Under NCAA legislation, a prospective student-athlete is anyone who:
 

• Is in the ninth through 12th grades of high school;
• Has not yet started the ninth grade but has received financial assistance or other benefits from ASU;
• Is enrolled at a two-year college;
• Is a student-athlete from a four-year college who has entered the transfer portal.

Note that while some communications, contacts and publicity restrictions are lifted after a prospective student-athlete signs an athletics aid agreement with ASU, the signee remains a prospective student-athlete until he or she becomes a student-athlete.