NCAA INITIAL-ELIGIBILITY CLEARINGHOUSE INFORMATION

To be eligible to participate in interscholastic sports at a Division I or II institution you must register with the NCAA Clearinghouse. Please note that initial eligibility certification pertains only to whether you meet the NCAA requirements for participation in Division I or II athletics and has no bearing on your admission to a particular Division I or II institution.

To be certified by the Clearinghouse, you must:

1. You should apply for certification at the end of your junior year of high school. You can apply for certification by: getting the necessary registration materials from the counseling office or registering on-line at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net or at www.ncaa.org.

If you will be applying for certification through the paper mail-in process, you will need to fill out and mail the top (white) copy of the student-release form to the Clearinghouse along with the $30.00 fee. Give the pink and yellow copy to your high school registrar, who then will mail the yellow copy, along with an official copy of your high school transcript, to the Clearinghouse. The high school will keep the pink copy for its files and mail a final transcript after you graduate.

If you will be applying on-line you will need to start the process by going to www.ncaaclearinghouse.net or www.ncaa.org and go to the Prospective Student-Athlete section. You will need to have a credit card available that can be used to pay your registration fee. You will also need a printer available to print a copy of you SRF and the authorization form (copy #1 and copy #2) that you will need to give to your high school registrar. These authorization forms are required for the high school to send your transcripts and test scores to the Clearinghouse.

2. Earn a grade-point average of at least 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) in a core curriculum of at least 14 academic courses taken during grades 9 through 12. Only courses that satisfy the NCAA definition of a core course can be used to calculate your NCAA GPA. No special values are allowed for "+" or "-" grades. Your core courses must include at least:

Core Units Required for NCAA Certification for Division I and II

14 CORE-COURSE RULE (Division II universities)

14 Core Courses:

• 4 years of English
• 2 years of mathematics (Algebra 1 or higher)
• 2 years of natural/physical science (1 year of lab if offered by high school)
• 1 year of additional English, mathematics or natural/physical science
• 2 years of social science
• 3 years of additional courses (from any area above or foreign language, non-doctrinal religion/ philosophy)

16 CORE-COURSE RULE (Division I universities)

16 Core Courses:

• 4 years of English
• 3 years of mathematics (Algebra 1 or higher)
• 2 years of natural/physical science (1 year of lab if offered by high school)
• 1 year of additional English, mathematics or natural/physical science
• 2 years of social science
• 4 years of additional courses (from any area above or foreign language, non-doctrinal religion/ philosophy)

Clearinghouse Customer Services

Clearinghouse mailing address:

NCAA Clearinghouse 301 ACT Drive Box 4043 Iowa City, IA 52243-4043

• Clearinghouse customer service hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time Monday through Friday

Toll Free phone numbers (domestic callers only): Customer Service Line - 877/262-1492

24-hour voice response - 877/861-3003

Phone numbers (international callers):

Customer Service Line - 319/337-1492 24-hour voice response - 319/339-3003

Fax Number: 319/337-1556