaches
• You cannot take Official Visits but can take as many Unofficial Visits as you want
• No off campus contact is allowed

JUNIORS

• Coaches can start sending personalized letters and official college materials. They can also send and return e-mails.
• You can call coaches at your own expense
• Coaches can call you once a week (restrictions apply)
• No official or off campus contact are allowed
• Unofficial Visits are allowed

SENIORS

• Coaches may call 2x a week
• Off Campus Contact allowed after Sept 9
• Official visits allowed after first day of Classes. Maximum 5 visits to D1 and D2 schools. These visits are paid for partial or full.
  
• Twitter and Facebook- coaches can friend request or follow and send private messages. They can not publicly contact u via @reply or wall post etc.

 Aug. 1-Sept. 8: Quiet period
Sept. 9-Oct. 5: Contact period
Oct. 6-Nov. 6: Evaluation period
Nov. 7-Nov. 10: Dead period
Nov. 11-Dec. 23: Evaluation period
Dec. 24-Dec. 26: Dead period
Dec. 27-March 15: Evaluation period
March 16-March 22: Contact period
March 23-March 28: Evaluation period
March 29-April 5: Dead period
April 5-April 8: Contact period
April 9-April 12: Dead period
April 11: Start of regular signing period
April 13-April 18: Contact period
April 20-April 22: Evaluation period
April 23-April 26: Quiet period
April 27-April 29: Evaluation period
April 30-May 16: Quiet period
May 16: End of regular signing period
May 17-May 26: Dead period
May 27-July 5: Quiet period
July 6-July 10: Dead period
July 11-July 15: Evaluation period
July 16-July 17: Dead period
July 18-July 22: Evaluation period
July 22-July 24: Dead period
July 25-July 29: Evaluation period

* For full official rules by NCAA click here NCAA’s Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete's

*Below is the recruiting calendar along with glossary of terms you should know.

Contact occurs any time a coach has any face-to-face contact with a prospective student-athlete or the prospect’s parents off the college’s campus and says more than hello. A contact also occurs if a coach has any contact with the prospective student-athlete or his or her parents at the prospective student-athlete’s high school or any location where the prospect is engaging in competition or practice.

Contact period is the time when a college coach may have in-person contact with a prospective student-athlete and the prospect’s parents on or off the college’s campus. The coach may also watch the prospective student-athlete play or visit his or her high school. The prospect and the parents may visit a college campus, and the coach may write and telephone during this period.

Dead period is a time when the college coach may not have any in-person contact with the prospective student-athlete or the prospect’s parents at any time. The coach may write and telephone during this time.

Evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate a prospective student-athlete’s academic or athletics ability. This would include visiting the prospective student-athlete’s high school or watching the prospect practice or compete.

Evaluation period is the time a college coach may watch a prospective student-athlete play or visit the high school but cannot have any in-person conversations with the possible recruit or the parents off the college’s campus. The prospective student-athlete and the parents can visit a college campus during this period and a coach may call or write during this period.

National Letter of Intent is the document a prospective student-athlete signs when he or she agrees to attend the designated college or university for one academic year. According to the terms of the National Letter of Intent program, participating institutions agree to provide athletics financial aid for one academic year to the student-athlete, provided he or she is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules. An important provision of the National Letter of Intent program is a recruiting prohibition applied after a prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent. This prohibition requires participating institutions to cease recruitment of a prospective student-athlete once a National Letter of Intent is signed with another institution.

Official visit is a prospective student-athlete’s visit to a college campus paid for by the college. The college can pay for transportation to and from the college, room and meals (three per day) while visiting and reasonable entertainment expenses, including three complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest. NCAA recruiting bylaws limit the number of official visits a recruit may take to five.

Prospective student-athlete is the title given when a student enters ninth grade. It also applies when, before a student’s ninth-grade year, a college gives the student, the student’s relatives or their friends any financial aid or other benefits that the college does not generally provide to prospective students.

Quiet period is a time when the college may not have any in-person talk with the prospective student-athlete or the parents off the college’s campus. The coach may not watch the prospect play or practice.The prospective student-athlete can visit college campuses during this time and a coach may write or telephone.

Unofficial visit is any visit by a prospective student-athlete and their parents to a college campus paid for by the prospective student athlete or the prospect’s parents. The only expense the prospective student-athlete can receive from the college is three complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest. The prospect may make as many visits as he or she likes and may take the visits at any time. The only time the prospective student-athlete cannot talk with a coach during an unofficial visit is during a dead period.

Verbal commitment is the phrase used to describe a college-bound student-athlete’s commitment to a school before he or she 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 popular, they are NOT binding on either the college-bound student-athlete or the school.