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NCAA Eligibility Rules: Easily Explained
In
its quest to ensure that student athletes are
just as much students as athletes, the NCAA requires
coaches and recruits to follow strict guidelines.
In order to play ball as a freshman, you will
need to meet the following requirements. We've
also thrown in some recruiting guidelines, because
we want you
to be playing during your freshman year. Don't lose
a year of playing eligibility because you or a coach
accidentally broke some of the rules.
For more
detailed information, you can locate an extensive
list of all eligibility requirements at the NCAA
website. Also, we recommend that you meet with your
high school guidance counselor to review these rules
and regulations.
The NCAA
Clearinghouse
All high
school student athletes who plan to participate as
freshmen in Division I or Division II Athletics must
register with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.
Your high school guidance counselor can provide the
registration materials and directions for registration.
A $25 registration fee is required, though the fee
can be waived if you can show financial need.
We recommend
that you apply for registration after completion
of you junior year in high school. Once filed, coaches
and Universities that plan to recruit you may request
your eligibility status through the Clearinghouse.
You may not request that Clearinghouse materials
be sent to a coach or University.
Division
I & Division II Recruiting
Telephone
Calls: A college coach or faculty member is allowed
to make one phone call to you per week beginning
July 1 after your junior year. Exceptions to the
one call per week rule include the five day period
prior to your official visit to that university,
the day of a coach's off-campus contact with you,
and the first three days of the National Letter of
Intent signing period.
Contacts:
Contacts are any off campus 'face-to-face' interactions
between a coach and you or members of your family.
Coaches are limited to three such contacts.
Evaluations:
An evaluation is any off-campus activity used to
assess your academic qualifications or athletics
ability, including a visit to your high school (even
if no contact occurs) or watching you practice or
compete at any site. Institutions are limited to
seven contacts or evaluations, combined (though no
more than three contacts). Evaluations done over
consecutive days at tournaments are considered a
single evaluation. Once you have signed a National
Letter of Intent, coaches are free to evaluate you
as often as they choose.
Official
Visits: During your senior year in high school, you
may have one expense paid official visit to each
University. You may have up to five official visits
to different institutions, regardless of the number
of sports you are being recruited for. Prior to an
official visit, you must provide the institution
(or the NCAA Clearinghouse) with your PSAT/SAT/ACT
test score and a copy of your high school transcript. During
the official visit, which may not exceed 48 hours,
you may receive round-trip transportation between
your home and the campus, and you may receive meals,
lodging and complimentary admissions to campus athletics
events. Your host may spend up to $30 on entertainment
for you.
Division
III Recruiting
Division
III coaches may contact you on an unlimited basis
anytime after completion of your junior year in high
school. You can visit a college campus any time at
your own expense. On such a visit, you may receive
three complimentary admissions to a game on that
campus, a tour of off-campus practice and competition
sites in your sport and other college facilities
within 30 miles of the campus, a meal in the college's
on-campus student dining facilities and housing,
if it is available to all visiting prospective students.
As a senior,
you may make an expense-paid official visit to any
particular campus. There is no limit to the number
of schools you may officially visit, as long as you
enroll initially in a Division III program.
During your
official visit (which may not exceed 48 hours), you
may receive round-trip transportation between you
home and the campus, meals, lodging, and complimentary
admissions to campus athletics events. All meals
provided to you on an official visit must occur in
an on-campus dining facility that the college's students
normally use. If dining facilities are closed, the
college is permitted to take you off-campus for meals.
In addition, a student host may help you become acquainted
with campus life. The host may spend $20 per day
to cover all costs of entertaining you.
National
Letter of Intent
The National
Letter of Intent is a contract between a high school
senior and a college or university that commits the
student to attend that school for
at least one year, and commits the school to provide at least one year's athletic
scholarship to the student. The
agreement is, of course, pursuant on the student meeting all NCAA eligibility
requirements and meeting the school's
enrollment standards.
Furthermore, once a student signs
a NLI, other coaches and schools are bound to respect the contract and cease
recruitment negotiations with the
student.
Division
I Academic Eligibility Requirements
- Graduate
from High School
- Successfully
complete a core curriculum* in at least 13 courses
as follows:
- 4 years
of English
- 2 years
of Mathematics
- 2 years
of Natural or Physical Sciences
- 2 years
of Social Science
- 1 year
of additional English, Mathematics or Science
- 2 years
of courses in any of the above or Foreign Language,
ComputerScience, Philosophy or Nondoctrinal Religion
- Meet a minimum
requirement on the SAT or ACT tests, based on your highschool
core-course Grade Point Average (GPA, on a 4.0 scale)
Division
II Academic Eligibility Requirements
- Graduate
from High School
- Have a minimum
2.0 GPA in a completed core curriculum* of at least
13 of the following courses:
- 3 years
of English
- 2 years
of Mathematics
- 2 years
of Natural or Physical Science
- 2 years
of additional courses in English, Mathematics or
Sciences
- 2 years
of Social Science
- 2 years
of courses in any of the above or Foreign Language,
ComputerScience, Philosophy or Nondoctrinal Religion
- Receive a combined
score of 820 on the SAT or a 68 on the ACT
Division
III Academic Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility
for financial aid, practice and competition is governed
by institutional and conference regulations, and
there are not minimum standards set by the NCAA for
Division III schools.
Note: A "core
course" is defined as a recognized academic course
that offers fundamental instruction in a specific
area of study. Courses taught below your high school's
regular academic instructional level (e.g., remedial
or compensatory) can't be considered core courses
regardless of the content of the courses. Taken from www.ncaa.org.
National
Testing Dates for the SAT and ACT:
Subtest scores
from more than one national testing date may be combined
to create the highest sum total in order to meet eligibility
standards (ie, an October 9 SAT Verbal core may be combined
with a December 4 SAT Math score).
Take note
that these academic eligibility requirements set
minimum standards for participation, only, and should
not be used as a guide to qualifications for admission
to an institution of higher learning. Admission to
colleges and universities is governed by the entrance
requirements of each individual school.