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DIVISION BREAKDOWNDIVISION I

✓ LARGER STUDENT POPULATIONS

✓ MORE REVENUE IS GENERATED BY THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT (MORE SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN)

✓ INCREASED TIME DEMANDS OF STUDENT ATHLETES

✓ MORE TELEVISION EXPOSURE ON MAJOR NETWORKS

DIVISION II

✓ EMPHASIS ON LIFE BALANCE;

BETWEEN ATHLETICS & ACADEMICS

✓ LESS REVENUE GENERATION

BY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS (FEWER SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN)

✓ FEWER SPORTS USUALLY

OFFERED BY THE INSTITUTION

✓ MANY SCHOOLS LOCATED IN

THE MIDWEST OF THE UNITED STATES

DIVISION III

✓ SMALLER STUDENT

POPULATIONS

✓ ACADEMICALLY-DRIVEN

INSTITUTIONS

✓ NO “ATHLETIC

SCHOLARSHIP” AWARDED

✓ SHORTENED SEASONS

✓ FEWER NUMBER OF

INSTITUTIONS, YET LARGER NUMBER OF TEAMS

INITIAL ELIGIBILITY9TH & 10TH GRADE

9TH GRADE

✓ FIND APPROVED LIST OF NCAA COURSES

✓ EARN THE BEST GRADES POSSIBLE

10TH GRADE

✓ REGISTER WITH NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER

✓ HAVE BETWEEN 5-7 CORE COURSES

COMPLETED

11TH & 12TH GRADE

11TH GRADE

✓ TAKE THE ACT &/OR SAT

✓ HAVE COMPLETED 10 CORE COURSES BEFORE

START OF SENIOR YEAR

12TH GRADE✓ COMPLETE FINAL CORE COURSES

✓ RE-TAKE THE ACT &/OR SAT IF NEEDED

✓ REQUEST AMATEURISM CERTIFICATION

ELIGIBILITY CENTER

✓IF LOOKING TO PLAY AT EITHER THE DIVISION I OR II LEVEL, REGISTERING WITH THE ELIGIBILITY CENTER IS IMPORTANT TO DO, USUALLY DURING THE SOPHOMORE YEAR OF THE STUDENT ATHLETE

✓$80 ONE TIME FEE

✓NCAA RULES REQUIRE YOU TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER IN ORDER TO BE RECRUITED, TO GO ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT, TO RECEIVE AN OFFER OF FINANCIAL AID OR TO SIGN A NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT, BUT IT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR YOU TO RECEIVE AN ACADEMIC EVALUATION BEFORE ANY OF THESE.

SAT & ACT DATES 2017-2018

REQUIRED COURSES✓HOW TO PLAN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COURSES TO MEET THE 16 CORE-COURSE

REQUIREMENT:

✓4 X 4 = 16

➢4 ENGLISH COURSES (ONE PER YEAR)

➢4 MATH COURSES- Algebra I or higher (ONE PER YEAR)

➢4 SCIENCE COURSES (ONE PER YEAR)

➢SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES ( M-A REQUIRES 3 ½ YEARS OF SOCIAL STUDIES)

➢WORLD LANGUAGE COURSES NOT AN M-A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT BUT COLLEGES REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS.

➢10 CORE COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE 7TH SEMESTER OF HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC CAREER TO BE A FULL QUALIFIER

WHAT IS/ISN’T A CORE COURSE✓EXAMPLE OF NON CORE-COURSES:

✓AVP COURSES AND MOST ELECTIVE COURSES

✓FOR MORE DETAILS ON SPECIFIC CORE COURSES PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE

BELOW:

https://web3.ncaa.org/hsportal/exec/hsAction?hsActionSubmit=searchHighSchool

DIVISION I ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

● COMPLETE 16 CORE COURSES.

● TEN OF THE 16 CORE COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE 7TH SEMESTER OF SENIOR YEAR.

● SEVEN OF THE 10 CORE COURSES MUST BE IN ENGLISH, MATH OR SCIENCE.

● EARN A CORE-COURSE GPA OF AT LEAST 2.300.

Please Visit: http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future/test-scores

DIVISION II ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

✓ BEGINNING AUG. 1, 2018, STUDENTS MUST EARN AT LEAST A 2.2 GPA IN NCAA CORE COURSES

ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING REQUIRED TEST SCORE TO COMPETE IN DIVISION II

SPORTS AS A COLLEGE FRESHMAN.

✓ TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE AND RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP, YOU MUST EARN AT LEAST A 2.2 GPA

ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING REQUIRED TEST SCORE IN NCAA-APPROVED CORE

COURSES.

✓ A SLIDING SCALE IS USED TO MATCH TEST SCORES AND CORE GPAS

✓ NCAA core GPA is calculated using NCAA core courses

DIVISION III – FAST FACTS

✓OVER 1800 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFER ATHLETIC PROGRAMS✓MORE THAN 80% OF ALL COLLEGE ATHLETIC

OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT WITH DIVISION I PROGRAMS✓AT MANY DIVISION III COLLEGES, VARSITY ATHLETES

MAKE UP 1/3 OR MORE OF THE STUDENT BODY.✓REMEMBER WHY YOU LIKE TO PLAY YOUR SPORT✓REVIEW YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS – REMEMBER YOU

PROBABLY WILL GO PRO IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN YOUR SPORT!

PATH TO DIVISION III✓ATHLETE DRIVEN

✓DO YOUR RESEARCH➢TALK TO PEOPLE➢CHECK THE CURRENT ROSTER/SCHEDULE/RESULTS

✓CONTACT THE COACH➢INTRODUCTION E-MAIL➢VIDEO➢ASK ABOUT VISITING – GO TO A GAME

✓APPLYING EARLY DECISION

NAIA- National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

✓IF LOOKING TO PLAY AT SMALL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS GOVERNED BY NAIA. STUDENTS MUST REGISTER AT playnaia.org.

✓STUDENTS MAY REGISTER AS EARLY AS JUNIOR YEAR.

✓$80 ONE TIME FEE

✓STUDENT ATHLETES MUST HAVE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

✓MINIMUM GPA OF 2.0 OR HIGHER.

✓MINIMUM ACT SCORE OF 18 OR MINIMUM GPA SCORE OF 860 ON SAT. ON THE SAT, IT IS CRITICAL READING AND MATH SECTIONS.

✓GRADUATE IN THE TOP HALF 50% OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS.

AMATEURISM✓WHEN REGISTERING WITH THE NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER, YOU’LL BE ASKED QUESTIONS

ABOUT YOUR SPORTS PARTICIPATION, TO DETERMINE YOUR AMATEUR STATUS.

✓MORE THAN 90% OF STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO REGISTER ARE AUTOMATICALLY CERTIFIED. SOMETIME THE NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER STAFF MAY NEED TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO EVALUATE YOUR AMATEUR STATUS.

✓ THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES MAY IMPACT YOUR AMATEUR STATUS:

✓ SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH A PROFESSIONAL TEAM.

✓ PLAYING OR PARTICIPATING IN TRYOUTS WITH PROFESSIONALS TEAMS

✓ ACCEPTING PAYMENTS/PREFERENTIAL BENEFITS FOR PLAYING SPORTS.

✓ ACCEPTING BENEFITS FROM AGENTS

✓ AGREEING TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN AGENT.

✓ DELAYING YOUR FULL-TIME COLLEGE ENROLLMENT TO PLAY IN ORGANIZED SPORTS COMPETITIONS.

SCHOLARSHIPS✓OVER $2.7 BILLION DOLLARS GIVEN IN SCHOLARSHIPS BY THE NCAA SPREAD WITHIN THE 3 DIVISIONS

✓ 2% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETES RECEIVE AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP

✓DIVISION 1

➢MAY PROVIDE TUITION AND FEES, ROOM AND BOARD, BOOKS, AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO ATTENDANCE AT THE SCHOOL

✓ DIVISION 2

➢ FULL SCHOLARSHIPS COVER TUITION AND FEES, ROOM, BOARD AND COURSE-RELATED BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. MOST STUDENT- ATHLETES WHO RECEIVE ATHLETICS SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVE AN AMOUNT COVERING A PORTION OF THESE COSTS

✓ SINGLE YEAR OR MULTI YEAR: SCHOLARSHIPS ARE RENEWED ANNUALLY, UNLESS THERE IS AN AGREEMENT ON A MULTIYEAR SCHOLARSHIP THAT IS DISCUSSED BETWEEN COACH & STUDENT-ATHLETE

✓ PERCENTAGE: FULL SCHOLARSHIP (100%) OR PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (1%-99%)

FURTHER QUESTIONSCONTACTS

✓ATHLETIC DIRECTORS:

✓STEVEN KRYGER (skryger@seq.org) & PAUL SNOW (psnow@seq.org)

✓COLLEGE & CAREER COUNSELOR: MAI NGUYEN mlnguyen@seq.org

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• Woodside grad

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NCAA DIVISION BREAKDOWN BY THE #s

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3

Schools 347 309 442

Teams 6,552 4,705 7,910

Student-Athletes 178,178 114,541 187,483

Conferences 32 24 43

Average Undergraduate Enrollment Per School 12,712 3,985 2,614

Average Teams Per School 19 15 18

Average Student-Athletes Per School 516 374 428

% of Students at Each School Who Participate in NCAA

Sports 4% 9% 16%

NCAA DIVISION BREAKDOWN BY THE #s

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3

Schools 347 309 442

Teams 6,552 4,705 7,910

Student-Athletes 178,178 114,541 187,483

Conferences 32 24 43

Average Undergraduate Enrollment Per School 12,712 3,985 2,614

Average Teams Per School 19 15 18

Average Student-Athletes Per School 516 374 428

% of Students at Each School Who Participate in NCAA

Sports 4% 9% 16%