<p>To Confirm this information I contacted a customer of mine who I met AFTER my son was a youngster. The person IS CURRENTLY ON THE ADMISSIONS BOARD. </p>
<p>THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ATHLETIC LOA OR AN ACADEMIC LOA.
see stallions post about coded or recruited. </p>
<p>nuff said :)</p>
<p>JustaMomof4, if so those athletes should lose their eligibility under NCAA, in addition to the athletic department being fined if not worse.</p>
<p>Every varsity athlete I know has to go through the application process like everyone else except by being recruited, a completed application without medical hitches was a guaranteed appointment, while others had to wait to hear. Promising football players are sometimes shuffled to specific points of contact versus a local BGO, but their applications are similar if not the same. Which means getting a nomination like everyone else; it is possible, however, as mentioned above if the applicant is exceptionally qualified and without a nomination to procure one. That isn’t just for athletes and is a rare occurence.</p>
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<p>I never said that athletic recruits did not have to go through the application process. Of course they do and anyone offered an LOA must go through the application process and be fully qualified.
It’s well known that coaches make offers to players before the application process is fully completed. If they did not then they would be recruited away to other schools.
It has happened that athletic recruits do not pass the DoDMERB exam or become sick/injured before they report and then cannot matriculate. </p>
<p>There are legal nominations available to candidates who don’t garner a Congressional Nomination - read the US Code, it is there and quite clear.</p>
<p>How do you explain the LOA in the spring of the junior year to a female high school soccer player who was recruited by the coach? Many sports start recruiting early and the Academies can begin recruiting earlier than other colleges.</p>
<p>There are no special rules for recruiting athletes to service academies. The academies have to follow the same NCAA rules that other colleges follow. The coaches are limited as to dates, amount of contact, amount of time spent on the CVW, etc…</p>
<p>We brought our daughter up to see the swim facility during her junior year of high school, the coach let us know is no uncertain terms that he could not even buy her a soft drink during that visit. Her CVW (after she had received an LOA) had strict regulations on what she could/could not do with the team. Her visit had to end at a certain time, after which the coaches could not see her. </p>
<p>As parents of a Navy athlete, we are not allowed to have any contact with recruits who come to Annapolis for a CVW. The NCAA considers team parents to be “boosters” and as such, we cannot talk to recruits.</p>
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<p>There are a few differences. For some sports, as JAMo4 states, NCAA modifies the initial contact date (Rule 13.16.1) and I think rules for the Letter of Intent apply differently.</p>
<p>And the entire recruiting process at a service academy can get murky. I am sure there are starting varsity athletes today who think they were ‘recruited’, who really were not.</p>
<p>I’ve a question re: athletes and NAPs (or Fdn schools) …</p>
<p>How are these recruits “counted” against the NCAA scholarship limits? Can anyone explain this one to me?</p>
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<p>The NA does not give scholarships - in the NCAA sense. </p>
<p>From Wiki (take it for what its worth): "The three service academies that participate in Division I FBS football (Army, Navy, and Air Force) are exempt from NCAA scholarship limits because all students at those schools, whether or not they are varsity athletes, receive full scholarships from the service branch that operates the academy. "<a href=“Athletic scholarship - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletic_scholarship</a></p>
<p>A co-worker was recruited to the NA for football. Sent to NAPS. Played 4 years at Annapolis.</p>
<p>My son is being recruited by the Naval Academy for the swim team. He received an LOA last week. He is a strong student with a good GPA (3.8), has qualified medically, has completed his BGO interview and did the CFA at summer seminar, but has struggled with the SAT and ACT (his latest scores were much improved but did not get them back in time to submit to his nominating sources by their initial screening). The coach called this week and my son gave his verbal committment to swim at Navy. He applied to both of our senators and our representative for a nomination, but was only granted an interview with the representative. He is concerned that he will not get a nomination from this one source, as it is very competitive in our area (his interview is this weekend). Does anyone have any advice for us?</p>
<p>Be sure to let the Rep know that he has the LOA before that interview ends. Also did he apply for the VP nomination?</p>
<p>He did not apply for the VP nomination. We thought that was for children of active duty or retired military personnel. It is probably too late to apply for that anyway.</p>
<p>Not sure if the date has passed, but anyone can apply for VP nomination. Check it out to be sure.</p>
<p>Thank you! We will do that!</p>
<p>The VP Nomination deadline was Oct. 31st (post mark to show no later than this date). Sorry …
If you are from GA (according to your name), then don’t give up hope on a senator interview, as Senator Chambliss’ interview letters are still on their way. My son contacted them with a question and when they replied they said the letters re. interviews should be received this Fri, Sat, Mon. time period. He did receive a letter re. Senator Isakson’s interview earlier this week. As far as we understand, both senators have their interviews next weekend.</p>
<p>georgiaswimmom: If he put forth a good faith effort, applying to Senators and Representatives and still comes up short in the nomination department, the Academy can still find a nom for him…it will all work out!</p>
<p>Thank you for everyone’s advice and encouragement! My son had his interview with our representative’s board yesterday and he felt that it went very well. They were aware of his LOA and that he was a recruited athlete before his interview, because he said they congratulated him on receiving the LOA and asked him questions about his swimming for Navy. We are aware that the Academy can help him get a nomination, but he would really like to do it on his own merit and from our own state. But if that doesn’t work out, he certainly would not turn down help with a nomination from another source!</p>
<p>georgiaswimmom,
Sounds like the interview went very well. Congrats to your son. Best of luck in the future.</p>
<p>georgiaswimmom
It will workout especially if he is a top 50 ranked HS swimmer. He will have the swim coach (Roberts) working on his behalf and he gets results. Enjoy the Team,they are a great bunch and it go’s by fast. They have improved a great deal since my boy was a plebe there in 2005.</p>