GLOSSARY OF NCAA TERMS
Grant-in-Aid: the amount of financial assistance provided to an individual who is receiving an athletic scholarship.
PSA: stands for prospective student-athlete; typically refers to high school-aged students being recruited by NDC.
Recruiting: any solicitation of a PSA or a PSA’s relatives by an institutional staff member or by a Representative of the Institution’s Athletics Interests for the purpose of securing the PSA’s enrollment and ultimate participation in the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program.
Representative of Athletics Interests: an individual who is known, or who should have been known, by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics administration to either have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization, including corporate entities (e.g. apparel and equipment companies), promoting the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program; have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution; be assisting or to have been requested by the athletics department staff to assist in the recruitment of PSAs; be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics program. Once an individual is identified as such a representative, the person retains that identity indefinitely.
Student Host: an enrolled student-athlete at NDC who guides a PSA during his or her visit to campus.
