During college baseball recruiting process there are two types of visits a potential student-athlete can take, Official(paid) and Unofficial(unpaid). List below are the differences between the two visits and information necessary to understand which visit a PSA is going to make.
OFFICIAL VISIT
- A PSA and family can make an official visit to an NCAA school beginning first day of their senior year
- An official visit can be paid in full or in part by the school's athletic department
- Items that can be paid for during an official visit are:
- Transportation
- Meals (max of 3 per day)
- Hotels
- 3 game passes to an athletic contest
- Entertainment for up to 40 dollars per day
- Each PSA is only allowed 1 official visit per school
- Each program is allowed up to 25 official visits per year (August 1-July31)
- In order for an official visit to occur, a prospect must be registered for the NCAA Eligibility Center. This requires the PSA to have submitted the following:
- Either the PSAT, SAT, PLAN or ACT scores
- High school transcript
- Placement on institutional request list (access to PSA's academic history)
- The length of an official visit cannot extend past 48 hours from the 1st step taken on campus
UNOFFICIAL VISIT
- A PSA can take as many unofficial visits to as many schools as possible
- PSA's can begin taking unofficial visits prior to the start of their senior year
- The program can provide the PSA with 3 athletic passes to a home contest
- Coaches will look to utilize unofficial visits as much as possible prior to the PSA's senior year
- Once a PSA is on campus coaches can speak with them and their parents no matter the date
- Note: coaches look to utilize this during the prospects Freshmen-Junior year to help limit official visits and begin getting top prospects to verbally commit
For more information about the college recruiting process, please contact Coach Jamie Quinn (coachquinn14@gmail.com) or Coach Andrew Romanella (andrew.romanella@gmail.com).
