College Athletic Opportunities NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) 440 Institutions www.njcaa.org EX: College of Lake County Have to meet academic admission requirements May offer athletic scholarships depending on sport View an interactive map and breakdown of each sport, state and division. Some do offer on-campus housing!
NJCAA 26 Sports and 3 Divisions Men’s Baseball Men’s Cross Country Men’s Half Marathon Women’s Soccer • • • • Men’s Basketball Women’s Cross Country Women’s Half Marathon Women’s Softball • • • • Women’s Basketball Men’s Football Men’s Lacrosse Men’s Swimming & Diving • • • • Men’s Bowling Men’s Golf Women’s Lacrosse Women’s Swimming & • • • • Women’s Bowling Women’s Golf Men’s Soccer Diving • • • Men’s Tennis *Women’s Tennis *Men’s Track & Field Women’s Track & Field *Women’s Volleyball *Men’s Wrestling •
College Athletic Opportunities NAIA (National Association of Interscholastic Athletics) Nearly 250 Institutions Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL. (Chicago Bears Training Camp) Has their own NAIA Eligibility Center; specific admission criteria; separate from the NCAA Eligibility Center Can offer athletic and academic scholarships per sport depending on qualifications www.naia.org
25 NAIA Men’s & Women’s Sports Fall Sports Winter Sports Spring Sports Women’s Cross Country Men’s D1 Basketball Baseball • • Men’s D2 Basketball Men’s Cross Country • • Men’s Golf Women’s D1 Basketball Football • • Women’s Golf Women’s D2 Basketball Women’s Soccer • • Men’s Outdoor Track & Men’s Indoor Track & Men’s Soccer • Field • Field Women’s Volleyball • Women’s Outdoor Track & Women’s Indoor Track & • Field Men’s Competitive Field • Cheer and Dance Softball Men’s Swimming & Diving • Women’s Competitive • Women’s Swimming & Men’s Tennis • Cheer and Dance Diving Women’s Tennis Men’s Wrestling •
NAIA Invitational & Emerging Sports Invitational and Emerging sports Emerging Sports Invitational Sports are those in the process of (Minimum of 15 NAIA schools) (Minimum of 25 NAIA Schools) becoming National Championship sports and are Men’s Lacrosse Men’s Bowling • • offered by a minimum of 15 Women’s Lacrosse Women’s Bowling • • NAIA schools as a varsity sport. Men’s Volleyball Women’s Wrestling • • **Invitational Sports host their own Championship every year. **Invitational schools do not receive NAIA Scholarships. However each institution can provide substantial financial aid for their athletes, just not termed “athletic scholarship.”
If interested in NAIA sports, register at the beginning of your sophomore or junior year.
In your packet (p. 7) High School Student Registration Checklist Visit www.playnaia.org Pay $80.00 fee Complete profile Receive a 2.0 cumulative GPA and a minimum of 18 ACT Composite or 860 on SAT score Send WTHS transcript to NAIA Eligibility Center Send ACT score to 9876 After junior year, in the NAIA Connections service, create a sports resume to send to five schools.
College Athletic Opportunities National Collegiate Athletic Association www.ncaa.org Three Divisions: Division I (347 Institutions)…ex: Loyola University Chicago, Illinois State, University of Illinois Can offer athletic and academic scholarships depending on sport & qualifications Student- Athlete must register for the NCAA Eligibility Center and meet the university’s admission criteria Division II (309 Institutions)…ex: Lewis University, University of Wisconsin -Parkside, University of Illinois-Springfield, McKendree University, Quincy University Can offer athletic and academic scholarships depending on sport & qualifications Student- Athlete must register for the NCAA Eligibility Center and meet the university’s admission criteria Division III (442 Institutions)…ex: Lake Forest College, Elmhurst College, Carthage College Can offer academic scholarships/grants only depending on qualifications Student-Athlete DOES NOT have to register for the NCAA Eligibility Center, but must meet the university’s admission criteria
NCAA Sports and Seasons
NCAA Eligibility Center Registration www.eligibilitycenter.org If interested in NCAA DI or DII sports, register for a certification account at the beginning of your sophomore or junior year. This is Click here to a one time, non- register for your NCAA refundable account. $80.00 fee.
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Additional NCAA D1 Resources in your Packet On pages 9-10 To calculate ACT Sum, add together your Math, Science, Reading and English ACT highest sub scores. To calculate SAT Sum, add together your Reading and Math sub scores. To be D1 eligible, need to get at least a 2.3 core course GPA and 19 on each ACT subtest…total of 75. Or at least a 2.3 and 450 on each SAT subtest…total of 900.
NCAA Division I programs Recruiting Process — in an ideal world! Coaches identify talented athletes Coaches “date” the player...exchange LOTS of communication Player likes the coach and wants to play for him/her Player completes Eligibility Center process Player makes a commitment to attend and signs a National Letter of Intent Student-athlete is awarded an athletic scholarship Student enrolls at the university!
NCAA Division I programs Recruiting Process — in the real world! Mass mailings, beginning even in grade 9 Communications to all-conference and all-state athletes Once personal visits can begin, a coach can make the athlete feel like they are the “golden child” All the recruiting attention can stop in an instant: Once another (better) athlete signs Once an injury occurs Once the Eligibility Center deems the athlete ineligible Once they find inappropriate content or images on your social media Player completes Eligibility Center process Player makes a commitment to attend and signs a National Letter of Intent Student-athlete is awarded an athletic scholarship Student enrolls at the university!
Athletic Years of Eligibility Five years to complete four years of competition Starts from the date of initial full-time enrollment at any athletic institution Academic Redshirts: No competition while representing the institution during the academic year Medical Redshirts: Limited competition in the first half of a playing season prior to a season ending injury.
Additional NCAA D2 Resources in your Packet On pages 11-12 To be DII eligible, students need a 2.2 core course GPA and 18 ACT on each subtest (ACT Sum total of 70) or 420 on the Reading and Math SAT subtests (total 840).
Handling Coach Contact NCAA Recruiting Calendar (www.ncaa.org), then click on Division I, then click on Recruiting. D1 coaches are limited with amount and type of contact Contact period (coach can watch you play, you can visit campus & talk to the coach, coach can fully communicate with you face-to-face, phone, email, letter) Quiet period (same as contact period, except coach cannot come out to watch you play) Dead period (Coaches may only write or telephone an athlete) High School Athletes can contact a coach at ANY If a coach offers you a Verbal Commitment time! Not-binding, not written offer Sample Email on page 19! Coaches can offer early in your high school career (sophomore year) If you accept the verbal commitment, you are “promising” to play at the institution
Recruiting Contact
NCAA Division III Programs DIII sports are not “glorified intramurals” Coaches can “slot” student athletes for their teams, so they may have a voice in admissions Pressure exists for students to apply early Financial aid inconsistencies…i.e. “leadership scholarship”
Club Sports at the College Level Typically run by senior college students, not coaches. Some sports will be run be trained coaches, depends on sport/school No scholarships Student travels with team in cars/vans Fundraises to off-set expenses, otherwise student-athletes pay for hotel expenses, travel costs, uniforms, etc… Competition is against quality opponents
Men’s Varsity Athletic Scholarship Limits Turn to page 13 in your packet.
Women’s Varsity Athletic Scholarship Limits
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