COLLEGE ATHLETIC ELIGILIBILITY INFORMATION PRESENTATION

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COLLEGE ATHLETIC ELIGILIBILITY
INFORMATIONPRESENTATION
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College Opportunities

• NCAA Division I
• NCAA Division II
• NCAA Division III
• NAIA
• Junior College Community College

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Responsibilities while at Brush High School

• Take proper courses that will be approved by the
  NCAA Eligibility Center
• Take SAT and ACT Tests on National Test Dates
• Earn minimum grades and test scores to meet NCAA
  standards
• Graduate on time with your high school class

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Responsibilities continued

• Turn in completed forecasting sheet each year
• Turn in the Intent to Participate Form to your
  guidance counselor (appendix D in course
  description book)
• Track your core GPA starting with your freshman
  year using the NCAA Eligibility Center
  Worksheet (appendix E in the course description
  book)

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What is the NCAA

• The National Collegiate Athletic Association was
  established in 1906
• It serves as the athletic governing body for more
  than 1,280 colleges and universities.
• The member colleges and universities develop the
  rules and guidelines for athletic eligibility and
  athletic competition, not the NCAA.
• The NCAA then acts as the enforcement agency for
  the colleges and universities.
• The NCAA is committed to the student-athlete and
  to governing competition in a fair, safe and
  sportsmanlike manner.

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What is the NCAA Eligibility Center

• Used to be called the NCAA Clearinghouse before
  November 2007
• Works with the NCAA to determine an incoming
  Freshman students eligibility for Division I and
  Division II athletics in the following two areas
• Evaluates benefits and activities as an amateur
  athlete to determine whether the student meets
  NCAA standards for amateurism certification
• Evaluates students courses, grades and test
  scores to determine whether student qualifies and
  meets NCAA minimum academic standards

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Do you have to register with the NCAA Eligibility
Center

• Yes, if you want to be eligible to receive a
  scholarship and to participate in either Division
  I or Division II athletics as a freshman, the
  NCAA Eligibility Center must certify you for
  academics and amateurism status

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When should you register

• At the beginning of your junior year
• There is no deadline, but you must be certified
  as a qualifier before you can receive a
  scholarship

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How do you register

• The only method to register is online. Go to
  www.ncaaclearinghouse.net
• Follow the instructions to complete the
  transaction
• Be sure to complete the Student Release Form and
  amateurism questionnaire
• Make sure you send the eligibility center the
  registration fee (50 for domestic students)
• There is a possibility of a fee waiver. See your
  guidance counselor for information

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Is the Eligibility Center certification the same
as college admission?

• No, certification does not guarantee your
  admission to any Division I or Division II
  college
• You must apply for college admission separately
• It is possible to be accepted to a Division I or
  Division II school and not be certified as
  eligible

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What is the NAIA

• The National Association of Intercollegiate
  Athletics was established in 1952
• It serves as the governing body for 360 colleges
  and universities
• Like the NCAA, it acts as the enforcement agency
  for the colleges and universities

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What are Junior Colleges Community Colleges

• These are 2 year colleges
• Can earn an associates degree upon graduation
• Can participate in athletics for 2 years while
  attending college
• Can transfer to 4 year college or university
  after 1 or 2 years and participate in athletics
  for remaining years

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Amateurism EligibilityRequirements Division I
II

• In response to the NCAA membership's concern
  about amateurism issues, the Eligibility Center
  will determine the amateurism eligibility of all
  freshman student-athletes for initial
  participation at an NCAA Division I or II member
  institution.
• When you register with the Eligibility Center,
  you will be asked about benefits and activities
  that might impact your status as an amateur.

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Amateurism Eligibility Requirements continued
Division I II

• The information you provide about your athletic
• participation will be reviewed and a
  determination will be made
• as to whether your amateurism status should be
  certified or if
• a penalty should be assessed before
  certification.
• The following pre-collegiate enrollment
  activities will be reviewed
• 1. Contracts with a professional team.
• 2. Salary for participating in athletics.
• 3. Prize money.
• 4. Play with professionals.
• 5. Tryouts, practice or competition with a
  professional team.
• 6. Benefits from an agent or prospective agent.
• 7. Agreement to be represented by an agent.
• 8. Delayed initial full-time collegiate
  enrollment to participate in
• organized sports competition.
• If a penalty is assessed, you will have an
  opportunity to appeal the decision.

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Academic Eligibility Requirements Division I

• If you enroll in a Division I college on or after
  August 1, 2008 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, nondoctrinal religion or
  philosophy)

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Division I continued

• Earn a minimum required grade-point average in
  your core courses
• Earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that matches
  your core course grade-point average on the GPA
  and Test Score Sliding Scale
• Beginning in 2007 and thereafter, you must
  graduate from high school on schedule (in eight
  semesters) with your incoming ninth grade class.
• You may use one core course completed in the year
  after graduation (summer or academic year).

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Division I continued

• You will be a qualifier if you meet the academic
  requirements previously listed. 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
• - Can play four seasons in your sport if you
  maintain your eligibility from year to year.

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Division I continued

• You will be a nonqualifier if you do not meet the
  academic requirements previously listed. As a
  nonqualifier, 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
• - 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)

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Academic Eligibility requirementsDivision II

• 2005 and Later
• If you enroll in a Division II college 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, nondoctrinal religion
  or philosophy)

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Academic Eligibility requirementsDivision II
continued

• Earn a 2.000 grade-point average or better in
  your core courses
• There is no sliding scale in Division II
• Earn a combined SAT score of 820 or an ACT sum
  score of 68

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Academic Eligibility requirementsDivision II
continued

• 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 during your first year of college
• Can receive an athletics scholarship during your
  first year of college
• Can play four seasons in your sport if you
  maintain your eligibility from year to year.

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Academic Eligibility requirementsDivision II
continued

• 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
• 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
• Can play four seasons in your sport if you
  maintain your eligibility from year to year.

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Academic Eligibility Requirements Division III

• The Eligibility Center has no connection to
  Division III athletics
• Amateurism and academic eligibility for freshman
  students are up to the individual college or
  university to determine
• High school grades and SAT or ACT Test scores
  will be used to make this determination
• Division III schools are not allowed to offer
  athletic scholarships. All financial aid is
  based on family need
• The family must fill out the FAFSA Form to
  qualify for financial aid

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Students with disabilities

• A student with disabilities must meet the same
  requirements as other students, but is provided
  some of the following accommodations to meet
  these requirements
• You may use certain core courses that only can be
  used by a student with a disability
• You can take classes anytime before full time
  college enrollment, even in the summer after your
  last year of high school
• You can take an SAT or ACT test on a nonstandard
  test date

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What is a core course

• Must be an English, math, science, social
  science, or foreign language course
• Course must be at Brush High Schools regular
  academic level or above
• Remember, not all courses taken for graduation
  requirements will be considered core courses

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How do I know if the NCAA recognizes a course as
a core course

• A list of approved core courses are provided by
  Brush High School to the NCAA Eligibility Center
• This list is known as The List of Approved Core
  Courses
• Used to be known as the 48 H Form
• If a course is not on this list, then it will not
  be recognized by the NCAA Eligibility Center
• The list for Brush High School Can be found at
  www.ncaaclearinghouse.net
• All core courses are identified on the
  forecasting sheet and in the course description
  book by a sign

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ACT and SAT Test Score Requirements

• You must achieve the required score on an SAT or
  ACT test before your full-time college
  enrollment.
• You must take the test given on one of the
  national test dates.
• You may take the SAT or the ACT Test more than
  one time. If you take either test more than once,
  you may use your best subscore from different
  tests to meet the minimum test-score
  requirements.
• Example
• Math Verbal/Critical Total Score
• Reading
• SAT (10/07) 350 470 820
• SAT (12/07) 420 440 860
• Scores used 420 470 890

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ACT and SAT Test Score Requirements continued

• Your test score will continue to be calculated
  using just the math
• and verbal/critical reading subsections of the
  SAT and the math,
• science, english and reading subsections of the
  ACT
• The writing component of the ACT or SAT will not
  be used to determine your qualifier status
• IMPORTANT CHANGE
• All SAT and ACT test scores must be reported to
  the eligibility
• center directly from the testing agency
• Test scores will not be accepted if reported on a
  high school transcript
• When registering for the SAT or ACT, input the
  eligibility center
• code of 9999 to make sure the score is reported
  directly to the
• eligibility center

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Division I Core GPA and Test Score Sliding Scale

• Core GPA SAT 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

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• Core GPA SAT ACT
• 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

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How to calculate your core GPA

• The eligibility center will calculate the
  grade-point average of your core courses on a
  4.000 scale.
• The best grades from your NCAA core courses will
  be used.
• Grades from additional core courses you took will
  be used only if they improve your grade-point
  average.
• The eligibility center will assign the following
  values to each letter grade
• A 4 points, B - 3 points, C 2 points, D 1
  point
• Since Brush High School uses plus and minus
  grades (such as C or B), the plus or minus will
  not be used to calculate your core-course GPA.
  The or will be dropped and only the letter
  grade will be used

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How to calculate your core GPA continued

• Example 1 semester of classes
• Course Credit Grade Quality Points
• Biology .5 x B 1.5
• Algebra 1 .5 x A 2
• W. History .5 x C 1
• Literature .5 x B- 1.5
• Spanish .5 x B 1.5
• Ceramics .5 x B 0
• Phys. Ed. .25 x A 0
• Total Quality Points 7.5
• Total Quality Points divided by of courses
  GPA
• 7.5 / 2.5 3.0

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Academic Eligibility RequirementsNAIA

• Has 3 requirements for freshman eligibility
• Must meet 2 out of the 3 requirements
• Graduate from high school with a 2.0 GPA
• Graduate in the top half of your class
• Have a combined score of 860 on the SAT or a
  composite score of 18 on the ACT. The writing
  section is not included on the scoring of either
  test.
• The test must be taken on a national test date

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Academic Eligibility RequirementsNAIA continued

• If you are not a qualifier, you can
• Attend school if you are accepted
• Practice with the team, but not compete in any
  contests
• Receive financial aid based on family need, but
  not athletic scholarship

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Academic Requirements Junior Colleges
Community Colleges

• Graduate from high school and earn a diploma
• Earn a GED degree
• No test scores are required

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What level can I play at

• Your coach is the first person to talk with
• Most sports evaluations are not an exact science
• You have to be realistic in your evaluation of
  your abilities
• There are services that can help you
• Be careful because some services charge the
  colleges and some charge the individuals

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What are the different levels of colleges looking
for

• Size
• Strength, Speed Quickness
• Athleticism
• Attitude Work Ethic

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Examples of Colleges

• NCAA Division I
• Ohio State Univ., Kent State Univ., Ohio Univ.,
  Univ. of Southern California
• NCAA Division II
• Findlay College, Ashland Univ., Lake Erie College
• NCAA Division III
• John Carroll Univ., Baldwin Wallace College
• NAIA
• Notre Dame College, Ursuline College
• Jr. College Community College
• Lakeland Community College, Cuyahoga Community
  College

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Questions or Concerns

• Please contact the following people if you have
  questions or concerns
• David Allenick, Brush Athletic Director
  216-691-2121
• Karen Jones, Brush Head of Guidance 216-691-2139
• Lisa Artino, Brush Guidance Counselor
  216-691-2074
• Sharon Davis, Brush Guidance Counselor
  216-691-2072
• Jennifer Kennicutt, Brush Guidance Counselor
  216-691-2081
• Dave Rash, Brush Guidance Counselor 216-691-2073
• Sue Cicero, Memorial Guidance Counselor
  216-691-2145
• Bridgette Williams, Memorial Guidance Counselor
  216-691-2146
• Head Coach of your specific coach