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SDA 005:
Definitions |
Terms in this manual are defined as follows:
- Graduation Rates
- The percentage of student-athletes who enter in the fall
semester on athletics financial aid and graduate within six years
from the date of initial full-time enrollment. Transfer and
non-scholarship student-athletes are not included in this
report.
- Hazing
- Any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a
student, whether individually or in concert with other persons,
against another student, and in which both of the following
apply:
- the act was committed in connection with an initiation into, an
affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in any
organization that is affiliated with the university
and
- the act contributes to a substantial risk of potential physical
injury, mental harm, or degradation, or causes physical injury,
mental harm, or personal degradation.
- Institutional Staff
Member
- Any individual employed by Arizona State University, including
full-time employees, part-time employees, student workers, and
those who do not receive remuneration (i.e., volunteer
employees).
- Intercollegiate
Athletics
- The athletic programs of competing colleges and
universities.
- National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
- The governing body devoted to the sound administration of
intercollegiate athletics at hundreds of member institutions that
range in size and ability levels.
- Pac-12 Conference
(Pac-12)
- A membership association composed of twelve schools that compete
annually against each other in accordance with the conference and
the NCAA rules and regulations. The conference is composed of
Arizona State University; Oregon State University; Stanford
University; University of Arizona; University of California,
Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; University of
Oregon; University of Southern California; University of
Washington; Washington State University; University of Colorado; and University of Utah.
- Post-Eligibility
- A student-athlete has four years within a five-year window to
compete in varsity athletics and may receive up to five years of
athletics-related financial aid within a six-year window. The
window of opportunity begins on the first day of full-time
enrollment at a higher educational institution. If a scholarship
student-athlete plays four consecutive years, he or she is
considered post-eligible to compete in that particular sport and
may receive one additional year of athletics aid.
- Recruited
Student-Athlete
- A student-athlete that is sought after by a coach and invited
to become a part of the coach’s program, as defined in NCAA
Bylaw 13.02.10.1. A prospective student-athlete has been recruited
when an institutional staff member or athletics
representative:
- provides the prospect with an official (paid) visit to
campus
- arranges an in-person meeting with the prospect and/or the
prospect’s parents
or
- initiates or arranges telephone contact with the prospect on
more than one occasion for the purpose of recruitment.
- Representative
of Athletics Interest
- An individual, independent agency, corporate entity, or other
organization, pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.11, that is known by a
member of the institution’s executive or athletics
administration to:
- have participated in or to be a member of an agency or
organization 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 have been requested (by the athletics
department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospects
or
- have been otherwise involved in promoting the
institution’s athletics program.
Once an individual, independent agency, or corporate entity is
identified as a representative, that identity is retained
indefinitely.
- Sportsmanship
- Appreciation of the game and other competitors in victory and
defeat through words and actions displayed through responsibility,
civility, fairness, courage, and respect.
- Student-Athlete
- A male or female with extraordinary physical skills that enable
him or her to compete against others in team or individual sports
while simultaneously working towards a degree in higher
education.
- Walk-On
Student-Athlete
- A student-athlete who is a full participant in intercollegiate
athletics, but does not receive athletics financial aid.
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