NCAA

The NCAA, or National Collegiate Athletic Association, was established in 1906 and serves as the athletics governing body for more than 1,280 colleges, universities, conferences and organizations. The national office is in Indianapolis, Indiana, but the member colleges and universities develop the rules and guidelines for athletics eligibility and athletics competition for each of the three NCAA divisions.

The NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse is an organization that works with the NCAA to determine a student's eligibility for athletics participation in his first year of college enrollment. Students who want to participate in college sports during their first year of enrollment in college must register with the clearinghouse.

The clearinghouse staff follows NCAA bylaws and regulations in analyzing and processing a student's high school academic records, ACT or SAT scores, and key information about amateurism participation to determine the student's initial eligibility.

Students who plan to participate in collegiate athletics at a Division I or Division II school need to register with the clearinghouse after they complete their junior year in high school.

For further information about the NCAA and the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse just click on one of the links on the left.