Steps for the College Bound Student-Athlete

1. Steps for the College Bound Student-Athlete Presented by: Samantha Hegmann Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance, Monmouth University

2. Background • Served in role at Monmouth for 5 years • Oversee compliance efforts for 23 Division I sports teams • Helped get about 1000+ athletes eligible over tenure • Former Division III coach • Former Division I & II athlete

3. Overview • Differences Between Divisions ( I, II, III) • NCAA Initial Eligibility Standards (I, II, III) • Amateurism • Steps to Achieving Eligibility • Recruiting

4. Division Differences

5. What are Initial Eligibility Requirements? • Set of academic standard set forth by the NCAA • Need to be completed in high school • Allows eligibility for practice, competition and athletics aid in college • Center around taking a certain number of “core courses”

6. What is a Core Course? • A course that qualifies for high school graduation in one or more of the following: • English, • Mathematics, • Natural or Physical science, • Social science, • Foreign language or comparative religion or philosophy • Is considered four-year college preparatory • Is taught at or above the high schools regular academic level • Is taught by a qualified instructor

7. What are not core courses? • Non Core areas such as ; • Drivers Education, • Physical Education, • Art, • Performance Arts • Courses that prepare student for the world of work or life • Courses taught below grade level with less rigor or depth • Courses not academic in nature, ( i.e. film appreciation)

8. What are Non Traditional Courses? • Courses Taught through • Online or distance learning • Independent Study • Individualized instruction • Most common form of these courses are through online schools or high school

9. Things to Consider • Must be comparable in length, content and rigor to traditional courses taught • Must have regular instructor led interaction • i.e. daily exchange with instructor • Defined time period for completion • Should be clearly identified on high school transcript • Course must appear on NCAA list of approved core courses

10. Core-Course Time Limitation • Division I • From the time you enter the ninth grade, you have (4) years or eight (8) semesters to complete your core course requirements. • If you fail to complete high school “on time” core courses taken after the eighth semester will not be counted toward your NCAA academic eligibility requirements • Division II • You are permitted to use all core courses completed from your ninth grade year until the time you enroll full time at a college or a university.

11. NCAA Division I Initial Eligibility Academic Requirements There are 3 possible academic outcomes: • Qualifier: Practice, Compete, and receive athletics scholarship during first year of enrollment • Academic Redshirt: Receive an athletic scholarship during first year of enrollment and may practice during first regular academic term. May NOT compete during first year of enrollment. Must pass 9 credits at the end of first term to practice in the spring. • Non-qualifier: No athletics aid, practice or competition the first year of enrollment

12. NCAA Division I Qualifier • Students need to meet the following requirements to receive athletics aid, practice and compete in their first year • 16 Core Courses • 4 years of English • 3 years of Math (Algebra I or higher) • 2 years Physical/ Natural Science (1 year of lab required) • 1 year Additional English, Math, Science • 2 Years Social Science • 4 years Additional (from area above, foreign language, or comparative religion/philosophy) • Minimum required GPA: • Minimum GPA of 2.300 in those 16 core courses

13. Division I Academic Requirements • Minimum core-course GPA of 2.300 required • Ten of 16 courses completed prior to senior year • 7 of the 10 core courses must be in the areas of English, math or science • These core courses become “selected” for the purpose of GPA calculation • Earn SAT/ ACT sum score that matches your core course GPA on the division I sliding scale • SAT scores earned on of after March 2016 will be evaluated based on the concordance table

14. Sliding Scale

15. NEW SAT • March 2016 the college board reverted back to the old way of taking SAT’s • 1600 maximum score as opposed to 2400 • No essay on the new SAT score • Concordance scale- allows for the new score to be converted to old score for NCAA Certification purposes

17. Early Academic Qualifier Division I • Student who meet the following criteria after six semesters will be certified as qualifiers • For Division I: Minimum SAT (math and critical reading) of 900 or minimum sum score of 75 on the ACT; and a core course GPA of 3.00 or higher in a minimum of 14 core courses • 3 English • 2 Math • 2 Science • 2 additional core courses in English, math, science and • 5 additional core courses in any area

18. Academic Redshirt • Requirements for scholarship and practice • 16 core courses completed • Minimum Required GPA • Minimum GPA of 2.000-2.299 in 16 core courses • Sliding Scale • Minimum ACT sum of SAT score (critical reading/math only) that matches the 16 core-course GPA

19. Academic Redshirt Cont.: • If you fail to meet the required 10 core courses before the start of your seventh semester ( 7 in English, Math, Science), • Allowed to retake courses in your seventh and eighth semester, • Will be used in certification for the purpose of meeting the academic redshirt requirements

20. Academic Red Shirt Sliding Scale

21. Academic Redshirt • Requirements for Scholarship and Practice • If you meet these requirements, you can receive and athletics scholarship during your first year at an NCAA Division I college or university • After the first term is complete, you must successfully complete nine semester hours or eight quarter hours in each applicable term at your college or university to continue to practice for the remainder of the year

22. Nonqualifier • Do not meet any of the previous requirements • Cannot receive athletics aid during the first year at an NCAA Division I college or university • Cannot practice or compete during the first year at a Division I college or university • Must serve “year in residence”

23. Early Academic Qualifier Division II • For Division II: Minimum SAT ( math and critical reading) of 820or minimum sum score of 68 on the ACT; and a core-course GPA 2.500 or higher in a minimum of 14 core courses; • 3 English • 2 Math • 2 Science and • 6 additional core courses in any area

24. Division II Core Course Requirements • 16 core Courses • 3 years English • 2 years Math (Algebra I or higher) • 2 years natural/physical science ( 1 year lab if offered by high school) • 3 years additional English, Math, natural/physical science • 4 years additional courses ( from any of the area above, foreign language or comparative religion/philosophy)

25. Division II Academic Requirements • Prior to 2018 • Earn a 2.000 GPA or better in your core courses • Earn a combined SAT sum score of 820 or an ACT sum score of 68 • Beginning August 1, 2018 • Complete the required 16 core courses • Earn a minimum 2.200 GPA or better in your core courses • Earn a minimum SAT or ACT score that matches the 16 core-course GPA on the full qualifier scale

26. New Competition Sliding Scale for Division II

27. NCAA Division II Partial Qualifier Academic Requirements • A student-athlete will be allowed to practice and receive athletics aid in first academic year • Complete the required 16 core courses • Minimum GPA of 2.000 with corresponding test score on the partial qualifier sliding scale • They may receive an athletic scholarship during the first year of enrollment and may practice during first year but NOT compete

28. Partial Qualifier Sliding Scale

29. NCAA Division III Core Course Requirements • No uniform set of eligibility requirements for Division III schools • Eligibility for admission, financial aid, practice and competition is determine by the college or university • The NCAA Eligibility Center does not perform certifications for Division III college bound student-athletes

30. Taking the ACT and or SAT • Be sure to enter “9999” code when registering for the ACT or SAT • This requests you official test scores to be sent directly to the NCAA eligibility Center • Only the best scores of ALL the tests you take will be used to certify you NCAA test score

31. Amateurism

32. Amateurism • The NCAA Eligibility Center encourages you to update your sports participation, • Especially if you participate in events outside of the normal high school season. • Stay college eligible- always ask before you act.

33. Request Final Amateurism • You will be able to request your final amateurism certification to be completed beginning April 1 ( for fall enrollees) or October 1 ( for spring enrollees)

34. Once academic and amateurism certification is complete you will be eligible to practice, compete and receive athletically related financial aid

35. Steps to Achieving Your Eligibility

36. Grade 9: Plan • Start planning now by working hard to earn the best grades possible • Ask your counselor for a list of your schools NCAA core courses to make sure you are taking NCAA- approved courses • Your Schools list of NCAA courses can be found at eligbilitycenter.org

37. Grade 10: Register • Register at eligibilitycenter.org at the beginning of sophomore year • If you fall behind on courses, do not take shortcuts to catch up. • Your counselor can help you by finding approved core courses or programs that you can take

41. Grade 11: Study • Students should check with their counselor to make sure that are on track to graduate on time • Students should register to take the ACT, SAT or both. Use the NCAA Eligibility Center code “9999” as a score recipient • At the end of the year, upload student official transcripts

42. Grade 12:Graduate • Take the ACT or SAT again, if necessary • Send scores by using code 9999 to Eligibility Center • Request your final amateurism certification after April 1. • After you graduate, send sealed copy of transcript to Eligibility center ASAP

43. Recruiting

44. Recruiting • Coaches Have to abide by specific NCAA • There are certain “periods” coaches are allowed to see a recruit off campus • Age limitations dictate their communication

45. Recruiting Periods • Contact period (Green Period): A period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff member to make in person, Off campus recruiting contacts and evaluations • Evaluation period (Blue period): A period of time when it is permissible for coaches to be involved in off-campus activities designated to assess the academic qualification and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. • No in person off campus recruiting contact shall be made with prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.

46. Recruiting Period Cont. • Quiet Period (Yellow Period): A period of time when it is permissible to make in person recruiting contacts only on institutions campus. • No in-person, off-campus recruiting contact or evaluations may be made during that time. • Dead Period (Red Period): A period of time when it is not permissible to make in person recruiting contact or evaluations on or off the institutions campus • Institutional staff member can still to write, or telephone a prospective student athlete during a dead period.

48. Recruiting Timeline • When coaches can start contacting PSA’s via email, phone, in person etc. • Different Sports Have Different Timelines