NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse 101:

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NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse 101

• What In The World Is It?

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Purpose

• To certify a student-athletes eligibility for
  collegiate athletic participation during their
  first year of fulltime enrollment

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Initial Eligibility RulesDivision I

• High School Graduation
• Minimum GPA/ Test Score
• Combination (sliding scale)
• 14 Core Courses
• Final Qualifier or Non-qualifier

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Initial Eligibility RulesDivision I

• 14 Core Courses
• 4 English
• 2 Math
• 2 Science
• 1 Additional English, Math, Science
• 2 Social Studies
• 3 Additional Any (English, Math,
• Science, Foreign Lang, Non-doctrinal
• Religion, Philosophy)

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Initial Eligibility RulesDivision II

• High School Graduation
• Minimum 820 SAT/ 68 ACT
• Minimum 2.00 Core GPA
• 14 Core Courses
• Final Qualifier/ Partial Qualifier/ Non-qualifier

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Initial Eligibility RulesDivision II

• 14 Core Courses
• 3 English
• 2 Math
• 2 Science
• 2 Additional English, Science, Math
• 2 Social Studies
• 3 Additional Any (English, Science,
• Math, Foreign Lang, Non-doctrinal
• Religion, Philosophy)

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Initial Eligibility RulesChanges

• In Division I, Core course requirements will go
  from 14 to 16 starting with the Fall 2008 class
• Math increases from 2 to 3
• Additional Any increases from
• 3 to 4

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Application Process For Students

• Complete Student Release
• Form online
• Complete Amateurism
• Questionnaire online
• Pay fee online
• Submit current official high school
• transcript (at least 6 semesters)
• Submit official test score (from
• testing agency)

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Final Certification

• Immediately after graduation,
• submit a final official high
• school transcript
• Submit any new test scores (all test scores must
  be submitted to the NCAA even if they are not
  used in the final certification)

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High School Administrators

• 4 Responsibilities
• Send official high school transcript
• after registration and after grad
• Update approved core course list
• once a year
• Update Clearinghouse contact data
• once a year
• Submit fee waivers for students
• who qualify

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Amateurism Clearinghouse

• Purpose
• Verify amateur status for all
• student- athletes in Divisions I
• and II

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Amateurism Clearinghouse

• Activities
• Contracts with professional teams
• Salary
• Prize money
• Compete, practice, tryout with pros
• Benefits from an agent
• Verbal or written agreement with
• an agent
• Delayed initial full-time enrollment
• to participate in athletics

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Amateurism Clearinghouse

• Registration Process
• Complete questionnaire same
• time as they register for Initial
• Eligibility Clearinghouse
• No additional fee
• NCAA will certify /-2 months prior
• to full-time enrollment at
• institution