Prospective Student-Athletes
Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center
The NCAA Initial Eligibility Center officially certifies student-athletes as academically eligible to compete based on requirements that include: coursework, GPA, and test scores. The Eligibility Center also officially certifies a student-athlete's initial amateurism status based on the answers provided by a student to the amateurism questions.
In order to be eligible for practice and competition, every prospective student-athlete needs to meet NCAA Eligibility Center certification standards. The following step-by-step list shows how easy it is to go through the process:
- Register with the Eligibility Center here. (Save your Eligibility Center code and password.)
- Request the SAT/ACT testing agency send your scores to the Eligibility Center. (Note: scores will only be accepted from the testing agency, not your high school! The SAT source code for the Eligibility Center is "9999").
- As a senior:
- Ask your high school to forward your final transcript with proof of graduation to the Eligibility Center as soon as it becomes available.
- Check your Eligibility Center status periodically and complete ANY open tasks.
- Log into your Eligibility Center and submit your request for final amateurism.
*If you have a need for a fee waiver, ask your high school guidance counselor to submit the request on your behalf directly to the Eligibility Center. The must write a letter on school letterhead and it must be signed by a school official (i.e. guidance counselor or a principal). This letter
Recruiting Quick Facts
- Each sport has specific dates in which coaches can reach out to prospects.
- Most sports allow coaches to initially reach out to you between sophomore and junior year of high school. This means that coaches cannot send emails, texts, phone calls or any type or materials to prospective student-athletes until the permissible date.
- Some sports may only receive phone calls at certain times of the year.
- Coaches are permitted to attend a prospective student-athlete's athletics events and visit a prospective student-athlete's high school and home during the recruiting process, but these contacts and evaluations are subject to NCAA recruiting calendar restrictions.
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