Educational Partners Breakfast 2010
1.
Apply for Admission- Online at www.msjc.edu click “Admissions.”
Assistance is available on campus at our EAGLE ACCESS CENTER Room
1120B. (951) 487-3311.
- Apply for Financial Aid and check status throughout the matriculation process before
registering for classes.
2.
Get your Student ID Card from Enrollment Services. Purchase ASB sticker
for $7.00. All student athletes are required to have an ASB card w/
sticker to be eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics.
3.
Student Orientation :Online Orientation, Click on my.msjc.edu, Log In:
Follow the instructions, Click: Student Eagle Advisor, Pre-Registration
Click: Welcome to the Online Orientation
4.
Take the Assessment Test- Bring a picture ID. (IN PERSON ONLY) NO
APPOINTMENT NECESSARY. Allow 2-3 hours to take test. Room 1210 (951)
487-3310
Review, go to: http://testprepreview.com, click on Accuplacer practice;
scroll down you will see a list of Self-Assessment Modules; click on a
practice section. If you have already completed Math and English at
another college or have assessment scores from another college please
bring them in when you meet with the Athletic Academic Counselor to
clear your assessment hold.
5. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY- Must submit official High School
Transcripts along with a High School Parent Agreement Form prior to start
of the class. Students in grades 9th and 10th must submit letters of
recommendations from their high school teachers in the discipline that
they wish to enter. Graduating seniors must submit a letter to enrollment
services stating that upon completion of their in progress classes, the
student will graduate on (expected graduation date.) Must submit this
letter to get a summer registration date.
6. Call the counseling office at (951) 487-3255 to schedule an appointment
with Jenn Burleson or Albert Loaiza, Athletic Academic Counselors if
you have any additional questions and to complete an educational plan.
You must tell the front desk you are a student athlete to be able to
schedule an appointment.
7. Register for Classes- To register go online to www.msjc.edu then click
“my.msjc.edu” follow instructions on how to log in. If you have problems
registering go to our Eagle Access Center-Room 1120B to receive
assistance.
8. Pay fees to avoid being dropped from your classes or confirm with
financial aid that your financial aid has been approved for the following
semester.
 Formally
the Commission On Athletics (COA)
 Commissioner: Carlyle Carter Sacramento, CA
 -112 Community Colleges
 - CCCAA Board: 12 College Presidents
 - Management Council: 44 Members (AD’s,
Trainers, Academic Counselors, SID’s,
Eligibility Clerks, Sports Coaches
Associations, Student Athletes, group of
commissioners from each conference)
 - 713 Community Colleges in Country
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Minimum of 12 units during season of competition
(active enrollment)
If drop below 12 units, immediately ineligible
2nd Season: Pass 24 units between seasons and have a
2.0, not all units have to be taken at this campus.
Ex #1: FA 10- pass 15 units
SP 11- pass 12 units= 15+12= 27 units
ELIGIBLE
Ex #2: FA 10- pass 9 units
SP 11- pass 12 units= 9+12= 21 units
INELIGIBLE
NEED 3 units in SU 07 to be eligible.
2.0 Rule starts when you participate in any sport
at any school (actual game.)
 9 of 12 units have to be ACADEMIC units, any
class leading toward your academic goal.
 Transfer residency requirement from California
community college: 12 units on campus, 8 can
count in summer. If the student attended
another community college but did not
participate during the season, then the student
is immediately eligible.
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 National
Colligate
Athletic Association
 Useful websites:
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www.ncaa.org
www.ncaasports.com
 NCAA
Division I -5 years to play 4 years
 - Any time in school one day and attend
class you have triggered your 5 year
clock- initial eligibility.
 - 5 Exceptions: military service, 1 time
pregnancy exception, religious mission,
medical redshirt, Olympic redshirt.
 -10
semester/ 15 quarter- full-time
eligibility clock
 - Any time enrolled full-time in school
that burns one semester / quarter of their
eligibility, clock stops if enrolled in school
part-time.
 NCAA Division III- same clock as Division II
 NAIA- same clock as Division II
 The
NCAA Eligibility Center (formerly the
NCAA Clearinghouse), located in Iowa
City, Iowa, is the organization that
handles ALL inquiries regarding an
individual's initial eligibility status. The
Clearinghouse operates a separate Web
site at
https://web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/stud
ent/index_student.html which maintains
and processes all of the initial-eligibility
certifications
 Has
Graduated High School
 Successfully completed the core
curriculum- 16 core courses
 Met the specified GPA in the core classes
and met the specified minimum SAT/ACT
score
 Student can practice, play, and receive
financial aid initially out of high school at
a 4 year university
4 years of English.
 3 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher).
 2 years of natural/ physical science (1 year of
lab if offered by high school.)
 1 year of additional English, mathematics or
natural/physical science.
 2 years of social science.
 4 years of additional courses (from any area
above, foreign language or nondoctrinal
religion/philosophy).
 See handout for sliding scale (GPA/ SAT-ACT,
verbal and math sections only)
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3 years of English.
 2 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher).
 2 years of natural/physical science (1 year of lab
if offered by high school).
 2 years of additional English, mathematics or
natural/physical science.
 2 years of social science.
 3 years of additional courses (from any area
above, foreign language or nondoctrinal
religion/philosophy).
 No sliding scale, need a minimum of 820 on SAT
or 68 on ACT
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 Has
not graduated from high school, or
 Has not earned the GPA in the core
curriculum or the SAT/ACT score required to
qualify
 Student cannot practice, play, or receive
financial aid for one academic year after
high school at a 4 year university
 Qualifier
 DI:
can transfer after 1 full-time term and
have completed 12
transferable units or average 12
transferable units per full time term.
 DII: Need to average 12 transferable units
per full time term- same as DI.
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Non-Qualifier
DI: Need AA degree- 60 degree appropriate units, 48
transferable units to 4 year college, 40-60-80 percent of
degree completed at 4 year school. 40-60-80 depends on
how many full time terms student has been enrolled. 4/5
full-time terms 40%, 6/7 full-time terms 60%, 8 or more
full-time terms 80%.
DII: Average 12 transferable units per full-time term and
have attended two full-time terms or AA degree,
whichever comes first.
DIII: Get admitted like any other student.
NAIA: 24 transferable units in the last two full time terms,
can use summer except SU before first full-time
enrollment.
EX: attended FA 10 and SP 11 cannot count SU 06.
Institutions will be responsible for
determining the amateur status of
prospective student-athletes for the areas
of the amateurism bylaws not covered by
the amateurism certification process.
 In addition, institutions will be responsible
for certifying compliance for all
amateurism bylaws during the time period
between the student-athlete's request for
final amateurism certification and his or
her initial enrollment at an NCAA
institution.
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 NO
MORE MID-YEAR CERTIFICATION
 What does this mean for us?
 Transfer baseball player to DI universities
must transfer by the end of summer (cannot
transfer after fall term and be eligible to
play in the spring)
 Effective FA 2008
Adopted: 2007-66: To specify that in order for a
transfer student from a two-year college who
was not a qualifier to be eligible for institutional
financial aid, practice and competition during his
or her first academic year in residence, he or she
must have successfully completed six semester
or eight quarter hours of English and three
semester or four quarter hours of mathematics
at the two-year college that are transferable
toward any baccalaureate degree program at the
certifying institution.
 Effective: August 1, 2009, for student-athletes
initially enrolling full time in a collegiate
institution on or after August 1, 2009.
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Students do not need a high school diploma, GED or
Proficiency Exam completed in order to attend a
community college or junior college
 The only requirement is that a student must be 18 years
old and they can attend a community college
 Many prospective NCAA student athletes are extremely
under prepared as they enter a community college and
need extensive remediation
 Some colleges have as many as 38 units of basic skills/
remedial classes needed before college level if a student
places at the lowest level of math, English, and reading.
 77% of all community college students come in needing
some form of remediation or basic skills preparation
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Example 1:
 2008-2009 Academic Year
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10 sports
194 student athletes
167 students assessed at MSJC using the
ACCUPLACER ASSESSMENT
Out of the 167 that assessed, 166 placed into basic
skills classes (Math, English and/or Reading)
99.4% of student athletes at MSJC assess into basic
skills/ remedial classes
 NCAA
Year of Academic Readiness
 Increase retention rates of 2 year college student
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athletes
Increase semester to semester persistence rates of 2
year college student athletes
Increase graduation rates for 2 year college transfer
student athletes
Student athletes are properly learning basic skills they
were lacking prior to college enrollment
Student athletes are able to stick with their intended
major of choice
Creating a culture of future college educated adult
student athlete advocates
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a.) Participation: when a student athlete sets foot on the
playing surface, score is being kept officially, there are
officials/ refs during competition, and game counts toward
their official record/ post season play. This burns one
season of play even if it was one play or 10 seconds.
Scrimmages do not count!
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b.) Redshirt: refers to someone who is enrolling full-time
at a school but does not play a whole academic year for
the purpose of saving a season. A redshirt does not play in
any college game or in any given sport or an entire
academic year, even though a student is eligible.
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c.) Greyshirt: refers to someone who is enrolling parttime at a school and does not play the first semester for
the purpose of saving a season and do not trigger the
Division eligibility clock. Student athlete can be enrolled
full time in the second semester depending on your season
of competition and still be considered a greyshirt.
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EX: Football (FA sport) can be enrolled full-time their
second semester (SP) and have saved a season. Softball (SP
sport) cannot be full time and still considered a greyshirt
their second semester because that is their season of
competition. Basketball (FA and SP sport) must stay parttime both semesters to be considered a grey-shirt because
their season of competition falls in both semesters.
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d.) Medical Redshirt:
refers to a student athlete
who sustained an injury
during competition before
a specific time period
during the season and is
out for the rest of the
season. The trainer and
doctor must fill out the
appropriate paperwork.
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Questions???
- Patrick Springer, Dean of Athletics and Student
Services
(951) 487-3590 or pspringer@msjc.edu
- Jenn Burleson, Athletic Counselor/ Coordinator
(951) 487-3253 or jburleson@msjc.edu
- Albert Loaiza, Athletic Counselor
(951) 487-3255 or aloaiza@msjc.edu
- Lorna Abernathy, Eligibility Specialist and
Athletic Department Secretary
(951) 487-3591 or ceckardt@msjc.edu
- Coach depending on question
 “Transfer
101.” National Collegiate Athletic
Association. www.ncaa.org
 California Community College Athletic
Association (CCCAA) www.coasports.org
QUESTIONS???