2010: Erin Dees GK, Eclipse Select

Auto Pilot wrote:Garrett and Bill's recruiting is probably the best in the country. Which is why we get recruiting classes that look on paper only to be 5 or ten best when in fact they perform like the Number ones year after year. Garrett gets players that are right for the school and right for the team and he trumps coaches that rely soley on marquee players. UP's Canada connection doesn't hurt as Coach Ellis figured out with Kara Lang.

Which leads me to another subject. UCLA got Lang because she was able to make a deal to live off campus and get reimbursed for living expenses (rent, utilities and food etc.) The policy at UP is you can only get tuition scholarship if the player wants to live off campus. I think this policy puts UP at a disadvantage in recruitiing. Does anyone know the reason why?

16.5 HousIng AnD MeALs
16.5.1 general rule. An institution is required to apply the same housing policies to student-athletes as it
applies to the student body in general. During the academic year, the institution may not house student-athletes
in athletics dormitories or athletics blocks within institutional or privately owned dormitories or apartment build-
ings (when the institution arranges for the housing) on those days when institutional dormitories are open to the
general student body. (Adopted: 10/1/01 effective 8/1/02)
16.5.1.1 Athletics Dormitories. Athletics dormitories shall be defined as institutional dormitories in which
at least 50 percent of the residents are student-athletes. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/96; Revised: 11/1/01 effec-
tive 8/1/02)
16.5.1.2 Athletics Blocks. Athletics blocks shall be defined as individual blocks, wings or floors within in-
stitutional dormitories or privately owned dormitories or apartment buildings in which at least 50 percent of the
residents are student-athletes. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/96; Revised: 1/10/92, 11/1/01 effective 8/1/02)
16.5.1.3 Exception—Nondiscriminatory Housing Policies. The prohibition against the use of athlet-
ics dormitories or blocks does not apply when the institution demonstrates that its housing assignment policies
do not differentiate between student-athletes and students generally. (Adopted: 1/16/93 effective 8/1/96; Revised:
11/1/01 effective 8/1/02)
16.5.2 Permissible. Identified housing and meal benefits incidental to a student’s participation in intercol-
legiate athletics that may be financed by the institution are:
(a) Summer-Dormitory Rentals. An institution may rent, at the regular institutional rate, dormitory space to
a prospective or enrolled student-athlete during the summer months if it is the institution’s policy to make
dormitory space available on the same basis to all prospective or enrolled students (see Bylaw 15.2.2.3 for
permissible housing benefits for student-athletes eligible to receive financial aid while attending summer
school);
(b) Preseason Practice Expenses. The institution may provide the cost of room and board to student-athletes
who report for preseason practice prior to the start of the academic year, it being understood that the student-
athlete has been accepted for admission to the institution at the time such benefits are received. Further, an
institution, at its discretion, may provide an additional meal (as opposed to the cash equivalent) to student-
athletes to meet their nutritional needs as a benefit incidental to participation during the preseason practice
period prior to the start of the academic year; (Revised: 4/24/03, 3/10/04)
(c) Training Table Meals. An institution may provide only one training table meal per day to a student-ath-
lete during the academic year on those days when regular institutional dining facilities are open (see Bylaw
15.2.2.1.6). A student-athlete who does not receive institutional athletically related financial aid covering the
full cost of board, including a walk-on or partial scholarship recipient, may purchase one training table meal
per day at the same rate that the institution deducts from the board allowance of student-athletes who receive
athletically related financial aid covering board costs pursuant to Bylaw 15.2.2.1.6; (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective
8/1/96, Revised: 11/1/01 effective 8/1/02, 5/8/06, 4/26/07)
(d) Meals Incidental to Participation.
(1) Missed Meal Due to Practice Activities. A student-athlete who is not receiving athletically related fi-
nancial aid (e.g., walk-on) may receive the benefit of a training-table meal during the permissible playing
and practice season in those instances in which the student-athlete’s schedule is affected by involvement
in practice activities, provided the student-athlete previously has paid for the same meal (e.g., dinner) at
an institutional dining facility. (Revised: 5/9/06)
(2) Meals in Conjunction with Home Competition. All student-athletes are permitted to receive meals
at the institution’s discretion beginning with the evening before competition and continuing until they
are released by institutional personnel. An institution shall not provide cash to student-athletes in lieu of
meals during this time period. An institution, at its discretion, may provide a meal or cash, not to exceed
$15 (but not both) to student-athletes at the time of their release by institutional personnel; (Revised:
4/25/02, 4/29/04, 5/2/05, 5/9/06, 12/12/06, 4/24/08 effective 8/1/08)
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(3) Meals in Conjunction with Away-from-Home Competition. An institution may provide meals to
student-athletes in conjunction with away-from-home competition pursuant to one of the following op-
tions:
(i) All student-athletes are permitted to receive a pregame or postgame meal as a benefit incidental to
participation in addition to regular meals (or meal allowances per Bylaw 16.8.1.2.3). An institution,
at its discretion, may provide cash, not to exceed $15, in lieu of a postgame meal; or (Revised: 5/9/06,
4/24/08 effective 8/1/08)
(ii) All student-athletes are permitted to receive meals at the institution’s discretion from the time the
team is required to report on call for team travel until the team returns to campus. If a student-
athlete does not use team travel to return to campus, he or she may receive meals at the institution’s
discretion up to the point he or she is released from team-related activities by the appropriate institu-
tional authority. An institution shall not provide cash to student-athletes in lieu of meals under this
option. (Adopted: 4/24/08 effective 8/1/08)
(e) Vacation-Period Expenses. The institution may provide the cost of room and board to student-athletes
(during official institutional vacation periods) in the following circumstances. If an institution does not pro-
vide a meal to its student-athletes under such circumstances, a cash allowance may be provided (except for
the permissible additional meal as described below), not to exceed the amount provided by the institution to
institutional staff members on away-from-campus trips: (Revised: 4/17/07)
(1) Student-athletes who are required to remain on the institution’s campus for organized practice sessions or
competition during the institution’s official vacation period. If the student-athlete lives at home during
the vacation period, the cost of room and board may not be provided by the institution, other than to
permit the student-athlete to participate in team meals incidental to practice sessions; (Revised: 1/14/97,
10/28/99, 5/26/06)
(2) Student-athletes who return to campus during the institution’s official vacation period occurring during
a regular academic term (not including vacation periods between terms) from institutional competition.
Under such circumstances, room and board expenses may be provided beginning with the student-
athlete’s arrival on campus until the institution’s regular dormitories and dining facilities reopen. If the
student-athlete lives at home during the vacation period, the cost of room and board may not be provided
by the institution; or (Adopted: 10/28/99; Revised: 5/26/06)
(3) Student-athletes who return to campus during the institution’s official vacation period between regular
academic terms (e.g., summer-vacation period) from institutional competition that occurs at the end of
the institution’s playing and practice season or a segment thereof. Under such circumstances, room and
board expenses may be provided for no more than a 48-hour period, beginning with the student-athlete’s
return to campus. If the student-athlete lives at home during the vacation period, the cost of room and
board may not be provided by the institution. (Adopted: 10/28/99; Revised: 5/26/06)
In addition, an institution, at its discretion, also may provide an additional meal (as opposed to the cash equiva-
lent) to student-athletes to meet nutritional needs as a benefit incidental to participation during each day of
any vacation period, provided the student-athlete is required to remain on campus to be involved in practice or
competition. (Adopted: 4/29/04; Revised: 1/8/07 effective 8/1/07; 4/17/07)
(f) Meals Related to Institutional Committee Service. A student-athlete who serves on an institutional com-
mittee may receive expenses to cover the cost of a meal missed as a result of a committee meeting that occurs
when regular institutional dining facilities are open; (Adopted: 8/11/98)
(g) Nutritional Supplements. An institution may provide only nonmuscle-building nutritional supplements
to a student-athlete at any time for the purpose of providing additional calories and electrolytes, provided
the supplements do not contain any NCAA banned substances. Permissible nonmuscle-building nutritional
supplements are identified according to the following classes: Carbohydrate/electrolyte drinks, energy bars,
carbohydrate boosters and vitamins and minerals. (Adopted: 4/27/00 effective 8/1/00; Revised: 11/1/01 effective
8/1/02)

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:
As an aside, who is Kate Bennett (Clyde Hill, Wash.)? She's also a midfielder on the U17 team.