13.1 Contacts and Evaluations. Recruiting contacts (per Bylaw 13.02.4) and telephone calls by institutional staff members or representatives of the institution's athletics interests are subject to the provisions set forth in this bylaw. [D]

13.1.1 Contactable Individuals.

13.1.1.1 Time Period for Off-Campus Contacts -- General Rule. Off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or the individual's family members) before August 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school. U.S. service academy exceptions to this provision are set forth in Bylaw 13.16.1. [D]

13.1.1.1.51 Exception -- Baseball and Softball. In baseball and softball, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or the individual's family members) before September 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school. [D]

[13.1.1.1.2 renumbered as 13.1.1.1.3, unchanged.]

13.1.1.1.14 Exception -- Baseball and Football. In baseball and football, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or the individual's family members) before July 1 following the completion of the individual's junior year in high school, or the opening day of classes of the individual's senior year in high school (as designated by the high school), whichever is earlier. [D]

[13.1.1.1.3 through 13.1.1.1.4 renumbered as 13.1.1.1.5 through 13.1.1.1.6, unchanged.]

[13.1.1.2 through 13.1.1.3 unchanged.]

[13.1.2 unchanged.]

13.1.3 Telephone Calls.

13.1.3.1 Time Period for Telephone Calls -- General Rule. Telephone calls to an individual (or the individual's family members) may not be made before June 15 at the conclusion of the individual's sophomore year in high school (subject to the exceptions below). Thereafter, an institution may make telephone calls to the prospective student-athlete at its discretion. [D]

13.1.3.1.1 Exception -- Baseball. In baseball, telephone calls to an individual (or the individual's family members) may not be made before August 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school. If an individual attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar (e.g., Southern Hemisphere), telephone calls to the individual (or the individual's family members) may not be made before the opening day of classes of the individual's junior year of high school. Thereafter, an institution may make telephone calls to the prospective student-athlete at its discretion.

13.1.3.1.12 Exception -- Baseball, Lacrosse and Softball. In baseball, lacrosse and softball, telephone calls to an individual (or the individual's family members) may not be made before September 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school. If an individual attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar (e.g., Southern Hemisphere), telephone calls to the individual (or the individual's family members) may not be made before the opening day of classes of the individual's junior year of high school. Thereafter, an institution may make telephone calls to the prospective student-athlete at its discretion. [D]

[13.1.3.1.2 through 13.1.3.1.6 renumbered as 13.1.3.1.3 through 13.1.3.1.7, unchanged.]

13.1.3.2 Additional Restrictions.

[13.1.3.2.1 unchanged.]

13.1.3.2.2 Telephone Calls From an Individual -- Baseball. In baseball, an institutional staff member may not receive telephone calls from an individual (or the individual's family members) before August 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school. 

13.1.3.2.23 Telephone Calls From an Individual -- Baseball, Basketball and Football. In baseball, basketball and football, institutional staff members may receive telephone calls from an individual (or the individual's family members) at any time.

[13.1.3.2.3 through 13.1.3.2.5 renumbered as 13.1.3.2.4 through 13.1.3.2.6, unchanged.]

[13.1.3.3 through 13.1.3.6 unchanged.]

[13.1.4 unchanged.]

13.1.5 Contacts.

[13.1.5.1 unchanged.]

13.1.5.2 Baseball. In baseball, each institution is limited to seven recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) per prospective student-athlete per year (see Bylaw 13.1.5.7). During the senior year of high school, Beginning September 1 of a prospective student-athlete's junior year of high school, not more than three of the seven opportunities may be off-campus contacts at any site and shall include contacts with the prospective student-athlete's family members, but shall not include contacts made during an official visit per Bylaw 13.6 or an unofficial visit per Bylaw 13.7.5 each year, including contacts with the prospective student-athlete's family members. A contact made during an official visit per Bylaw 13.6 or an unofficial visit per Bylaw 13.7.5 does not count as a recruiting opportunity. [D]

[13.1.5.3 through 13.1.5.10 unchanged.]

[13.1.6 through 13.1.10 unchanged.]

13.4 Recruiting Materials.

13.4.1 Recruiting Materials and Electronic Correspondence -- General Rule. An institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or the individual's family members) until June 15 at the conclusion of the individual's sophomore year in high school. [D]

13.4.1.1 Exception -- Baseball. In baseball, an institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or the individual's family members) until August 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school. If an individual attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar (e.g., Southern Hemisphere), an institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to the individual (or the individual's family members) until the opening day of classes of the individual's junior year in high school.

[13.4.1.1 through 13.4.1.2 renumbered as 13.4.1.2 through 13.4.1.3, unchanged.]

13.4.1.14 Exception -- Baseball, Women's Basketball, Football, Lacrosse and Softball. In baseball, women's basketball, football, lacrosse and softball, an institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or the individual's family members) until September 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school. If an individual attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar (e.g., Southern Hemisphere), an institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to the individual (or the individual's family members) until the opening day of classes of the individual's junior year in high school. [D]

[13.4.1.3 through 13.4.1.9 renumbered as 13.4.1.5 through 13.4.1.11, unchanged.]

[13.4.2 unchanged.]