department of athletics policies & procedures - UNC Wilmington ...

RESOURCES EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY
1. Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)
c. Kathleen Batterson, Senior Associate Commissioner
d. kbatterson@caasports.com
e. (804) 754-1616 ext. 13
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
a. Conference Contact: Frank Arredondo
b. farredondo@ncaa.org
c. (317) 917-6652 (Frank’s Direct Line)
d. (317) 917-6222 (Main NCAA Number)
3. NCAA Eligibility Center (NCAA EC)
a. Conference Contact: Alex Hammond (must go through CAA staff to contact)
b. 1-800-544-2950 (Main NCAA EC Number)
TEXTBOOKS
Student-athletes who receive athletic scholarships including textbooks will have their
required textbooks provided by the Athletics Department. Per NCAA guidelines, optional
textbooks or materials will not be provided as part of student-athletes’ athletics scholarships.
1. Director of Compliance provides the Assistant Athletic Director for Academics with
a list of textbook scholarship recipients.
2. Director of Compliance and the Assistant Athletic Director for Academics meet and
conduct an NCAA educational session with University Bookstore employees
regarding textbook procedures.
3. Assistant Athletic Director for Academics sends a textbook scholarship recipient list
to the University Bookstore a few weeks before the semester begins with a copy of
student-athletes’ schedules. The University Bookstore packages the required
textbooks based on the schedules. If student-athletes make changes to their
schedules, the Assistant Athletic Director for Academics forwards update schedules
to the University Bookstore for the necessary textbook changes.
4. Student-athletes returs textbooks from changed courses to the Assistant Athletic
Director for Academics, who returns the textbooks to the University Bookstore.
5. Student-athletes pick up their textbooks at the University Bookstore during the first
few days of the semester with their university ID.
6. The University Bookstore sends textbook receipts to the Athletics Department.
7. Associate Athletic Director for Business, in consultation with Director of Compliance
and the Assistant Athletic Director for Academics, reviews the receipts for accuracy.
8. At the conclusion of the semester, textbooks are returned to the Student-Athlete
Academic Support office.
9. Assistant Athletic Director for Academics will track all books returned by studentathletes.
Any books not returned by last day of final exams will result in a charge to
the student-athlete’s account for the value of the unreturned books. Individual
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