Lewis University Athletics

Current Student-Athletes

Coaches, Administration  and Staff

Prospective Student-Athletes

Boosters, Friends and Fans

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The following information is provided by the Lewis University Athletics Department for representatives of athletic interests (boosters).

Boosters, Friends, & Fans

INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) declares that each institution (Lewis University) is responsible for the control of its intercollegiate athletics program and compliance with the rules and regulations of the NCAA. This control includes the conduct and actions of all staff members and other individuals or agencies that promote the athletic interests of Lewis University.

Representatives of Lewis University 's athletics interests are strictly prohibited from off-campus recruiting activities involving personal contact with potential student athletes.

KEY COMPLIANCE DEFINITIONS

A student who has started classes for the ninth grade, including students in prep schools and junior colleges, and individuals who have officially withdrawn from four-year schools. Any student not yet in the ninth grade becomes a prospect if an institution provides the student with any financial assistance or other benefits that are generally not provided to prospective students.

Contact:
A contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the prospect's parents, relatives or legal guardian(s) and a Lewis University staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting.

Recruiting:
Any solicitation of a prospect or a prospect's relatives (or legal guardian) by a Lewis University staff member or representative of the institution's athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospect's enrollment and ultimate participation in the Lewis University intercollegiate athletics program.

Extra Benefit:
An extra benefit is any special arrangement by a Lewis University employee or a representative of athletics interest to provide a student-athlete or the student-athlete's relative or friend with a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.

National Letter of Intent (NLI):
An official document administered by the Collegiate Commissioners Association and utilized by subscribing member institutions, including Lewis University, to establish the commitment of a prospective student-athlete to attend a particular institution.

NCAA Eligibility Center:
A central clearinghouse that certifies academic and amateurism eligibility for Division I and II student-athletes. The NCAA Eligibility Center uses high school courses and test scores (ACT/SAT) to determine freshman academic eligibility for intercollegiate athletics. It also used amateurism information provided by the prospective student to evaluate the prospective student's amateur status within NCAA rules and regulations.

WHAT IS A BOOSTER?

A "representative of the institution's athletics interests" or booster is an individual who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution's executive or athletics administration to:

1. Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization, including corporate entities (e.g., apparel and equipment companies), promoting the institution's intercollegiate athletics program;

2. Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution;

3. Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospects;

4. Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or
5. Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.

LEWIS ATHLETICS BOOSTERS--DID YOU KNOW?

You may employ a student-athlete at your place of business as long as the student-athlete receives prior approval from the Lewis University Department of Athletics, and receives the same rate of pay as your other employees.

You may not provide extra benefits, including discounted items or services, free meals, use of an automobile, to a current student-athlete or to a recruit.

You may not speak with recruits, or their families, about attending Lewis University and his/her opportunities with Lewis University athletics.