To answer your question, this is the definition of a "recruited athlete"
13.02.13.1
Recruited Prospective Student-Athlete.
Actions by staff members or athletics representa
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tives that cause a prospective student-athlete to become a recruited prospective student-athlete at that institution
are:
(Revised: 1/10/90, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94, 1/10/05 effective 8/01/05)
(a)
Providing the prospective student-athlete with an official visit;
(Adopted: 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)
(b)
Having an arranged, in-person, off-campus encounter with the prospective student-athlete or the pro
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spective student-athlete’s parents, relatives or legal guardians;
(Adopted: 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)
(c)
Initiating or arranging a telephone contact with the prospective student-athlete, the prospective student-
athlete’s relatives or legal guardians on more than one occasion for the purpose of recruitment; or
(Re
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vised: 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)
(d)
Issuing a National Letter of Intent or the institution’s written offer of athletically related financial aid to
the prospective student-athlete. Issuing a written offer of athletically related financial aid to a prospective
student-athlete to attend a summer session prior to full-time enrollment does not cause the prospective
student-athlete to become recruited.
(Adopted: 1/10/05 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 12/13/05)
