College Recruits, Commitments, Signing, & Transfers

College Recruits, Commitments, Signing, Transfers, & Gone Pro Feel free to comment & share news. Every year there's a new crop of fast High School senior swimmers who are trying to figure out which college they will go next year. Want to Swim in College? Clearing up the NCAA Clearinghouse Websites like SwimmingWorld.com & College Swimming follow this closely and report updates. The class of 2013 contains some truly incredible swimmers. Some say it's the best ever. Missy Franklin, Ryan Murphy, Jack Conger, Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Click on Mens Rankings and Womens Rankings www.collegeswimming.com/.../ College Swimming Rankings Athletes are talking with coaches, making their short lists, setting up & going on recruiting trips, then they receive offers, & ultimately make commitments and sign. Atheletes get 5 official recruiting trips and unlimited unofficial visits. Official is where the coach invites the athlete and the university pays for everything. Div 1 womens programs have 14 scholarships & Div 1 Men's Programs have 9.9 but that's how many scholarships they can offer each year, but the total scholarships for the team. Few swimmers get full rides, most are offered partial scholarships. If coaches evenly divide scholarships among the classes Men have 2.49 & women have 3.5 each year. Some swimmers have to make sacrifices and consider the overall cost of the school they select. Academic Scholarships don't count toward the team total, but it's swimming & diving so if the school has a diving program, they'll need parts of scholarships to attract and sign athletes. Coaches have a little insight to a swimmers family financial situation by putting their addresses into Zillow.com which tells them the estimated market value of the house, they can also find out parent occupations, background, & whether they're together or divorced. Many consider the costs of in state versus out of state tuitions. If a coach has been around a long time, they might recruit children of their former swimmers. Then comes signing day. Signing the National Letter of Intent. NLI Swimming's Early Period is November 14, 2012 - November 21, 2012 & Regular Period is April 17, 2013 - August 1, 2013. Most top athletes sign in November. Coaches consider what athletes have done and what they are capable of. they look at their time progressions, their ages by year and month, their personalities, their work ethic, their maturity mental & physical, their abilities, if they can fit in and thrive with the team, if they can survive academicly, coaches have Plan A, B, C, D on out to Z. they are all looking for diamonds in the rough, late bloomers and athletes who are capable of making massive improvement. New recruits are the life blood of every NCAA program. Coaches have a tight set of NCAA recruiting rules they must follow. If you went to a particular college, there's also NCAA Rules for boosters. Separating fact from fiction in The Blind Side - NCAA.org May 10, 2011 Top schools and coaches tend to get the best recruits. Athletes want to develop to the best of their ability & hopefully be on a team that wins NCAAs Women's 2012 NCAA Results 2012 Div 1 Women Top 20 Team Rankings 01. 412.5 Cal Berkeley 02. 366.0 Georgia 03. 325.5 Southern Cali 04. 318.0 Stanford 05. 299.0 Arizona 06. 262.0 Texas A&M 07. 249.0 Auburn 07. 249.0 Tennessee 09. 201.0 Texas 10. 160.0 Florida 11. 131.0 Minnesota 12. 123.0 Arizona St 13. 115.0 Indiana 14. 098.0 Missouri 15. 091.0 Wisconsin 16. 067.0 So. Methodist 17. 060.0 Virginia 18. 051.0 Virginia Tech 19. 044.0 UNC 20. 034.0 Ohio St 2012 Div 1 Men's NCAA Results 2012 Div 1 Men's Top 20 Team Rankings 01. 535.5 Cal Berkeley 02. 491.0 Texas 03. 426.5 Stanford 04. 396.0 Arizona 05. 271.0 Michigan 06. 254.5 Auburn 07. 192.0 Southern Cali 08. 157.0 Florida 09. 156.0 Louisville 10. 140.0 Indiana 11. 106.5 Georgia 12. 106.0 Ohio St 13. 097.0 Texas A&M 14. 074.5 UNC 15. 065.0 Virginia 16. 061.0 Florida St 17. 056.0 Penn St 18. 055.0 Virginia Tech 19. 046.0 Missouri 20. 036.0 Arizona State Results There will be many articles and announcements in the coming months. Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete Divisions I and II Initial-Eligibility Requirementsages/ Registration Checklist Amatuerism Boosters What are examples of impermissible recruiting activities? As a booster, you may not: • Contact a prospect in-person on-campus or off campus. • Contact a prospect by telephone, email, Internet or letter. • Provide gifts or free or reduced-cost services to a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian. • Employ relatives, guardians or friends of a prospect as an inducement for the prospect’s enrollment and athletics participation at a university. • Become directly or indirectly involved in making arrangements for a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian to receive money or financial aid of any kind. • Provide transportation for a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian. • Provide free or reduced-cost tickets for a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian to attend an athletic event. • Provide any material benefit (e.g., meals, cash) to the coach of a prospect, including high school, two-year college, AAU and summer team coaches. What are examples of permissible activities? Even though there are many rules prohibiting your involvement with prospects and the recruiting process, as a booster, you may: • Notify university coaching staff members about noteworthy prospects in the area. • Attend high school or two-year college athletic contests or other events where prospects may compete, provided no contact occurs. • Continue existing friendships. What are examples of impermissible extra benefits for enrolled student-athletes? As a booster, you may not provide a student-athlete or a student-athlete’s friends, relatives or guardians: • Tickets to college or professional sporting events. • A special discount, payment arrangement or credit on a purchase or service. • Cash or loan or signing or co-signing of a loan. • Transportation, payment of expense or loan of any automobile. • Benefits or gifts based upon the student-athlete’s athletic performance. • Free or reduced rent or housing. An honorarium to a student-athlete for a speaking engagement. What are examples of permissible benefits for enrolled student-athletes? With the various NCAA rules and regulations regarding benefits to student-athletes, it may seem difficult to be a part of a university’s athletic programs. However, you can show your support as a booster in other ways. Boosters may: • Make contributions to university programs and other gift-in-kind arrangements. • Attend university athletic events and show student athletes you support their hard work and dedication to the university. Are there any rules for the employment of enrolled student-athletes by boosters? Student-athletes may only be compensated for work actually performed and at a rate commensurate with the going rate. Compensation may not include remuneration for the value that the student-athlete may have for the employer due to the student-athlete’s athletics status. Transportation may not be provided to student athletes unless it is a benefit provided to all employees.