by PDad » Mon May 13, 2013 1:43 pm
Hard to say whether it would qualify as athletically related recruiting material from your description. Some schools are better than others at making their camp solicitations sound personalized and interested. My DD received one from a school that we knew already had 2 pitchers committed from her grad class. Here are the regs from the D-II manual:
13.4.1 Printed Recruiting Materials. An institution may not provide athletically related recruiting materials (including electronic mail and facsimiles) to a prospective student-athlete [or the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardian(s) and coaches] before June 15 immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete’s junior year in high school. [D] (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/10/92, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94, 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/9/96 effective 7/1/96, 1/11/00 effective 8/1/00, 1/14/02, 1/9/06, 4/21/09, 6/22/11, 1/14/12 effective 6/15/12; for any prospective student-athlete entering his or her junior year in high school 6/15/12 and thereafter)
13.4.1.1 Exceptions.
13.4.1.1.1 Permissible Date. An institution may provide educational information published by the
NCAA (e.g., NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete), institutional camp brochures (see Bylaw 12.5.1.6.1), questionnaires and nonathletically related recruiting materials (e.g., institutional admissions publications, academic publications, student services publications) to a prospective student-athlete at any time. (Revised: 10/20/03, 1/9/06, 4/11/06)
13.4.1.1.2 Reproducing Printed Recruiting Materials in Any Electronic Format. An institution
may reproduce media guides in any electronic format for purposes of recruiting; however, all of the material contained in the electronic format must be able to be replicated in hard-copy format (i.e., the electronic format may not contain audio or visual materials pursuant to Bylaw 13.4.5) and must be permissible according to Bylaw 13.4.1. (Adopted: 4/11/06, Revised: 1/25/10)
13.4.1.2 Responding to Prospective Student-Athlete’s Request. Institutional staff members (including athletics staff members) may respond to a prospective student-athlete’s letter requesting information from an institution’s athletics department before June 15 immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete’s junior year in high school, provided the written response does not include information that would initiate the recruitment of the prospective student-athlete or information related to the institution’s athletics program (e.g., the reply contains an explanation of current NCAA legislation or a referral to the admissions department). (Revised: 1/14/12 effective 6/15/12; for any prospective student-athlete entering his or her junior year in high school 6/15/12, and thereafter)