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GUIDE FOR THE COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT-ATHLETE

 Junior College – two-year institutions (Over 500 schools)  NAIA – four-year institutions (251 schools)  NCAA Division I – 351 schools – 59% receive athletic aid  NCAA Division II – 308 schools – 62% receive athletic aid  NCAA Division III – 443 schools – no athletic aid

COMPETING BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL

Baseball Football Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball High School Participants 487,097 1,036842 551,373 412,407 NCAA Participants 35,460 73,557 18,816 16,614 % High School to NCAA 7.3% 7.1% 3.4% 4% Drafted from NCAA 775 255 52 32 % NCAA to Professional 9.8% 1.6% 1.2% 0.9%

ATHLETIC AID

 Athletic aid does not mean a full scholarship  DI Head-Count Sports – Football, Men’s Basketball, Women’s

Basketball, Women’s Gymnastics, Women’s Tennis, Women’s Volleyball – Any athletic aid counts as 1 scholarship – Limit on number of scholarships (DI Volleyball – 12).

 All other sports are equivalency sports – athletic aid/value of full

grant-in-aid ($5,000 scholarship/$25,000 cost = .20 scholarship)

 Equivalency limits per sport – softball – Di 12, DII - 7.2

RECRUITING

 DI, DII, and DIII all differ in when contact with college coaches can happen.  Division II Specifics…  Unofficial visits (you pay expenses) may occur whenever and you get an

unlimited number of them.

 June 15 preceding your junior year in high school

 Coaches can send you recruiting material (camp information can be sent to you at

any time)

 Coaches an call you  Coaches can have in-person off campus contact with College coaches may not

send you recruiting materials until after June 15th of your Junior year. They can send you camp information though if the camp is open to anyone.

 You can take an official (expenses paid) visit (only one per institution).  You can have a tryout (only one per institution)

WHAT TO ASK ABOUT

 Degree Programs.  Academic Resources.  Financial Aid and Cost of Attendance.  Admissions Requirements.  Athletic Training and Medical Expenses.  On-campus Housing and Meals.  Coaching Philosophy and Style.

GRADE 9 - PLAN

Start panning now by working hard to earn the

best grades possible

Ask counselors for a list of NCAA core courses

to make sure you are taking NCAA-approved courses

You can check your schools list of NCAA

courses at eligibilitycenter.org

GRADE 10 - REGISTER

Register at eligibilitycenter.org Make sure you are studying and staying on

track to graduate

GRADE 11 - STUDY

Make sure you are studying and staying on

track to graduate

When registering for the SAT and/or ACT have

the scores sent to the Eligibility Center by using code 9999

At the end of the year have your official

transcripts uploaded to the Eligibility Center

GRADE 12 - GRADUATION

Make sure you are studying and staying on

track to graduate

Request final amateurism certification after

April 1

At the end of the year have your official

transcripts with proof of graduation uploaded to the Eligibility Center

WHAT THINGS WILL THE ELIGIBILITY CENTER NEED?

SAT/ACT scores. Remember, 9999. Division I and Division II use a sliding scale to

determine eligibility.

SAT scores come from the sum of the critical

reading and math sections.

ACT score come from the sum of the English,

math, reading, and science sections.

SAT AND ACT SCORE

 CORE GPA Minimum 2.3 for DI Minimum 2.2 for DII

This is an example

• f a sliding scale for

NCAA Division II. You find whatever your core GPA was in high school and then you can determine what score you need on the SAT or ACT.

AMATEURISM

 When you register with the NCAA Eligibility Center, you

will be asked a series of questions about your sports participation to determine your amateur status.

 You can request your final amateurism through the

NCAA Eligibility Center on or after April 1before the start of the fall academic year you are enrolling in.

 To find out more about what goes into determining

amateurism, visit ncaa.org/amateurism

Be realistic about your

ability.

Success is the student’s

responsibility, not the parent’s.

USEFUL RESOURCES

EligibiltiyCenter.org ncaa.org/student-athletes/resources ncaa.org/student-athletes/future fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/Student_Resources/

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