Wingate Athletic Boosters

Wingate University sincerely appreciates all of its athletic supporters.  Whether you are a parent, a booster, a former student-athlete or a community supporter Wingate Athletics would not be a success without you. As a Bulldog fan, you most likely will fall under what the NCAA has termed as a Representative of an Institution’s Athletics Interest. As a representative of Wingate University’s athletics interest it is important for you to know and understand the legislation which the NCAA has put in place regarding any contact between you and a prospective student-athlete. Should you have any questions about the information below please contact Elizabeth Biggerstaff.         

A representative of an institution’s athletics interest is an individual who is known by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics administration to:

a)       Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization, including corporate entities, promoting the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program;

b)       Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution;

c)       Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes;

d)       Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or

e)       Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics program. 

Recruiting by Representative of Athletics Interest 

Representatives of an institution’s athletics interests are prohibited from making in-person, off campus recruiting contacts or telephone calls with a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians. On campus contact is permitted, as are written communications. Recruiting contacts by representatives during a prospective student-athlete’s official visit are confined to campus.