COMPLIANCE For more Information, Contact Mary Kay Hungate at (318) 257-5654 or MHungate@LATech.edu TERMS TO KNOW
provided to a student-athlete, or student athlete's friend or family member, which is not available to the general Louisiana Tech student body. Prospective Student-Athlete Reminders NCAA rules prohibit boosters from engaging in recruiting activities.
Prospective Student-Athlete (PSA or "Recruit"): A prospective student- Permissible Booster Activities: athlete is a student who has started classes for the ninth grade. • Continuing to have contact with an established family friend or neighbor who is a prospect Representative of Athletics Interest or "Booster": An individual, • Viewing a prospect's game on your own initiative agency, entity, or organization who: • Receiving a call from a prospect only if the prospect initiates the call • Has participated in or been a member of an agency or organization and it is not for a recruiting purpose promoting the institution's intercollegiate athletics program; • Notifying the Louisiana Tech coaching staff of prospects • Has made financial contributions to the athletics department or LTAC; • Has assisted or been requested (by the athletics department staff) to As a Booster You May Not: assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes; • Contact or call a prospect that you have not had a longstanding • Has assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or relationship with their family members; or • Contact or call a prospect's parent, coach, principal, or counselor • Has been involved otherwise in promoting the Louisiana Tech athletics • Assist with the evaluation of talent at the direction of the coaching program. staff • Promote Louisiana Tech athletics in any way to encourage a prospect Recruiting: Recruiting is any solicitation of a prospective studentto attend Louisiana Tech University athlete or a prospective student-athlete's family members by an institutional staff member or by a representative of the institution's athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospective student-athlete's enrollment and ultimate participation in the institution's intercollegiate athletics program. SOCIAL MEDIA REMINDER Student-Athlete: A student who presently is participating in intercollegiate athletics or has participated in intercollegiate athletics and is still receiving athletics aid. Extra Benefit: An extra benefit is any special gift or arrangement 14 2021 LTAC MEMBERSHIP GUIDE
Only countable coaches are authorized to recruit. Supporters of Louisiana Tech are prohibited from contacting prospective studentathletes on social media. Boosters should not post on a recruit's wall or reply to a PSA's post. Any contact that constitutes recruiting could result in a violation.
