The 2011-2012 NCAA recruiting calendars for Men’s and Women’s Division I lacrosse appear below, with definitions of the terms following that.

2011-2012 Division I Men’s Lacrosse Recruiting Calendar
August 1Contact period
August 2-8Quiet period
August 9-31Dead period
September 1-30Contact period/no evaluations
October 1-31Contact period/no evaluations
November 1-6Contact period
November 7-10Dead period
November 11-22Contact period
November 23-27Dead period
November 28-30Quiet period
December 1-23Quiet period
December 24-31Dead period
January 1-2Dead period
January 2-16Contact period/no evaluations
January 17-31Quiet period
February 1-29Quiet period
March 1-31Contact period
April 1-8Contact period
April 9-12Dead period
April 13-30Contact period
May 1-24Contact period
May 25-29 (noon)Dead period
May 29 (12:01 p.m.)-May 31Contact period
June 1-30Contact period
July 1-31Contact period

2011-2012 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Recruiting Calendar
August 1-31 **Contact period only (no evaluations)
August 1-31 **Quiet period: Those days during August that are not designated for contact only purposes shall be considered a quiet period.
** Seven contact days selected at the discretion of the institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics. On the designated days, an institution’s coaches are not restricted in the number of prospects contacted in a single day.
September 1-30Contact period
October 1-31Contact period
November 1-4Contact period
November 5-6Evaluations of prospective student-athletes in lacrosse activities are limited to the three weekends (Saturday and Sunday) prior to Thanksgiving
November 7-10Dead period
November 11Contact period
November 12-13Evaluations of prospective student-athletes in lacrosse activities are limited to the three weekends (Saturday and Sunday) prior to Thanksgiving
November 14-18Contact period
November 19-20Evaluations of prospective student-athletes in lacrosse activities are limited to the three weekends (Saturday and Sunday) prior to Thanksgiving
November 21-22Contact period
November 23-30Quiet period
December 1-31Quiet period
January 1Quiet period
January 2-31Contact period
February 1-29Contact period
March 1-31Contact period
April 1-8Contact period
April 9-12Dead period
April 13-30Contact period
May 1-24Contact period
May 25-27Dead period. Evaluations may occur at one event conducted during the weekend of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, provided the event is conducted within a 100-mile radius of the site of the championship. The evaluation must be conducted on a day in which no championship competition is conducted.
May 28-31Contact period
June 1-30Contact period
July 1-31Contact period


Definition of Terms

Contact
A contact occurs any time a coach has any face-to-face contact with you or your parents off the college's campus and says more than hello. A contact also occurs if a coach has any contact with you or your parents at your high school or any location where you are competing or practicing.

Contact Period
During this time, a college coach may have in-person contact with you and/or your parents on or off the college's campus. The coach may also watch you play or visit your high school. You and your parents may visit a college campus and the coach may write and telephone you during this period.

Dead Period
The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents at any time in the dead period. The coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.

Evaluation
An evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate your academic or athletics ability. This would include visiting your high school or watching you practice or compete.

Evaluation Period
The college coach may watch you play or visit your high school, but cannot have any in-person conversations with you or your parents off the college's campus. You and your parents can visit a college campus during this period. A coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.

Official Visit
Any visit to a college campus by you and your parents paid for by the college. The college may pay the following expenses:
• Your transportation to and from the college;
• Room and meals (three per day) while you are visiting the college; and
• Reasonable entertainment expenses, including three complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest.

Before a college may invite you on an official visit, you will have to provide the college with a copy of your high school transcript (Division I only) and SAT, ACT or PLAN score and register with the NCAA Eligibility Center.

Prospective Student-Athlete
You become a “prospective student-athlete” when:
• You start ninth-grade classes; or
• Before your ninth-grade year, a college gives you, your relatives or your friends any financial aid or other benefits that the college does not provide to students generally.

Quiet Period
The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents off the college's campus. The coach may not watch you play or visit your high school during this period. You and your parents may visit a college campus during this time. A coach may write or telephone you or your parents during this time.

Unofficial Visit
Any visit by you and your parents to a college campus paid for by you or your parents. The only expense you may receive from the college is three complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest. You may make as many unofficial visits as you like and may take those visits at any time. The only time you cannot talk with a coach during an unofficial visit is during a dead period.

Verbal Commitment
This phrase is used to describe a college-bound student-athlete's commitment to a school before he or she signs (or is able to sign) a National Letter of Intent. A college-bound student-athlete can announce a verbal commitment at any time. While verbal commitments have become very popular for both college-bound student-athletes and coaches, this "commitment" is NOT binding on either the college-bound student-athlete or the school. Only the signing of the National Letter of Intent accompanied by a financial aid agreement is binding on both parties.
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