News

Women’s Lacrosse Recruiting Calendar

The NCAA places different recruiting rules on sports, and it’s important for prospective collegiate athletes to understand and keep track of the rules. If you break a rule, you ruin your eligibility. If you don’t take advantage of the rules and get as much contact as possible with your favorite coaches, you may not get a place on the team.

Here is a chart of the types of contact you’re allowed to receive from college coaches off of their campuses. If you go to their campus, the only time you can’t talk to the coach is during a dead period (see the second chart).

Allowed Off-Campus Recruiting Contact by Year in High School

High School Year	Division I	Division II	Division III
Freshman	Recruiting Materials: You are only allowed to receive questionnaires and camp brochures.	Recruiting Materials: You are only allowed to receive questionnaires and camp brochures.	Recruiting Materials: Permissible Telephone Calls: No limitations
Sophomore	Recruiting Materials: You are only allowed to receive questionnaires and camp brochures.	Recruiting Materials: You are only allowed to receive questionnaires and camp brochures.	Recruiting Materials: Permissible Telephone Calls: No limitations
Junior	Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving printed recruiting materials on September 1st. Telephone Calls: You may receive one call per week July 1st after your Junior year. Off-campus contact: You may begin receiving off-campus contacts July 1st after your Junior year.	Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving athletics recruiting materials September 1st. Off-campus contact: You may begin receiving off-campus contact on June 15th, but you may receive no more than 3 off-campus contacts.	Recruiting Materials: Permissible Telephone Calls: No limitations Off-campus contact: Permissible after the conclusion of the Junior year.
Senior	Telephone Calls: You may receive one phone call a week Off Campus Contact: You may begin having off-campus contacts on July 1st. You may have no more than 3 off-campus contacts. Official Visit: You may make an official visit to a college beginning the opening day of your classes.	Telephone calls: Beginning on June 15th, you may start receiving one telephone call a week. Official Visit: You may make an official visit to a college beginning the opening day of your classes.	Recruiting Materials: Permissible Telephone Calls: No limitations Off-campus contact: Permissible Official visits: May begin the opening day of classes.

Even during the years in high school when students are allowed to be contacted by college coaches, the coaches are limited in how they are allowed to contact the students they’re interested. The NCAA created contact periods of different types, and the types of contact allowed during each period must be followed to maintain eligibility.

Assuming your academics are good enough to make you eligible for college sports, it’s important to understand the NCAA’s Recruiting Terms. (Contact Period, Dead Period, Evaluation Period and Quiet Period).


Division I Women’s Lacrosse Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year

Dates	Periods (Terms)
August 1 – August 31, 2008 Seven contact days selected at the discretion of the institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics. On the designated days, an institution's coaches are not restricted in the number of prospects contacted in a single day.	Contact Period (No Evaluations)
Those days during August 1 – August 31, 2008: Not designated in above for contact purposes:	Quiet Period
September 1 – November 25, 2008 (* except November 10 - 13, 2008)	Contact Period (Dead Period)
November 26, 2008 through January 1, 2009	Quiet Period
January 2 – May 21, 2009 (* except April 6 -9, 2009)	Contact Period (Dead Period)
May 22– 24, 2009 Evaluations may occur at one event conducted during the weekend of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, as long as the event occurs within a 100-mile radius of the site of the championship. The evaluation must occur on a day in which no championship competition is conducted.	Dead Period
May 25– July 31, 2009	Contact Period

Division II Women’s Lacrosse Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year

Division II Women’s Lacrosse has two dead periods:

November 10 (7 a.m.) through November 12, 2008, (7 a.m.)
During the 48-hours prior to 7 a.m. on the initial date for the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent.

April 6 (7 a.m.) through April 8, 2009, (7 a.m.)
During the 48-hours prior to 7 a.m. on the initial date for the spring signing of the National Letter of Intent.

There are no specific contact or evaluation periods.

Division III Women’s Lacrosse Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year

Division III Women’s Lacrosse has no dead periods, quiet periods, evaluation periods or contact periods.


Related Recruiting Calendar articles:

Men's Basketball - Updated 12/11/08
Women's Basketball - Updated 12/11/08
Men's Lacrosse - Updated 12/11/08
Women's Lacrosse - Updated 12/11/08
Men's Soccer - Updated 12/11/08
Women's Soccer - NEW!!
Women's Field Hockey - NEW!!
Football - NEW!!
Baseball - NEW!!
Softball - NEW!!
Women's Volleyball– Coming Soon!!

Back to Top
News & Events Home