Pleasantville High School Presented by Game Plan Advantage

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Pleasantville High SchoolPresented byGame Plan
Advantage Xtra Effort Training
NCAA Athletic Recruiting Seminar
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• Steps You Must Take to Participate in NCAA
  Division I or II Athletics Freshmen and
  Sophomores Must
• Start planning now!
• Work hard to get the best grades possible.
• Take classes that match your high schools NCAA
  List of Approved Core Courses. The NCAA
  Eligibility Center will only use approved core
  courses to certify your initial eligibility.
• You can access and print your high schools NCAA
  List of Approved Core Courses at
  www.eligibilitycenter.organd clicking Resources
  at the top of the screen.

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• Juniors Must
• At the beginning of your junior year, log on to
  the Eligibility Center Web site at
  www.eligibilitycenter.organd register.
• Register to take the ACT, SAT or both and use the
  Eligibility Center code 9999 as a score
  recipient.
• Double check to make sure that you are taking
  courses that match your high schools NCAA List
  of Approved Core Courses.
• Request that your high school guidance counselor
  send an official transcript to the Eligibility
  Center after completing your junior year. (The
  Eligibility Center does NOT accept faxed
  transcripts.)
• Prior to registration for your senior year, check
  with your guidance counselor and the Eligibility
  Center to determine the number of core courses
  that need to be completed your senior year.

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• Seniors MustYou may take the SAT and/or ACT as
  often as you feel necessary. The Eligibility
  Center will use the best scores from each section
  of the SAT or ACT to determine your best
  cumulative score.
• Continue to take core courses.
• Check to make sure that you are taking courses
  that match your high schools NCAA List of
  Approved Core Courses.
• Review your amateurism questionnaire responses
  and request final amateurism certification
  beginning April 1 (for fall enrollees) or October
  1 (for spring enrollees).
• Continue to earn the best grades possible.
• Graduate on time (in eight academic semesters).
  If you fall behind, use summer school sessions
  prior to graduation to catch up.
• After graduation, ask your high school guidance
  counselor to send your final transcript to the
  Eligibility Center with proof of graduation.

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Initial-Eligibility

• The NCAA Eligibility Center is responsible for
  determining the eligibility of every prospective
  student-athlete in NCAA Divisions I and II using
  the following two prongs
• Academic Certification
• Does the student meet the legislated
  minimum academic requirements?
• Amateurism Certification
• Has the student competed professionally in their
  sport?

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Objectives

• For this presentation
• Initial-Eligibility Overview Academics
• Qualifier
• Partial-Qualifier
• NonQualifier
• Initial-Eligibility Overview Amateurism
• Role of the High School
• Role of the High School Counselors
• Questions

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Recruiting Before a Division I college or
university may invite you on an official visit,
you must provide them with a copy of your high
school transcript and SAT or ACT score(s). You
must also register with the Eligibility
Center. Division II colleges and universities
require official SAT or ACT scores, along with
registering with the Eligibility Center. You may
take a maximum of five expense-paid visits, with
no more than one permitted to any single college
or university. This restriction applies only for
expense-paid visits to Division I or II
institutions.
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• Financial AidThere are no four-year athletics
  scholarships?
• All athletics scholarships awarded by NCAA
  institutions are limited to one year and are
  renewable each academic year and may be reduced
  or withdrawn.
• Athletics scholarships may be renewed each
  academic year for a maximum of five years within
  a six-year period of continuous college
  attendance.
• Athletics scholarships are awarded in a variety
  of amounts, ranging from full scholarships
  (including tuition fees, room, board and books)
  to partial scholarships (e.g., books only).

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Initial-Eligibility OverviewAcademics
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Initial-Eligibility Overview Academics

• NCAA Division I Academic Requirements

• In order to practice, compete and receive
  institutional financial aid as a freshman, you
  must
• Graduate from high school
• Complete 16 core courses in the required subject
  areas
• Earn a minimum required GPA in those 16 core
  courses and
• Earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that
  matches the core-course GPA (refer to the
  sliding scale in the NCAAs Guide for the
  College-Bound Student-Athlete).

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Initial-Eligibility Overview Academics

• NCAA Division II Academic Requirements

• In order to compete as a freshman, an athlete
  must
• Graduate from high school and
• Earn at least a 2.0 GPA in a prescribed
  distribution of 14 core courses and
• Earn a combined SAT score of at least 820
  (Critical Reading Math) or an ACT sum score of
  at least 68.
• No sliding scale for Division II

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Initial-Eligibility Overview Academics

• NCAA Division III Academic Requirements

Division III institutions do not require
registration with the Eligibility Center. Contact
your Division III college or university regarding
its admission standards, financial aid, practice
and competition.
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Initial-Eligibility Overview Academics

• Academic initial-eligibility requirements are
  different for each of the three divisions.
• It is possible for a student to be a qualifier
  in one division and not another.
• Final Eligibility Center Certification Decisions
• 1. Qualifier
• 2. Partial-Qualifier
• 3. NonQualifier

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Final Eligibility Center Certification Decisions

• Qualifier
• All four initial-eligibility requirements (i.e.,
  high school graduation, minimum number of core
  courses, core course grade-point average and test
  scores) must be satisfied at the time of initial
  full-time enrollment to be certified as a
  qualifier.  Qualifiers may practice, compete and
  receive athletically related financial aid.
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Core-Course Requirements

• Division II 14 Core Courses
• 3 years English
• 2 years math (Algebra I or higher)
• 2 years natural/physical science ( 1 year of lab
  if offered by high school)
• 2 years additional English, math or
  natural/physical science3 years 2013 and after
• 2 years social science
• 3 years additional courses (from any area above,
  foreign language or nondoctrinal
  religion/philosophy)4 years 2013 and after

• Division I 16 Core Courses
• 4 years English
• 3 years math (Algebra I or higher)
• 2 years natural/physical science (1 year of lab
  if offered by high school)
• 1 year additional English, math or
  natural/physical science
• 2 years social science
• 4 years additional courses (from any area above,
  foreign language or nondoctrinal
  religion/philosophy)

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Final Eligibility Center Certification Decisions

• Partial Qualifier
• A partial qualifier is a student-athlete who
  does not meet the requirements for a qualifier
  but who, at the time of graduation from high
  school, presents one of the following
  requirements
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•  a.   Successful completion of the required core
  curriculum consisting of a minimum number of
  courses and a specified minimum grade-point
  average in the core curriculum OR
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•   b.   Specified minimum SAT or ACT score.
• A partial qualifier is eligible for practice
  conducted only in the institution's regular
  practice facility and athletically related
  financial aid, but may not compete in any outside
  competition during the first academic year in
  residence.
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Final Eligibility Center Certification Decisions

• NonQualifier
•    A nonqualifier is a student-athlete who has
  not graduated from high school or who presented
  neither the core curriculum grade-point average
  and SAT or ACT score required for a qualifier.
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•   a.   A nonqualifier is not eligible for
  practice, competition or receive athletically
  related financial aid for one full academic year
  at the certifying institution. 
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•  If a student-athlete's final certification
  status is a partial or nonqualifier, the
  student-athlete must establish an academic year
  of residency prior to representing the
  institution in outside competition.  
• b.   A student-athlete who has never applied to
  the Eligibility Center is by default a
  nonqualifier until he or she applies and receives
  a final certification decision.
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Initial-Eligibility OverviewAmateurism
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Initial-Eligibility Overview Amateurism

• Amateurism Red Flags
• Receiving money for participating in
  athletics.
• Signing a contract with a professional team.
• Receiving prize money above actual and
  necessary expenses.
• Playing with professional athletes.
• Trying out, practicing or competing with a
  professional team.
• Receiving benefits from an agent or
  prospective agent.
• Agreeing to be represented by an agent.
• Participating in organized competition after
  your first opportunity to enroll in college.

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Initial-Eligibility Overview Amateurism

• Amateurism tips
• Encourage students to update their athletics
  participation information on their Eligibility
  Center profile, especially if they participate in
  events outside your normal high school season.
• Stay college eligible always ask before you
  act!
• NCAA Amateurism Certification Web site
  www1.ncaa.org/membership/ach/index.html.

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Role of the High School
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Role of the High School

• Make sure your schools list of approved core
  courses is accurate and up to date.
  (www.eligibilitycenter.org)
• Send transcripts at the end of the junior year
  and at the end of the senior year using online
  grad list.
• Meet with student-athletes often and communicate
  the importance of the initial-eligibility center.

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Definition of a Core Course

• Qualifies for high school graduation in one or
  more of the following English, mathematics,
  natural or physical science, social science,
  foreign language or nondoctrinal religion or
  philosophy
• Is considered four-year college preparatory
• Is taught at or above the high school's regular
  academic level
• For mathematics courses, is at the level of
  Algebra I or a higher level mathematics course
  and
• Is taught by a qualified instructor as defined by
  the appropriate academic authority.

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Ways that High School Counselors Can Help

• Know the eligibility requirements
• Know how to calculate a students core-course GPA
• Know that special considerations are given to
  students with documented learning disabilities
• Create an efficient system to process eligibility
  center applications (including submission of an
  official transcript at the end of the junior and
  senior years)
• Help students identify colleges that fit their
  criteria (e.g. academics, size, distance from
  home, location etc.)
• Apply the broken leg test by asking if the
  student would be happy if athletics could not be
  factored into the equation
• Emphasize the importance of academic performance
  at every step of their high school career 9th
  grade counts!!!
• Last but DEFINITELY not leastmake sure that your
  list of approved core courses is as accurate and
  up to date as possible.

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Questions?
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Resources

• 877/622-2321 (877/NCAA-EC1)
• www.ncaastudent.org
• www.eligibilitycenter.org
• CSA PrepStar - www.csaprepstar.com
• Xtra Effort Training www.xtraeffort.net
• Bedford Prep - www.bedfordprep.com

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Questions?
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Contact Information NCAA Eligibility Center P.O.
Box 7110 Indianapolis, IN 46206 877/622-2321
(877/NCAA-EC1)