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Try-out Procedure

Items to turn in to the Athletics Compliance Officer with recruiting folder PRIOR to tryout:

Proof of medical exam within past six months of planned tryout date per NCAA Bylaw 13.11.2.1 c.
Paperwork required by the Head Athletic Trainer prior to tryouts can be found on this site.

NOTE: You do not need to include transcripts/test scores in the recruiting folder in order to get approval for a tryout.

13.11.2.1 Tryouts.

A member institution may conduct a tryout of a prospective student-athlete only on its campus or at a site at which it normally conducts practice or competition and only under the following conditions (see Bylaw 17.02.12 for tryouts of currently enrolled students): (Revised: 1/13/98 effective 8/1/98, 1/11/00 effective 8/1/00)

(a) No more than one tryout per prospective student-athlete per institution per sport shall be permitted;

(b) The tryout may be conducted only for high school seniors who are enrolled in a term other than the term in which the prospective student-athlete's high school's traditional season in the sport occurs or who have completed high school eligibility in the sport; for a two-year college student, after the conclusion of the sport season or anytime, provided the student has exhausted his or her two-year college eligibility in the sport; and for a four-year college student, after the conclusion of the sport season, provided written permission to contact the prospective student-athlete (per Bylaw 13.1.1.2) has been obtained; (Revised: 1/11/94, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, 1/12/04, 1/10/05 effective 8/1/05, 4/11/06)

(c) Prior to participation in a tryout, a prospective student-athlete is required to undergo a medical examination or evaluation administered or supervised by a physician (e.g., family physician, team physician). The examination or evaluation must be administered within six months prior to participation in the tryout. The medical examination or evaluation may be conducted by an institution's regular team physician or other designated physician as a part of the tryout; (Revised: 4/17/07 effective 8/1/07)

(d) The tryout may include tests to evaluate the prospective student-athlete's strength, speed, agility and sport skills. Except in the sports of football, ice hockey, lacrosse and wrestling, the tryout may include competition. In the sport of football, the prospective student-athletes shall not wear helmets or pads; (Revised: 1/10/05)

(e) Competition against the member institution's team is permissible, provided such competition occurs during the academic year and is considered a countable athletically related activity per Bylaw 17.02.1.1; (Adopted: 1/10/91, Revised: 1/11/94)

(f) The time of the tryout activities (other than the physical examination) shall be limited to the length of the institution's normal practice period in the sport but in no event shall it be longer than two hours; and

(g) The institution may provide equipment and clothing on an issuance-and-retrieval basis to a prospective student-athlete during the period of the tryout.