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The Road to NCAA Athletics

Learn about the NCAA recruiting process, scholarships, eligibility, and useful resources to enhance your athletic career. Understand important timelines, visits, and academic requirements. Maximize your potential!

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The Road to NCAA Athletics

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  1. The Road toNCAAAthletics Liz Biggerstaff Assistant AD for Compliance WINGATE UNIVERSITY

  2. I. Recruiting Process • Getting Noticed • HS participation vs. Club participation • If available club more beneficial b/c more visible and better competition but should not replace high school • Camps • A way for coaches at a university to evaluate you • Recruiting services • Cannot do anything you cannot do for yourself • Marketing yourself • Contact coaches and send video • Visit campuses and meet with coach • Athletic resume

  3. I. Recruiting Process Cont’d • Contacts and Evaluations • Typically a coach will evaluate the PSA’s talent first • Following the evaluation, contact could occur • Contact through written correspondence: Permissible after June 15 of PSA’s junior year • Contact by phone: Permissible after June 15 prior to PSA’s junior year • In person, off campus contact: Permissible after June 15 prior to PSA’s junior year • Contact , on campus, initiated by PSA at PSA’s expense has no time frame • All recruiting activities dictated by NCAA recruiting calendar • Above dates are Division II specific

  4. I. Recruiting Process Cont’d 3) Official Visits vs. Unofficial Visits • Paid/Unpaid • Official visit paid for by institution • Unofficial paid for by PSA • Unlimited • Now unlimited official s and unofficials • Time Frame • Official visit can last no longer than 48 hours • Official visit cannot occur until first day of PSA’s senior year in HS • Unofficial visit can occur as early as desired

  5. I. Recruiting Process Cont’d 4) Scholarship Offers/National Letter of Intent • What purpose does the NLI serve? • Binds a student-athlete to an institution • Binds an institution to a student-athlete • When is the NLI satisfied? • After one year of attendance to the institution • Penalty for not satisfying the NLI • May not represent another institution that participates in the NLI program until you have spent one full year there as a full time student • In addition you lose one season of eligibility (Waiver is Possible) • Benefits of signing the NLI • Reduce and limit recruiting pressures (Recruiting Ban) • Institution required to provide athletics aid

  6. II. Becoming Eligible • What is the NCAA Eligibility Center? “A portion of the NCAA that works to determine a student’s eligibility for athletics participation in his or her first year of college.”

  7. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d • What does the Eligibility Center do? • Certifies academic eligibility • Certifies a Student-Athlete’s amateurism status

  8. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d • Who registers with the Eligibility Center? • Everyone! • Anyone that thinks they may participate in Division I or II athletics B. Exception • Division III prospective student-athletes do not have to register

  9. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d • How do I register with the Eligibility Center? • www.eligibilitycenter.org • Follow the directions! • $65 fee for domestic students, $95 for international students

  10. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d • When should I register? • Beginning of Jr. year in HS • Update regularly • Send HS transcripts after 6 semesters • These must come from your guidance counselor’s office • Possible to receive early certification • 1000 between critical reading and math • Or ACT sum score of 85 and • 3.0 in 12 core courses after 6 semesters

  11. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d • What are the academic requirements that must be met to be certified as academically eligible by the NCAA Eligibility Center? • Division I • Division II

  12. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d • Division I Initial Eligibility Requirements • Graduate from HS • 16 Core Courses • 4 years of English • 3 years of Math (Algebra 1 or higher) • 2 years of Natural or Physical Science (including 1 year of lab) • 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) • Earn a Minimum Required GPA in Core Courses • Earn a Combined SAT or ACT Sum Score

  13. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d

  14. II. Becoming Eligible Cont’d • Division II Initial Eligibility Requirements • Graduate from HS • Complete 14 Core Courses • 3 years of English • 2 years of Math (Algebra 1 or higher) • 2 years of Natural or Physical Science (including 1 year of lab) • 2 years of English, Math or Physical or Natural Science • 2 years of Social Science • 3 years of extra core courses (from any category above or foreign language, nondoctrinal religion or philosophy) • Earn a 2.0 GPA or Better in Core Courses • Earn a Combined SAT of 820 or ACT Sum Score of 68 • Note: Those entering F2013 16 core courses will be required

  15. III. Helpful Resources • Guide for the College Bound SA • Can be accessed on the NCAA Eligibility Center website • Wingate University PSA Website • www.wingatebulldogs.com • Wingate Compliance on left hand side to • Prospective Student-Athletes

  16. Questions?

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