WELCOME PROSPECTIVE DAEMEN STUDENT-ATHLETES!
This site is meant to serve as a resource to you and your family during your college search. If you are interested in competing in intercollegiate athletics for Daemen University, please complete a recruiting questionnaire for the sport(s) you are interested in joining.
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Initial Eligibility Information:
To be eligible to compete at Daemen University, all incoming freshman must be meeting the initial eligibility requirements set forth by the NCAA Eligibility Center. The Eligibility Center serves as a useful tool for prospective student-athletes with information regarding academic requirements and amateur provisions prior to college.
Please visit the
NCAA Eligibilty Center to register and access important resources.
There is a fee to register for the NCAA Eligibility Center:
Students from the United States, U.S. territories (including American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada:
$80
All other international students:
$135
Prospects, make sure that you are aware of organized competition rules which can effect your amateurism status with the Eligibility Center:
14.2.4.2 Participation in Organized Competition Before Initial Collegiate Enrollment. An individual who does not enroll in a collegiate institution as a full-time student in the regular academic term that begins immediately after a one-year time period (the next opportunity to enroll after the one calender-year period has elapsed) following his or her high school graduation date shall use one season of intercollegiate competition for each consecutive 12-month period after the one-year time period and before initial full-time collegiate enrollment in which the individual participates in organized competition per Bylaw 14.2.4.2.1.2. (
Adopted: 1/8/01 effective 8/1/01, Revised: 2/21/08, 1/16/10)
Additional Resources:
NCAA Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete
NCAA Division II Toolkit
Transfer Student-Athlete Information:
If you are currently attending a four-year college or university and are considering transferring to Daemen, the NCAA requires a "permission to contact letter" from your current Athletic Director or his/her designee. This must be submitted on your behalf before any Daemen Athletics representative is permitted to contact you. Please have permission to contact forms sent directly to the Daemen University Compliance Office via email to sdenillo@daemen.edu.
Additional Resources:
NCAA Transfer Guide
NCAA Recruitment Rules, Regulations & Penalties
Recruiting Contacts & Evaluations
Coaches are required to abide by NCAA rules and regulations when recruiting. Coaches are permitted to contact prospective student-athletes by telephone and/or in-person, off-campus starting June 15 prior to the start of a prospective student-athlete's junior year of high school. There is no limitation to the number of in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts made to a prospective student-athlete. There are specific contact and evaluation periods that coaches must abide by; however, recruiting calendars vary by sport.
Any recruitment of prospective student-athletes using printed recruiting materials and electronic media (including emails and text messages) cannot be sent before June 15 immediately preceding the prospects junior year of high school. There is no limit on the number of correspondence between the coach and prospective student-athlete; however, all exchanges must be done privately.
Prospective student-athletes, their parent/guardians, and their coaches are encouraged to reach out to coaches at Daemen University to express the individual's interest in Daemen University and participating in intercollegiate athletics. However, any contact made regarding athletic recruitment should be limited to the university coach. All boosters, alumni, friends and other "representatives of athletic interests" who are not employed by the institution are prohibited from contacting a prospective student-athlete or his or her family with the purpose of encouraging the prospect to participate in intercollegiate athletics at Daemen University. It is also prohibited for the prospective student-athlete and/or their parents/legal guardians to accept any extra benefits from someone related to Daemen University (including boosters and alumni). By accepting benefits, the prospective student-athlete is risking their eligibility to compete in intercollegiate athletics at Daemen University.
Campus Visits
Prospective student-athletes can make unofficial visits to Daemen University as frequently as desired. Coaches will help schedule your visit. All housing and travel expenses must be covered by the prospective student-athlete during an unofficial visit. However, the prospect may receive up to five complimentary admission tickets to an athletic event during an unofficial campus visit. During a prospects junior and senior year of high school, a Daemen University coach may offer an official visit to campus. Prospective student-athletes are limited to one official visit with Daemen University and five official university visits in total. During an official visit to Daemen University the institution will potentially pay for expenses in part or in full. The coach will work to schedule the visit.
Recruitment Violation Penalties
NCAA Bylaw 13.01.5 states that "the recruitment of a student-athlete by a member institution or any representative of its athletics interests in violation of the Association's legislation, as acknowledged by the institution or established through the Association's enforcement procedures, shall result in the student-athlete becoming ineligible to represent that institution in intercollegiate athletics, unless otherwise specified." Prospective student-athletes are responsible for any involvement in recruiting violations.
Additional NCAA Information:
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