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Title: The College Game Plan for the Student Athlete


1
The College Game Plan for the Student Athlete
  • Preparing for a career as a Student Athlete at
    the Collegiate level

2
The following information is for the targeted
populations
  • High school students who hope to participate in
    college athletics at an NCAA college or
    university
  • Parents and legal guardians
  • High school counselors and athletics
    administrators

3
The Making of the Student Athlete
  • The Student-Athlete must consider the following
    components as they develop their game plan
  • athletic recruiting
  • college selection
  • financial aid
  • admissions
  • life as a college athlete

4
Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics
Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level
  • Men's Basketball
  • Less than one in 35, or approximately 3.0
    percent, of high school senior boys playing
    interscholastic basketball will go on to play
    men's basketball at a NCAA member institution.
  • Less than one in 75, or approximately 1.2
    percent, of NCAA male senior basketball players
    will get drafted by a National Basketball
    Association (NBA) team.
  • Approximately three in 10,000, or approximately
    0.03 percent of high school senior boys playing
    interscholastic basketball will eventually be
    drafted by an NBA team.

5
Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics
Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level
  • Women's Basketball
  • About 3.3 percent, or approximately three in 100,
    of high school senior girls interscholastic
    basketball players will go on to play women's
    basketball at a NCAA member institution.
  • About one in 100, or approximately 1.0 percent,
    of NCAA female senior basketball players will get
    drafted by a Women's National Basketball
    Association (WNBA) team.
  • Approximately one in 5,000, or approximately 0.02
    percent of high school senior girls playing
    interscholastic basketball will eventually be
    drafted by a WNBA team.

6
Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics
Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level
  • Football
  • About 5.7 percent, or approximately one in 17, of
    all high school senior boys playing
    interscholastic football will go on to play
    football at a NCAA member institution.
  • About 1.8 percent, or approximately one in 50, of
    NCAA senior football players will get drafted by
    a National Football League (NFL) team.
  • Approximately eight in 10,000, or approximately
    0.08 percent of high school senior boys playing
    interscholastic football will eventually be
    drafted by an NFL team.

7
Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics
Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level
  • Baseball
  • Approximately three in 50, or about 6.1 percent,
    of high school senior boys interscholastic
    baseball players will go on to play men's
    baseball at a NCAA member institution.
  • Less than ten in 100, or about 9.4 percent, of
    NCAA senior male baseball players will get
    drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team.
  • Approximately one in 200, or approximately 0.45
    percent of high school senior boys playing
    interscholastic baseball will eventually be
    drafted by an MLB team.

8
Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics
Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level
  • Men's Soccer
  • Less than three in 50, or about 5.5 percent, of
    high school senior boys interscholastic soccer
    players will go on to play men's soccer at a NCAA
    member institution.
  • Less than one in 50, or about 1.7 percent, of
    NCAA senior male soccer players will be drafted
    by a Major League Soccer (MLS) team.
  • Approximately one in 1,250, or approximately 0.07
    percent of high school senior boys playing
    interscholastic soccer will eventually be drafted
    by an MLS team.

9
NCAA INITIAL ELIGIBILTY VS. ACADEMIC STANDARDS
FOR ADMISSIONS INTO COLLEGE
  • Meeting the NCAA academic /eligibility rules does
    not guarantee your admissions into a college. The
    NCAA academic rules allow you to be eligible to
    represent the NCAA member institution on the
    athletic field of competition.
  • Applying for admission to the academic
    institution follows a different set of standards
    than the NCAA academic / eligibility rules

10
INFORMATION REGARDING ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS
  • INFORMATION REGARDING ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS
  • It is important to understand several points
    about athletics
  • scholarships from Divisions I and II schools
  • All athletics scholarships awarded by NCAA
    institutions are limited to one year and are
    renewable annually.
  • There is no such award as a four-year athletics
    scholarship.
  • Athletics scholarships may be renewed annually
    for a maximum of five years within a six-year
    period of continuous college attendance.
  • Athletics aid may be canceled or reduced at the
    end of each year for any reason.

11
What is the NCAA?
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • The NCAA membership includes
  • 326 active Division I members
  • 281 active Division II members and
  • 421 active Division III members.
  • One of the differences among the three divisions
    is that colleges and universities in Divisions I
    and II may offer athletics scholarships
  • Division III colleges and universities may not.

12
NCAA DIV I
  • Division I
  • Division I member institutions have to sponsor at
    least seven sports for men and seven for women
    (or six for men and eight for women) with two
    team sports for each gender. Each playing season
    has to be represented by each gender as well.

13
NCAA DIV II
  • Division II institutions have to sponsor at least
    five sports for men and five for women, (or four
    for men and six for women), with two team sports
    for each gender, and each playing season
    represented by each gender.

14
NCAA DIV III
  • Division III institutions have to sponsor at
    least five sports for men and five for women,
    with two team sports for each gender, and each
    playing season represented by each gender. There
    are minimum contest and participant minimums for
    each sport. Division III athletics features
    student-athletes who receive no financial aid
    related to their athletic ability

15
WWW.NCAA.ORG
  • Go to www.ncaa.org
  • Left hand margin click on Academics and
    Athletes
  • Drop Down Menu Eligibility and Recruiting
  • Click Information for the College Bound Student
    and Parents
  • Click on Click here to view Guide Please read
    publication
  • On Same Information for the College Bound
    Student and Parents
  • Click on the Eligibility Standard Quick
    Reference Sheet (Div I and Div II)- Please Print
    and Read

16
Eligibility Center
  • Go to www.ncaa.org
  • Left hand margin click on Academics and
    Athletes
  • Drop Down Menu Eligibility and Recruiting
  • Click Information for the College Bound Student
    and Parents
  • Click on Eligibility Center Website You should
    be at
  • https//web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/common/
  • Click on Prospective Student-Athlete
  • Click on U.S. Students Register Here
  • Please read and follow directions carefully while
    completing Eligibility Center Registration

17
What are the four (4) components / documentation
of the NCAA Eligibility Center process?
  • Online Registration Form
  • Official High School Transcripts from ALL High
    Schools Attended
  • Official SAT or ACT test scores
  • Amateur Athletic Status Form

18
INITIAL ELIGIBILITY INFORMATIONDivision I2008
and Later
  • If you enroll in a Division I college on or after
    August 1, 2008, and
  • want to participate in athletics or receive an
    athletics scholarship during your first year, you
    must
  • Graduate from high school
  • Complete these 16 core courses
  • - 4 years of English
  • - 3 years of math (algebra 1 or higher)
  • - 2 years of natural or physical science
    (including one year of lab science if offered by
    your high school)
  • - 1 extra year of English, math or natural or
    physical science
  • - 2 years of social science
  • - 4 years of extra core courses (from any
    category above, or foreign language, non
    doctrinal religion or philosophy)
  • Earn a minimum required grade-point average in
    your core courses and
  • Earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that
    matches your core course grade-point average and
    test score sliding scale on page 9 (for example,
    a 2.400 core-course grade-point average needs an
    860 SAT).

19
NCAA DIV I QUALIFIER VS NON QUALIFIER
  • You will be a qualifier if you meet the academic
    requirements
  • listed above. As a qualifier, you
  • Can practice or compete for your college or
    university duringyour first year of college
  • Can receive an athletics scholarship during
    your first year of college and
  • Can play four seasons in your sport if you
    maintain your eligibility from year to year.
  • You will be a non qualifier if you do not meet
    the academic requirements listed above. As a non
    qualifier, you
  • Cannot practice or compete for your college or
    university during your first year of college
  • Cannot receive an athletics scholarship during
    your first year of college, although you may
    receive need-based financial aid and
  • Can play only three seasons in your sport if
    you maintain your eligibility from year to year
    (to earn a fourth season you must complete at
    least 80 percent of your degree requirements
    before beginning your fifth year of college).

20
Initial Eligibility Information Division II2005
and Later
  • If you enroll in a Division II college and want
    to participate in
  • athletics or receive an athletics scholarship
    during your first year, you must
  • Graduate from high school
  • Complete these 14 core courses
  • - 3 years of English
  • - 2 years of math (algebra 1 or higher)
  • - 2 years of natural or physical science
    (including one year of lab science if offered by
    your high school)
  • - 2 extra years of English, math or natural or
    physical science
  • - 2 years of social science
  • - 3 years of extra core courses (from any
    category above, or foreign language, non
    doctrinal religion or philosophy)
  • Earn a 2.000 grade-point average or better in
    your core courses and
  • Earn a combined SAT score of 820 or an ACT sum
    score of 68.
  • There is no sliding scale in Division II.

21
NCAA Div II - Qualifier
  • As a qualifier, you
  • Can practice or compete for your college or
    university during your first year of college
  • Can receive an athletics scholarship during your
    first year of college and
  • Can play four seasons in your sport if you
    maintain your eligibility from year to year

22
NCAA Div II Partial Qualifier
  • You will be a partial qualifier if you do not
    meet all of the
  • academic requirements listed above, but you have
    graduated from
  • high school and meet one of the following
  • The combined SAT score of 820 or ACT sum score
    of 68 or
  • Completion of the 14 core courses with a 2.000
    core-course grade-point average.
  • As a partial qualifier, you
  • Can practice with your team at its home
    facility during your first
  • year of college
  • Can receive an athletics scholarship during
    your first year of college
  • Cannot compete during your first year of
    college and
  • Can play four seasons in your sport if you
    maintain your eligibility from year to year.

23
NCAA Div II Non-Qualifier
  • You will be a non qualifier if you did not
    graduate from high school, or, if you graduated
    and are missing both the core-course grade-point
    average or minimum number of core courses and the
    required ACT or SAT scores.
  • As a non qualifier, you
  • Cannot practice or compete for your college or
    university during your first year of college
  • Cannot receive an athletics scholarship during
    your first year of college, although you may
    receive need-based financial aid and
  • Can play four seasons in your sport if you
    maintain your eligibility from year to year.

24
Your Info Interview with the Coach
  • Areas of concern regarding your choice of college
    should include
  • Athletics
  • Academics
  • College Life as a student and athlete
  • Financial Aid

25
Athletic Questions
  • What positions will I play on your team? It is
    not always obvious. Most coaches want to be
    flexible, so you might not receive a definite
    answer.
  • What other players may be competing at the same
    position? The response could give you an idea of
    when you can expect to be a starter.
  • Will I be redshirted my first year? The school's
    policy on redshirting may impact you both
    athletically and academically.
  • What expectations do you have for training and
    conditioning? This will reveal the institution's
    commitment to a training and conditioning
    program.
  • How would you best describe your coaching style?
    Every coach has a particular style that involves
    different motivational techniques and discipline.
    You need to know if a coach's teaching style
    matches your learning style.
  • Who else are you recruiting for my position?
    Coaches may consider other student-athletes for
    every position.

26
Academic Questions
  • What percentage of players on scholarship
    graduate? The response will suggest the school's
    commitment to academics. You might want to ask
    two follow-up questions
  • a. What percentage of incoming students
    eventually
  • graduate?
  • b. What is the current team's grade-point
    average?
  • What academic support programs are available to
    student-athletes? Look for a college that will
    help you become a better student.
  • If I have a diagnosed and documented disability,
    what
  • kind of academic services are available? Special
    academic services may help you achieve your
    academic goals.
  • How many credit hours should I take in season and
    out of season? It is important to determine how
    many credit hours are required for your degree
    and what pace you will follow to obtain that
    degree.
  • Are there restrictions in scheduling classes
    around practice? NCAA rules prevent you from
    missing class for practice.

27
College Life
  • What is a typical day for a student-athlete? The
    answer will give you a good idea of how much time
    is spent in class, practice, study and travel. It
    also will give you a good indication of what
    coaches expect.
  • What are the residence halls like? The response
    should give you a hint of how comfortable you
    would be in your room, study areas, community
    bathrooms and at the laundry facilities. Also ask
    about the number of students in a room, co-ed
    dorms and the rules governing life in the
    residence halls.
  • Must student-athletes live on campus? If yes,
    ask about exceptions.

28
Financial Aid
  • How much financial aid is available for both the
    academic
  • year and summer school? What does your
    scholarship
  • cover?
  • How long does my scholarship last? Most people
    think a full ride is good for four years, but
    athletics financial aid is available on a
    one-year, renewable basis.
  • What are my opportunities for employment while I
    am a student? Find out if you can be employed in
    season, out of season or during vacation periods.
  • Exactly how much will the athletics scholarship
    be? What will and will not be covered? It is
    important to understand what college expenses
    your family is responsible for so you can arrange
    to pay those. Educational expenses can be paid
  • with student loans and government grants, but it
    takes time to apply for them. Find out early so
    you can get something lined up.
  • Am I eligible for additional financial aid? Are
    there any restrictions? Sometimes a
    student-athlete cannot accept a certain type of
    scholarship because of NCAA limitations. If you
    will be receiving other scholarships, let the
    coach and financial aid officer know so they can
    determine if you may accept additional dollars.

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New NCAA Legislation for Div I Non Qualifiers
only
  • Adopted 2007-66 To specify that in order for a
    transfer student from a two-year college who was
    not a qualifier to be eligible for institutional
    financial aid, practice and competition during
    his or her first academic year in residence, he
    or she must have successfully completed six
    semester or eight quarter hours of English and
    three semester or four quarter hours of
    mathematics at the two-year college that are
    transferable toward any baccalaureate degree
    program at the certifying institution.
  • Effective August 1, 2009, for student-athletes
    initially enrolling full time in a collegiate
    institution on or after August 1, 2009.
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