NCAA Eligibility Center 101
Mark Hicks, NCAA Eligibility Center
Laura Hodges, Texas Virtual School Network
Paul Rorvig, NCAA Eligibility Center
Nick Sproull, NCAA Eligibility Center
NCAA Eligibility Center 101
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Introduction to the Eligibility Center
NCAA Initial Eligibility
High School Review
Relative NCAA Legislation
Questions
What does the Eligibility Center do?
• Domestic and International Certification
– Academic Certification
– Amateurism Certification
• High School Review
– Core Course Review
• National Letter of Intent (NLI)
• Customer Service
Did you know?
• Approximately 30,000 high schools.
• Approximately 600 Division I and II institutions.
• Approximately 500,000 pieces of mail throughout the year.
• Over 100,000 core course submissions per year.
– Roughly 400-500 core courses per day
• 165,000 certifications - this includes reviewing some cases more than
once.
• From June to September, 78,000 final evaluations and 31,000
preliminary evaluations.
• From October to May, 50,000 preliminary cases and 6,000 final
cases.
NCAA Initial-Eligibility Requirements
• Initial Eligibility is a two-part process:
– Amateurism Requirements
• Divisions I and II
• Division III
– Academic Requirements
• Divisions I and II
• Division III
NCAA Initial-Eligibility Requirements
• In order to be academically eligible, a student must:
– Graduate from high school; and
– Earn a minimum required GPA in a prescribed distribution of
core courses; and
– Earn a minimum combined SAT or ACT sum score
– For Division I, refer to the “sliding scale”
– For Division II, combined SAT score of at least 820
(Critical Reading + Math) or an ACT sum score of at
least 68.
NCAA Initial-Eligibility Requirements
Roles of Students/Schools
• Role of the Student
– Academic Preparation
– Registration
• Role of the Recruiting Institution
– Monitoring Student Progress
– Identifying Potential Issues
• Role of the High School
– List of NCAA Courses
– Transcripts
Reviewing High Schools
• History
• Types of Schools
– Schools New to the NCAA
– Established Schools
• Two-part Review of Schools new to the NCAA
– Review of School/Program
– Review of Individual Courses
• What does a list mean? What doesn’t it mean?
Review of School/Program
• Academic Review Questionnaire (ARQ)
• Nontraditional Academic Review
Questionnaire (NARQ)
– Curriculum Delivery
– Quality Control
– Issuance of Transcripts or Grade Reports
• Nontraditional Coursework Questionnaire
(NCQ)
NCAA Definition of a Core Course
• English, mathematics, natural/physical science,
social science, foreign language or comparative
religion;
• Academic, four-year college preparatory;
• Algebra I or higher;
• Taught by a qualified instructor; and
• At or above the high school’s regular academic
level.
New NCAA Division I Legislation for
Nontraditional Courses
• Requires teacher/student access and interaction
– Must be required
– Must be for the duration of the course
– Teaching, evaluating and providing feedback
• Student work must be made available
– Suggests learning management system
• Defined time period for completion
– Allows staff to compare/contrast with what was actually
completed.
• Effective for courses completed August 1, 2010 and after.
‘Getting Connected’ to the NCAA
• TxVSN beginnings
– Course review and catalog planning
– “Are any of these courses NCAA approved?”
• TxVSN and NCAA beginnings
– Contact with TxVSN course providers
– Contact with NCAA
– Reaching a common understanding
• NCAA process
• TxVSN course review process
• Collaborative Relationship and a ‘Best Practice’
Current Trends and Issues
• Non-scholastic athletic programs
– Be Aware
– Communicate
– Course Load/Concurrent Courses
Contact Information
• 877/NCAA-EC1 (877/622-2321)
– Phone Line Dedicated to the High School
Community
• www.eligibilitycenter.org
– 2009-10 Guide for the College-Bound
Student-Athlete
Thank You!