The NCAA Eligibility Center
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The NCAA Eligibility Center (formerly known as the NCAA Clearinghouse) is an arm of the NCAA responsible for determining the eligibility of student athletes at the D1 and D2 levels. All NCAA student athletes must register with the Eligibility Center before they can receive a scholarship or play college sports for an NCAA school.
4 Quick Facts About the NCAA Eligibility Center
- 180,000 student athletes register with the NCAA each year, only 42% of those athletes (76,000) are recruited by a D1 or D2 universities
- The NCAA receives over 500,000 pieces of mail and 180,000 phone calls each year
- Registering with the NCAA does not help you get discovered or recruited by college coaches
- You should only register with the NCAA Eligibility Center if you are currently being recruited by D1 or D2 coaches
NCAA Eligibility Requirements
Your academic eligibility is determined using a combination of your high school graduation, GPA from your core courses and your SAT or ACT test scores.
- You must graduate from high school
- You must meet the minimum GPA in your core courses
For complete NCAA academic eligibility requirements go here.
NCAA Eligibility Rules
The NCAA has raised the minimum GPA you need in your core courses from 2.0 to 2.3.
The rules require that 10 of your 16 core course be completed before your senior year of high school and that you will not be allowed to retake any of those classes for a higher score. This is extremely important because for many athletes do not think about their eligibility until their junior year of high school and for many it will be too late to make up the core courses they need.
It is absolutely critical talk to your high school counselor and coach to make sure you are on track to be eligible. The NCAA does not help athletes become eligible, this needs to be done by you and your high school counselor.
NCAA Eligibility Center Address
If you are a high school counselor and need to send your student athletes transcripts, they are to be mailed to:
NCAA Eligibility Center:
Certification Processing
P.O. Box 7136
Indianapolis, Indiana 46207-7136
If you are an athlete or parent, you must be mailing only official sealed copies of transcripts.
NCAA Eligibility Center Contact
Be forewarned, the NCAA’s customer service channels are very limited for the amount of phone calls and emails they get. This is not because they are trying to ignore athletes and coaches but because they have to focus the majority of their resources on processing the nearly 180,000 athletes who register with the NCAA each year.
If you need to call the NCAA they can be reached at 877-262-1492. Your best option for checking on the status of your account is to login to your online account or have the athletic department of the schools recruiting you check on your account.
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