NCAA Requirements for

College Athletic Scholarships

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Students wishing to participate in Division I sports must first be certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse. Student athletes should start the certification process early, usually by the end of their junior year. The documents that the Clearinghouse needs are as follows:

1. A completed and signed Student Release Form (which can be secured from your high school counselor). It must be sent to the Clearinghouse along with the initial eligibility certification fee payment of $25.00).
2. An official high school transcript.
3. Your ACT and/or SAT scores. (At the time of taking the test, fill in Code 9999 which will indicate to the testing authority to send scores to NCAA Clearinghouse).
4. Beginning August 1, 1996 you must meet the minimum requirements.

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Division I Requirements

If you wish to participate in your freshman year in a Division I Institution you are required to:

1. Graduate from high school;
2. Complete the following

14.3.1.1 Qualifier. A qualifier is defined as one who is a high school graduate and who presented the following academic qualifications: (Revised: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/95)

(a) A minimum cumulative grade-point average as specified in Bylaw 14.3.1.1.1 (based on a maximum 4.000) in a successfully completed core curriculum of at least 16 academic courses per Bylaw

14.3.1.2, including the following: (Revised: 10/31/02 effective August 1, 2003; those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution on or after 8/1/03, shall meet the current or new standard;

8/1/05; those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution on or after 8/1/05, shall meet the new standard; 4/24/03 effective 8/1/08, for those student-athletes first entering a collegiate

institution on or after 8/1/08)

English (Revised: 1/16/93 effective 8/1/96) 4 years

Mathematics (Three years of mathematics courses 3 years

at the level of Algebra I or higher). (Computer science

courses containing significant programming elements

that meet graduation requirements in the area of

mathematics also may be accepted.) (Revised: 1/16/93

effective 8/1/96; 1/11/94 effective 8/1/96; 1/11/00

effective 8/1/00 for those student-athletes first entering

a collegiate institution on or after 8/1/00, 11/1/01,

effective 8/1/05 for those students first entering a

collegiate institution on or after 8/1/05); 4/24/03 effective

8/1/08, for those student-athletes first entering a

collegiate institution on or after 8/1/08)

Natural or physical science (including at least one laboratory 2 years

course if offered by the high school). (Computer science

courses containing significant programming elements that

meet graduation requirements in the area of natural or

physical science also may be accepted.) (Revised: 10/1/01,

effective 8/1/05 for those students first entering a collegiate

institution on or after 8/1/05)

Additional courses in English, mathematics, or natural 1 year

or physical science (Revised: 1/16/93 effective 8/1/96)

Social science 2 years

Additional academic courses [in any of the above areas or foreign 4 years

(Revised: 10/31/02 language, philosophy or non-doctrinal religion (e.g., comparative

effective 8/1/03; those student religion)courses] (Revised: 11/1/01 effective 8/1/05 for

those athletes first entering a collegiate students first entering a collegiate institution

on or after 8/1/05) institution on or after 8/1/03,shall meet the current or new standard.

8/1/05; those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution on or after 8/1/05,

shall meet the new standard; 4/24/03 effective 8/1/08, for those student athletes first

entering a collegiate institution on or after 8/1/08)

(a) The record of the above courses and course grades must be certified by the initial-eligibility clearinghouse

using an official high school transcript forwarded directly from the high school or upon a high

school transcript forwarded by an institution’s admissions office; and (Revised: 2/9/95; 4/27/06)

(b) A minimum combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections or a minimum sum score on the

ACT as specified in Bylaw 14.3.1.1.1. The required SAT or ACT score must be achieved under

national testing conditions on a national testing date [i.e., no residual (campus) testing or regional

testing dates] except that a state-administered ACT may be used to meet the test-score requirement.

(Revised: 1/10/90, 1/10/92, 1/16/93, 5/31/06)

3. Freshmen may establish eligibility using the following eligibility index:

CORE GRADE POINT AVERAGE	SAT	SUM ACT **
3.550 & above	400	37
3.525	410	38
3.500	420	39
3.475	430	40
3.450	440	41
3.425	450	41
3.400	460	42
3.375	470	42
3.350	480	43
3.325	490	44
3.300	500	44
3.275	510	45
3.250	520	46
3.225	530	46
3.200	540	47
3.175	550	47
3.150	560	48
3.125	570	49
3.100	580	49
3.075	590	50
3.050	600	50
3.025	610	51
3.000	620	52
2.975	630	52
2.950	640	53
2.925	650	53
2.900	660	54
2.875	670	55
2.850	680	56
2.825	690	56
2.800	700	57
2.775	710	58
2.750	720	59
2.725	730	59
2.700	730	60
2.675	740-750	61
2.650	760	62
2.625	770	63
2.600	780	64
2.575	790	65
2.550	800	66
2.525	810	67
2.500	820	68
2.475	830	69
2.450	840-850	70
2.425	860	70
2.400	860	71
2.375	870	72
2.350	880	73
2.325	890	74
2.300	900	75
2.275	910	76
2.250	920	77
2.225	930	78
2.200	940	79
2.175	950	80
2.150	960	80
2.125	960	81
2.100	970	82
2.075	980	83
2.050	990	84
2.025	1000	85
2.000	1010	86

** Add all four sub-scores of ACT test

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