Permissible Awards for Invited Schools

AL: With the approval of the principal the athlete may accept an award that costs $50.00 or less. No award of any kind having a monetary value of more than $50--other than medals, trophies, plaques or AHSAA championship rings--shall be made to students. Violation of this rule on the part of school officials shall subject the school to suspension for one year. Acceptance of awards exceeding these limitations shall disqualify a student. Cash awards or merchandise for athletic performances or participation may not be given.

CO: In any approved CHSAA interscholastic competition, athletics and activities, no awards of any kind other than awards by the school, the Association, or a group approved by the school or the Association and limited in value to $50.00 (exclusive of engraving) shall be made to participants.

CT: The awards should be symbolic in nature, i.e. letters, sweaters, jackets, pins, trophies, other similar type awards, and rings or watches which are properly inscribed. Cash awards including U.S. Savings Bonds are prohibited.

DE: Non-symbolic competition awards shall have a value of not more that $150.00 per recipient and shall require the prior approval of the Executive Director.

LA: No policy.

ME: No policy.

MN:
Bylaw 2004.00 Cross Reference: Bylaw 201 (Amateur Status)
1. Awards presented to students shall be of a symbolic nature rather than those which have intrinsic value. School officials will make certain that awards approved conform to the letter, spirit and intent of the bylaw.
2. Acceptable awards which are not a violation include:
A. Game balls, medals, ribbons, trophies, golf balls, plaques, athletic insignia, cups and other items of little or no intrinsic value.
B. Honor banquets of a non-promotional nature, if they are held with the approval of the high school principal.
C. Free and reduced price admissions accepted from colleges or universities for their events if they have prior approval of the high school principal.
D. Awards of transportation, tickets and expense allowances, by member schools or clubs of member schools, for attendance at League-sponsored, and/or college and university events if they have prior approval of the high school principal.
E. Awards of transportation and entertainment by colleges and universities for recruiting purposes, when carried on within the limitation of NCAA, NAIA, AIAW, if they have prior approval of the high school principal.
F. A scholarship award made on the basis of a combination of two or more factors such as scholarship, character, athletics, and citizenship, made by a non-promotional type of organization to a graduating senior, if they have prior approval by the high school principal.
G. Awards for participation in non-school athletics which meet the provisions of the amateur bylaw. 
H. Acceptance of a prize, including money, for a sport that is not conducted or sponsored by the League such as bowling, boxing, rodeo, free throw contests, hole in one contests, etc.
3. Awards constituting a violation include:
A. Items such as jackets, rings, jewelry, watches, merchandise, services, trips, free or reduced price admissions in which the value of the award(s) exceeds $100 retail.
B. Awards made by individuals, business concerns, private enterprises, and service clubs, which do not conform to the limitations of 204.02 and are promotional in nature.
C. Free Tickets: The acceptance of a free ticket valued at more than $100 is a violation of League bylaws if the ticket is presented as a result of participation in a League sponsored activity. 
D. Reduced priced tickets: The acceptance of a reduced priced ticket if the full value of the ticket less the amount charged exceeds $100. High school athletes may purchase a $100 ticket or receive a free one from an organization without violating the bylaw if the same privilege is available to all other students
4. Awards distributed by member schools: It will be a violation of League policy for a member school or a representative of a member school to establish, distribute or accept any awards not approved by the MSHSL for section, or state tournaments
5. Penalty:
The student shall be ineligible for all further high school competition. A school violating the bylaw is subject to suspension from membership in the League.

NV: NAC 386.775 Awards: Limitation on retail value. (NRS 386.430)
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a pupil enrolls in a school and participates in a sanctioned sport at that school, the pupil shall not accept any medal, cup, trophy or other award for competing in an athletic event if the retail value of the medal, cup, trophy or award is more than $200.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a pupil specified in that subsection who qualifies for the "Operation Gold" program sponsored by the United States Olympic Committee.
(Added to NAC by Nev. Interscholastic Activities Association by R206 03, eff. 11 2 2004

OH: No cash money, and no merchandise award exceeding 200 dollars in value.

PA: Permissible Awards
A school may purchase a sweater, jacket, blazer, blanket, shirt, shorts, jersey, cap, watch, ring, scroll, photograph, medal, plaque, or similar award, with appropriate institutional insignia or comparable identification, for a student who has earned the official school letter or award, and present the same at the time the official school award is made.

The sponsor or sponsors of an Athletic Event or group of Athletic Events may purchase a sweater, jacket, blazer, blanket, shirt, shorts, jersey, cap, watch, ring, scroll, photograph, medal, plaque, or similar award, with appropriate institutional insignia or comparable identification, for a student who has earned the official award for an Athletic Event or Events, and present the same at the time the official award for the Athletic Event or Events is made. Such sponsor or sponsors may also pay the expenses for a student to participate in educational programs, tours, and field trips provided by the sponsor or sponsors in connection with the Athletic Event or Events.

A non-profit service organization approved by the school Principal, or the news media, may purchase a sweater, jacket, blazer, blanket, shirt, shorts, jersey, cap, watch, ring, scroll, photograph, medal, plaque, or similar award, with appropriate insignia or comparable identification, for a student, in recognition of the student's athletic ability or performance, and present the same at a time appropriate to such recognition.

The institutions listed above in this Section 3 may also sponsor athletic banquets to which students may be invited, without charging admission to such students.

A student may accept from an institution of higher education which the student visits in connection with the student's prospective or possible attendance there as a college student, reasonable expenses necessitated by such visit, and free admission to home Athletic Events of such institution which occur during such visit.

RI: Rhode Island Interscholastic League does not have one.

TN: A student may accept a medal, trophy, state championship ring, high school letter, sweater, jacket, shirt, blazer or blanket but nothing else of commercial value. (A sweater, jacket, shirt, blazer or blanket must carry the high school letter or other appropriate award
emblem.) None of the approved awards shall be accepted from an individual or a non-school organization unless the giving of such award has been approved by the principal of the school the athlete attends. Acceptance of forbidden awards will cause a student to become ineligible for 12 months in the sport in which the violation occurs.
Bowling, golf and tennis students will abide by USBC, USGA, and USTA regulations in accepting awards.

A member school that has any connection with the presentation of a forbidden award — such as assisting in the selection of the person to receive the award, permitting the award to be given at a school function, or holding the award for a student until he/she has graduated — shall be subject to suspension from tournament play in the involved sport(s) for one season.

VT: Vermont does not have a specific policy on this. We do state under our by-laws that students cannot receive monetary awards. If they do, they lose their amateur status.

WY: $100 maximum for any kind of award, per event.