OFFICIAL VISITS
How many official visits are permitted?
A prospective student-athlete may take a maximum of five expense-paid visits, with no more than one permitted to any single institution.
When is the first opportunity to visit?
In all sports except men's basketball, a prospective student-athlete may not come on an official visit prior to the first day of classes of the prospective student-athlete's senior year in high school. In men's basketball, a prospective student-athlete may take an official visit beginning January 1st of their Junior year in high school. In women's basketball, a prospective student-athlete may take an official visit beginning the Thursday following the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship game of the prospect's Junior year in high school.
Requirements PRIOR to visit
• Prospective student-athlete must provide high school (or college) academic transcript and ACT, PLAN, PSAT or SAT test score.
• Prospective student-athlete must be registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center and be placed on Loyola's institutional request list (IRL).
Length of official visit
An official visit may not exceed 48 hours. The starting time for an official visit can vary based off of a variety of factors.
Expenses Loyola may pay for:
• Travel expenses -- Airfare or mileage for the prospective student-athlete, provided he or she returns to the original point of departure, their home, educational institution or competition site. Expenses may not exceed round trip transportation to/from the original point of departure. In sports other than basketball, only a prospect's travel expenses may be paid. A prospect's friends or relatives may receive cost-free transportation to visit the campus only when traveling by automobile with either the prospect or a member of the Loyola coaching staff. In addition, an institution may only pay a prospect's actual costs for reasonable expenses (e.g., meals, lodging) incurred while traveling to and from campus for an official visit and may not pay any expenses for any of prospect's friends or relatives. In basketball, an institution may pay travel expenses for both a prospect and the prospect's parents or legal guardians (up to two people). In addition, an institution may pay a prospect's and his/her parent's or legal guardian's actual cost for meals and lodging that are incurred while traveling to and from campus for prospect's official visit.
• Lodging -- During the 48-hour visit period, lodging may be provided to the prospective student-athlete and his or her parents/legal guardians. Additional persons (e.g., prospect's brother, friend) may stay in the same room, but Loyola may not pay for any charges for additional occupants. In select instances, lodging may also be paid by the institution in the locale of campus prior to the visit for the prospect only.
• Meals -- The prospect and his or her parents may be provided with three meals per day and an additional snack during the 48 hours of the visit. The prospect and their family must pay the cost of meals for additional persons (e.g. brother, friend).
• Complimentary Admissions -- A prospect may be provided up to three complimentary admissions to a home athletics event on an official visit. Admissions must be administered through a pass list. Loyola may provide up to two additional complimentary admissions for the prospect's parents, should a non-traditional family structure (divorce, separation) exist.
Who is a booster?
Initial Eligibility
Amateurism
Recruiting Periods and Contacts
Official Visits
Unofficial Visits
National Letter of Intent (NLI)
