The Mission of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Eastern Michigan University is to Guide, Support and Inspire Our Student-Athletes in Their Pursuit of Excellence:
Academically, Athletically and Socially.

Thank you for considering Eastern Michigan University.  The information below is designed to assist in answering your questions related to being recruited and being eligible to compete in athletics at Eastern Michigan University.  Please contact the office of Compliance if you have any questions and feel free to complete the questionnaire for your sport.

NCAA Information for Prospective Student-Athletes

Amatuerism Questions
Career in Professional Athletics
CHAMPS Life-Skills Program
Don't Bet On It
Don't Bet On It (website)
Don't Bet On It-Summer 2008 Newsletter
Drug Testing in the NCAA 07-08
Guide for College Bound Student Athlete
International Guide to Certification 2008
NCAA First Century
NCAA General Information
Official Visit Policy
Prospect Question and Answer
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Transfer Guide 2007

Recruiting Questionnaires
Please select a sport that you are interested in:

Biographical Form for Sports Information
Baseball
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Women's Cross Country
Football
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Gymnastics
Women's Rowing
Women's Soccer
Softball
Men's Swimming and Diving
Women's Swimming and Diving
Women's Tennis
Men's Track and Field
Women's Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling

Report Distribution

NCAA Bylaw 13.3.1.2, requires member institutions to provide prospects and their parents or legal guardians the information contained within the NCAA admissions and graduation-rate data; Academic Progress Rate and Graduation Success Rate Report. The information shall be provided at the earliest opportunity, or upon request; however, in no event shall an institution provide the information later than the day prior to a prospective student-athlete's signed acceptance of the National Letter of Intent. 

Additionally, NCAA bylaws 13.3.2 and 13.3.3 require institutions to provide information prospects on banned drugs and initial eligibility. 

Links to both of these reports and resources are included below as well.

Academic Progress Rates
The APR report provides information about student-athletes at the institution who received athletics financial aid or for teams that do not award athletics aid, were recruited by the institution. The report is based on each student-athlete, having the opportunity to earn two points during each regular academic term of full-time enrollment. The APR is calculated by adding all points earned by student-athletes over the past three academic years and dividing that number by the total possible points that could have been earned. That number is then multiplied by 1,000.

EMU Academic Progress Rate (APR) Report 2006-2007

Graduation-Rates Report
The graduation-rates report provides information about all undergraduate students who were enrolled in a full-time program of studies for a degree as well as student-athletes who received athletics aid from the University for any period of time during their entering year. A graduation rate is based on a comparison of the number of students who entered the University and the number of those who graduated within six years. Three different measures of graduation rates are presented in the report: (1) freshman-cohort rate, (2) graduation-success rate, and (3) exhausted-eligibility rate.

Graduation-Rates Report Information
EMU Graduation-Rates Report
EMU Graduation Success Rate-Report

NCAA Banned Drug List
Per  NCAA by-laws  <13.3.2.2> please review the NCAA Banned Drug List 2007-2008

NCAA Eligibility Center and Eligibility Standards
Per  NCAA by-laws <13.3.3> please review the Initial Eligibility Standards or review below.

NCAA ELIGIBILITY

Standards for Initial Eligibility
A prospective student-athlete must be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center to participate for Eastern Michigan University as a freshman. The Eligibility Center ensures consistent interpretation of NCAA initial eligibility requirements for all student-athletes at all member institutions.

The following freshman initial eligibility requirements must be met:

• Graduation from high school
• Successful completion of the required core curriculum in high school
• Minimum required GPA in the core curriculum (see tables below)
• Minimum required SAT or ACT test score (see tables below)
• Completion of Amateurism Statement (remember to sign electronically)
• Final certification as a qualifier by the NCAA Eligibility Center

Core Curriculum
A prospective student-athlete must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point in a successfully completed core curriculum of at least 16 academic courses including the following:

• 4 years of English.
• 3 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher).
• 2 years of natural/physical science (1 year of lab if offered by high school).
• 1 year of additional English, mathematics or natural/physical science.
• 2 years of social science.
• 4 years of additional courses (from any area above, foreign language or nondoctrinal religion/philosophy).

Initial Eligibility Index

The NCAA Eligibility Center must certify the record of the above courses and course grades using official transcripts forwarded to the Eligibility Center from the prospect’s high school. A prospect must also present a qualifying standardized test score.

Non-qualifier
A non-qualifier is a prospective student-athlete (prospect) that does not meet the definition of a qualifier. A non-qualifier who is an entering freshman may not participate in competition, practice or receive athletic aid until after their first year of college and meeting eligibility requirements

Your Responsibilities
Meet with your Guidance Office to ensure that your high school’s List of Approved Core Courses (formerly 48H) has been updated and approved by the NCAA Eligibility Center within the past year.

Meet with your Guidance Office to ensure that you are taking a sufficient number of NCAA-defined core courses to meet NCAA initial eligibility requirements.  Do not assume that courses are “core courses” simply because they satisfy graduation requirements!

Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center by (1) completing and signing the Student Release Form and (2) paying the required  registration fee. You may obtain the Eligibility Center registration materials online (https://web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/common/), from your High School Guidance Office, or from your applicable head coach. 

Ensure that all of your high school transcripts are sent directly from the educational institution to the Eligibility Center.  Be sure to send transcripts from all high schools you may have attended, and – most importantly – your final high school transcript listing proof of graduation.

Ensure that your SAT/ACT scores are sent directly from the testing agency to the Eligibility Center <code: 9999>.

Once all your materials are submitted to the Eligibility Center, the NCAA will determine your academic eligibility to compete at NCAA schools.  The Eligibility Center will send you written notice of your status.  Do not assume that you are eligible!  It is your responsibility to resolve all academic eligibility issues prior to enrollment at the Eastern Michigan University.

NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT <website>

Most incoming Division I or II student-athletes that receive athletic-related financial aid participate in the National Letter of Intent Program, which is administered by the Collegiate Commissioners Association.  Eastern Michigan University is a member of the National Letter of Intent Program.

The National Letter of Intent is an agreement among participating schools that once a prospect accepts an offer of athletics financial aid to attend an NCAA school, other NCAA schools will recognize the offer and cease to recruit the prospect.

Once a prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent, the prospect has then committed him-/herself to Eastern Michigan University for one year as long as they are accepted for admission and meet NCAA eligibility requirements. Eastern Michigan University also commits a full or partial athletics scholarship to the prospect.

The National Letter of Intent is not an offer of admission to Eastern Michigan University. The sole decision maker concerning admissions is the Eastern Michigan University Office of Admissions.

Prospects should become familiar with the procedures and implications of the National Letter of Intent before signing. 

If you are a prospective student-athlete and wish to obtain information concerning athletics scholarships, please contact the applicable head coach.  Please be aware that outside scholarships (aid from any source other than athletics) can impact an individual and team’s financial aid limitations and must be pre-approved by the coaching staff and Compliance Office.

RECRUITING

Recruiting has occurred whenever a member of Eastern Michigan University’s athletics staff or a representative of our programs encourages a prospect to enroll at EMU and compete in athletics. This can occur through a telephone call, in-person contact or official visit.

Letters
A prospect may receive written correspondence (including e-mail) from EMU coaches after September 1 of the prospect’s junior year of high school.  Prospects in the sport of men’s basketball may receive written correspondence at the conclusion of their sophomore year of high school.  There are also several types of recruiting materials that may be sent to a prospect at any time and several types of materials that may never be sent.

Phone Calls
There are limitations on the number of phone calls that Eastern Michigan University staff members can make and restrictions on when those calls can be made.  A prospect may telephone an institution at his/her own expense at any time.  However, coaches and athletics staff may not return phone calls except within the recruiting periods below:

Football
In the sport of football, one (1) telephone call to a prospect (or a prospect's relatives or legal guardians) may be made during the month of May of the prospect's junior year in high school.  Additional telephone calls to a prospect (or a prospect’s relatives or legal guardians) may not be made prior to September 1 of the beginning of the prospect's senior year in high school.  Thereafter, such telephone contact is limited to once per week outside of a contact period. During a contact period, such telephone contact may be made at the institution's discretion.

Basketball
In the sport of basketball, an EMU coach may call a prospect on or after June 21 of the prospect's junior year in high school. In addition, an EMU coach may only call a prospect three (3) times during the month of July following the prospect's junior year in high school, with no more than one call a week after the month of July.

All Other Sports
Each NCAA sport sponsored by EMU has its own guidelines for telephoning prospects for the purpose of recruitment. Generally, phone calls from a member of the EMU staff may not start until July 1 after the completion of the prospect's junior year in high school.
 

RECRUITING PERIODS-Coaches are only permitted to have contact with you at certain times of the year.  The 4 recruiting periods are described below.

Contact Period
During a contact period, Eastern Michigan University coaching staff members may evaluate (watch) and contact (speak with) prospects at their homes, schools or other off-campus sites. In sports other than football, coaching staff members may contact a prospect no more than three times at any off-campus site. In the sport of football, EMU is limited to six in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospect at any site during the prospect’s senior year. However, a member of the EMU football staff may not contact a prospect more than once per week and may not visit any one high school more than once per week. In all other sports, coaches can have contact only three times during the prospect’s senior year.  In addition, recently enacted legislation allows for one off-campus contact during April of the prospect’s junior year on the high school campus (in all sports except football).
 
Evaluation Period
During an evaluation period, EMU coaching staff members may assess the academic qualifications and athletics ability of a prospect at off-campus locations. In-person, off-campus recruiting contacts are not permitted during an evaluation period. A coach may speak with counselors and high school coaches, but may not speak with prospects. In all sports other than Division I football and basketball, EMU is limited to seven recruiting opportunities, contacts and evaluations combined, with not more than three contacts.  Eastern Michigan University football staff members are limited to three evaluations during the academic year; one time in the fall and two times between April 15 and May 31 (one evaluation to assess athletics ability and one evaluation to assess academic qualifications). In basketball, Utah has five recruiting opportunities (a combination of contacts and evaluations) per prospect; however, not more than three of the five opportunities may be contacts.
 
Quiet Period
During a quiet period, Eastern Michigan University staff members are permitted to make in-person contacts with prospects only on the University’s campus. Off-campus contacts and evaluations are not permitted during a quiet period.
 
Dead Period
During a dead period, it is not permissible for anyone associated with the Eastern Michigan University to have an in-person contact or evaluate prospects in-person on or off the institution’s campus. It remains permissible for a coach to write or call a prospect during a dead period.

OFFICIAL VISITS

An “official” campus visit by a prospective student-athlete (“prospect”) is a visit that is financed in any way by Eastern Michigan University.  Official visits may be made by high school seniors, high school graduates, and two-year or four-year college transfers (except non-qualifiers in their first year at a two-year college).  A prospect in the sport of men’s basketball may make an official visit following January 1 of his junior year in high school.

The NCAA limits each prospect to a total of five official visits and only one visit may be made to any NCAA institution. This restriction applies even if a prospect is being recruited in more than one sport. Five additional visits may be used after October 15 following the prospect's senior year of high school.

In order for a prospect to take an official visit to Eastern Michigan University, the prospect must provide the University with:

• A copy of a high school or two-year college transcript.For high school students,
• A copy of a PACT, ACT, PSAT, or SAT score from an official examination taken on a national testing date under national testing conditions.
• Proof of registration with the NCAA Eligibility Center

An official visit to Eastern Michigan University may not last longer than 48 hours, which starts when the prospect arrives on EMU's campus or entertainment of the prospect begins at any site. The prospect must then depart Eastern Michigan University’s campus within 48 hours from the beginning of the visit.

During the official visit, Eastern Michigan University may provide a prospect (and the prospect’s parents/spouse) with meals, lodging, and complimentary admissions to University athletics events. Complimentary admissions to University athletics events are issued through a pass list.
While on an official visit to EMU, it is not permissible for a booster or other non-staff representative of Eastern Michigan University’s Athletics Department to have any contact with a prospect.  Click on our Official Visit Policy for more information.

UNOFFICIAL VISITS

An unofficial visit by a prospective student-athlete (“prospect”) is a visit that is financed entirely by the prospect. On an unofficial visit, Eastern Michigan University may not provide a prospect with lodging, off-campus transportation, or meals.  However, it is permissible for Eastern Michigan University to provide a prospect up to three complimentary admissions to a home athletics event.  Admission may only be provided through a pass list and seating is restricted to the general student seating area.

A prospect may take an unlimited number of unofficial visits to Eastern Michigan University and an unofficial visit may occur at any time during the prospect’s high school career.  However, no visits are permitted during a dead period or, in the sport of men’s basketball, during the month of July.

In addition, and similar to an official visit, a booster or other non-staff representative of Eastern Michigan University’s Athletics Department may not have contact with a prospect during an unofficial visit.