NCAA Information
In order to be eligible for Division I sports, students must complete the following:
4 Years of English 3 Years of Math (Algebra I or higher) 2 Years of Natural/Physical Science (ex: Biology/Physical Science/Chemistry) 2 Years of Social Studies 1 Additional year of Math or Natural/Physical Science 4 Additional core courses (ex: English, Social Studies, Math, Science, Foreign Language, or Religion/Philosophy) AND Earn an ACT sum score that matches your core-course GPA on the Division I sliding scale. Remember: You must complete the first ten of your 16 cores prior to beginning your seventh semester of school. In other words, before beginning your senior year of high school. No eligible Division I player may have a core GPA below a 2.3. |
NAIA Information
NAIA Eligibility is a bit more simple to determine. In order to be eligible, students must graduate from high school and meet two out of three of these requirements:
Achieve a minimum overall high school GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Graduate in the top half of your high school class. (Ex: If a studen't class ranking were 150/300, he or she would meet this standard. If the ranking were 151/300, this requirement would not be met.)
Achieve the NAIA minimum test score requirement and send your scores from the testing company.
Achieve a minimum overall high school GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Graduate in the top half of your high school class. (Ex: If a studen't class ranking were 150/300, he or she would meet this standard. If the ranking were 151/300, this requirement would not be met.)
Achieve the NAIA minimum test score requirement and send your scores from the testing company.