NCAA Eligibility:
What Do I Need To Do?
Are you being recruited by a college to play a sport at the NCAA division I or division II level? Then you must first be certified as eligible by the NCAA Clearinghouse.
- Grade 9
- Verify with your high school guidance counselor and the online core-course listing to make sure you are on track.
- Grade 10
- Verify with your high school guidance counselor and the online core-course listing to make sure you are on track.
- Grade 11
- Register with the eligibility center. The first step is to complete a "Domestic Student Release Form." You can complete this form online at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net
- Make sure you are still on course to meet core-course requirements (verify you have the correct number of core courses and that the core courses are on your high school's 48-H with the eligibility center).
- After your junior year, have your high school guidance counselor send a copy of your transcript. If you have attended any other high schools, make sure a transcript is sent to the eligibility center from each high school.
- When taking the ACT or SAT, request test scores to be sent to the eligibility center (the code is "9999").
- Begin your amateurism questionnaire.
- Grade 12
- When taking the ACT or SAT, request test scores to be sent to the eligibility center (the code is "9999").
- Complete amateurism questionnaire and sign the final authorization signature online on or after April 1 if you are expecting to enroll in college in the fall semester. (If you are expecting to enroll for spring semester, sign the final authorization signature on or after October 1 of the year prior to enrollment.)
- Have your high school guidance counselor send a final transcript with proof of graduation to the eligibility center.