UAH Athletics

Instructions

Acting as a student host is an important service to the institution and the athletics department. Appropriate conduct is required of you by institutional, conference, and NCAA rules and regulations. Student hosts must understand that they are official representatives of the Department of Athletics and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Therefore, appropriate conduct is expected at all times. A prospective student-athlete’s initial visit to our campus provides an opportunity for us to showcase the high standards that we hold ourselves as ambassadors of UAH.

 

You have a responsibility to understand and abide by NCAA Student Host Guidelines and all UAH regulations. The following list has been established to ensure that hosting of prospective student athletes is conducted in a manner consistent with NCAA and UAH rules and regulations:

 

1.  You must be enrolled at UAH as a full-time student. If you are a freshman, you must be a high school qualifier and certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center as such.

 

2.  Up to $30 a day for DII and $40 a day for DI may be provided to you to cover entertainment expenses of the student host (yourself), the prospect, his/her parents, legal guardian, or spouse. You may be provided an addition $15/$20 per day for each additional prospect entertained by you as the host.

 

3.  Complimentary meals may be provided the student host that is accompany the prospect during the official visit. Although several student athletes may host a prospect, only one host may receive complimentary meals in addition to the entertainment stipend.

 

4.  NO cash may be given to the visiting prospect by you or anyone, or to anyone else.

 

5.  You may not give the prospect anything of value and may not give the prospect anything that you pay for that is not included in the $30 a day. No clothing or gifts may be given to the prospect by the student host or anyone else.

 

6.  Entertainment funds are USED ONLY for entertainment, and may not be used to purchase gifts of any value, including souvenirs, clothing, alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.

 

7.  You may not use vehicles provided or arranged for by any institutional staff member or booster. NEVER allow a prospect to use your vehicle.

 

8.  You may not transport the prospect or anyone accompanying the prospect more than 30 miles from campus. The 30 miles is measured ‘as the crow flies.’

 

9.  You should not allow recruiting conversations to occur, on or off campus if Division I and off campus if Division II, between the prospect and a booster. (If an unplanned meeting occurs, only an exchange of greetings is permissible.)

 

 10.  You may receive a complimentary admission when accompanying a prospect to a campus athletics event, but may not receive a hard ticket. The host and prospect must enter the event through a will call window.

 

11.  The student host is responsible for turning in receipts and/or remaining cash from the funds advanced to you by your coach. Receipts and remaining cash should be turned in no later than the Monday following the recruiting event. This is turned into the student host’s coach, and a receipt page is signed by the student host and the coach.

 

 12.  Alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and other drug use is never allowed by the student host nor the prospect on an official visit. Be alert to potential minor ages of prospective student athletes and laws and rules regarding protection of minors. Underage drinking (under the age of 21) is illegal in the State of Alabama. It is the student-host’s responsibility to discourage and report transgressions of the law.

 

13.  The University of Alabama in Huntsville will not tolerate sexual harassment by anyone associated with our athletic teams. Student hosts must be aware of the University’s prohibition of this type of activity and work to ensure that the prospects they are hosting conduct themselves property.

 

14.  It is the responsibility of the University to ensure the safety and well-being of prospective student athletes visiting our campus, At the same time, it is imperative for prospective student athletes and their student hosts to avoid any situations or activities that would jeopardize their safety or would be against NCDAA, UAH, or locals laws, rules and regulations.

 

If you have any questions, contact your coach or Julie Woltjen, Director of Athletic Compliance. The compliance office phone number is 256-824-7853; Ms. Woltjen’s cell phone number of emergencies is 256-479-4466. 

The Campus Title IX Coordinator is Laterrica Simmons and she can be reached at 256-824-8699. The UAH Campus Police Emergency number is 256-824-6911. 

UAH Campus Police Non-Emergency number is 256-824-6596.