Am I a Division I, II or III athlete?Recent Articles (show all)
by Ashley Soldera First of all, you need to classify yourself as a Division I, II or III level athlete. Division I In Division I, athletic competition is considered organized if any one of the following conditions exists: (a) Competition is scheduled and publicized in advance; (b) Official score is kept; (c) Individual or team standings are maintained; (d) Official timer or game officials are used; (e) Admission is charged; (f) Teams are regularly formed or team rosters are predetermined; (g) Team uniforms are used; (h) A team is privately or commercially sponsored; or (i) The competition is either directly or indirectly sponsored, promoted or administered by an individual, an organization or any other agency. In order to qualify, you must earn a minimum required grade-point average (GPA) in your core courses; and earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that matches your core-course GPA on the test score sliding scale found in the handbook on page 9: http://www.ncaa.org/library/general/cbsa/2007-08/2007-08_cbsa.pdf. If your high school uses plus and minus grades (such as A+ or B-), the plus or minus will not be used to calculate your core-course grade-point average. Please visit: http://individual.utoronto.ca/leosilenieks/gpachart.html for details on converting your percentage to GPA format. Division II In Division II, athletic competition is considered organized if any one of the following criteria is met: (a) Any team or individual competition or training in which payment (including expenses) is provided to any participant; (b) Any competition as a result of signing a contract for athletics participation; (c) Any competition as a result of involvement in a professional draft; (d) Any competition funded by a professional sports organization; (e) Any competition funded by a representative of an institution's athletics interest that is not an open event; (f) Any practice with a professional athletics team (excluding a 48-hour tryout); (g) Any competition or training with a team that declares itself to be professional; or (h) Any competition or training with a team that provides compensation to any of the participants (including actual and necessary expenses). In order to qualify, you must earn a 2.0 GPA or better in your core courses and earn a combined SAT score of 820 or an ACT sum score of 68. There is no sliding scale in Division II. Division III Division III does not use the eligibility center. Contact your Division III college regarding its policies on admission, financial aid, practice and competition. |