Post on 24-Dec-2015
COLLEGE RECRUITING
College Scholarships
By Lynn O'Shaughnessy June 22, 2010 | 3:28 p.m. EDT + More
Do you secretly hope that your child will someday win a full-ride athletic scholarship?
Many parents do, including my sister, who believes that her 9-year-old daughter enjoys an excellent shot at a soccer scholarship in 2021. What would prompt my sister, Jane, who is sane in other respects, to think her daughter, Kate, has a chance at an athletic scholarship?
Kate, a third grader, was recently picked to be on a top club soccer team in her San Francisco area neighborhood.
Yep, that's all the evidence that my sister has to go on.
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Important Facts
Creating Your Video Tape
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Important Facts
Creating Your Video Tape
College Options
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a semi voluntary association of over 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States.
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is the governing body of intercollegiate athletics for two-year colleges.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is an athletic association that organizes colleges and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States.
NCAA
Member institutions have to sponsor at least seven sports for men and seven for women (or six for men and eight for women) with two team sports for each gender
May award athletic scholarships to student-athletes and the number of scholarships an institution may award varies from sport to sport
Must meet minimum financial aid awards for their athletics program
There are maximum financial aid awards for each sport that a Division I school cannot exceed
Division I
(335 Instituti
ons)
Institutions have to sponsor at least four sports for men and four for women, with two team sports for each gender
May award athletic scholarships to student-athletes, and the number of scholarships an institution may award varies from sport to sport
There are maximum financial aid awards for each sport that a Division II must not exceed
Division III (288 Instituti
ons)
Division III institutions have to sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women, with two team sports for each gender, and each playing season represented by each gender
Athletics departments place special importance on the impact of athletics on the participants rather than on the spectators
These institutions are not allowed to award any type of financial aid based in any way on athletic ability
Division III (432 Instituti
ons)
Each school decides which division it belongs to. The school makes that decision by matching it’s enrollment, financial situation and fan support with the requirements of each division. Then the school must meet those requirements each year.
NJCAAThe National Junior College Athletic Association
(NJCAA) represents over 500 schools that are two-year colleges and are divided into three divisions with
scholarships offered only at the Division I and II levels.
Division I
May Offer Full Scholarships
Division II
Limited To Awarding Tuition, Fees And Books
Division IIIMay Provide No
Athletically Related Financial Assistance
NJCAA Colleges That Do Not Offer Athletic Aid
May Choose To Participate At The
Division I Or II Level If They So Desire
NAIA
Close-knit communities and small class sizes on the typical NAIA campus
Recruitment process is less cumbersome, with fewer restrictions on the contact a student-athlete and coach can make
Most institutional scholarships are for only one year. Also, there are some scholarships that cover just tuition (or housing, or books) and others that cover housing, books, tuition, or full-ride scholarships.
NAIA (300+ schools)The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) membership is comprised of approximately 300 fully accredited four-year colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada.
Volleyball by the Numbers
1781 schools sponsored varsity level volleyball teams in 2014 Athletic Scholarships
DivisionNumber of Schools Number of teams Varsity Athletes Average team size limit per team
Men's Women's Men Women Men's Women's Men Women
NCAA I 334 23 334 462
5,236 20 16 4.5 12
NCAA II 294 17 294 286
4,706 17 16 4.5 8
NCAA III 432 69 432 927
6,673 13 15 - -
NAIA 223 22 223 388
3,793 18 17 8 8
NJCAA 308 - 308 - 3,812 - 12 - -
Other Divisions 190 17 188 251 2,350 15 13 - -
Totals 1,781 148 1,779 2,314
26,57
0 16 15
Chances of a high school athlete competing in College Volleyball Men Women
Number of High School Volleyball Players 52,149 429,634
Number of College Volleyball Players 2,314 26,570
% of high school players competing in college 4.4% 6.2%
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Creating Your Video Tape
Eligibility
To be eligible to participate in Division I or Division II athletics, students must register and be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center
Division II schools also require that you be a high school graduate and have a specified minimum GPA and SAT/ACT scores (The rules for minimum GPA, SAT/ACT, etc are applicable for athletic eligibility. Your admission to a school is governed by the entrance requirements of that particular school)
The NCAA does not establish eligibility requirements for student athletes in Division III schools
New DI Requirements
• Minimum core-course GPA of 2.300 required;• Change in GPA/test score index (sliding scale); and• Ten core courses required before beginning of
senior year
There are new requirements for college-bound student athletes enrolling full time at an NCAA Division I college or university on or after August 1, 2015.
NEW NCAA Division I Initial-Eligibility Academic Requirements
For college-bound student-athletes enrolling full timeat an NCAA Division I college or university on or afterAugust 1, 2015, there are three possible academicoutcomes:• Full qualifier = competition, athletics aid (scholarship), and
practice the first year
• Academic redshirt = athletics aid the first year, practice in first regular academic term (semester or quarter)
• Non-qualifier = no athletics aid, practice or competition the first year
Division I (NCAA)
Division I Core GPA and Test Score Sliding Scale
Core GPA SAT ACT
3.900 440 41
3.500 600 50
3.200 720 59
3.000 800 66
2.900 840 70
2.300 1080
93
• Graduate from high school• Successfully complete 16 core courses as follows:
• 4 years of English• 3 years of mathematics (Algebra I 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, foreign
language or comparative religion/philosophy)
• Earn a minimum required grade-point average in your core courses and earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that matches your core course grade-point average and test score sliding scale on this
Division II/III (NCAA)
Division II currently* has no sliding scale. The minimum core grade-point average is 2.000. The minimum SAT score is 820 (verbal and math sections only) and the minimum ACT sum score is 68.
DII has 16 Core Courses • 3 years of English • 2 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher)• 2 years of natural/physical science (1 year of lab if offered by high school)• 3 years of additional English, mathematics or natural/physical science • 2 years of social science• 4 years of additional courses (from any area above, foreign language or
comparative religion/philosophy)*Beginning August 1, 2018, to become a full or partial qualifier for Division II, all college-bound student-athletes must complete the 16 core-course requirement.
Eligible Scores (NCAA)
The SAT score used for NCAA purposes includes only the critical reading and math sections. The writing section of the SAT is not used.
The ACT score used for NCAA purposes is a sum of the four sections on the ACT: English, mathematics, reading and science.
All SAT and ACT scores must be reported directly to the NCAA Eligibility Center by the testing agency. Test scores that appear on transcripts will not be used. When registering for the SAT or ACT, use the Eligibility Center code of 9999 to make sure the score is reported to the Eligibility Center.
Be sure to look at your high school’s list of NCAA-approved core courses on the Eligibility Center's Web site to make certain that courses being taken have been approved as core courses. The Web site is www.eligibilitycenter.org
Eligible Scores (NAIA)
Be a graduate of an accredited high school or be accepted as a regular student in good standing as defined by the enrolling institution and: Meet two of the three following requirements. If as an entering freshman you do
not meet at least two of the three standards, you cannot participate in athletics for the first full year of attendance (2 semesters, 3 quarters, or equivalent).
PlayNAIA.org is the official clearinghouse for NAIA eligibility. Every student-athlete must register with the NAIA eligibility center to play sports at an NAIA college. The eligibility center is also a powerful tool to help athletes connect with coaches and NAIA schools - and find money for college through thousands of NAIA athletic scholarships.
1. TEST SCORE REQUIREMENT
2. HIGH SCHOOL GPA REQUIREMENT
3. CLASS RANK REQUIREMENT
Achieve a minimum of 18 on the ACT or 860 on the SAT.
Achieve a minimum overall high school grade point average of 2.0on a 4.0 scale.
Graduate in the top half of your high school class.
Eligibility
Academic Eligibility Requirements: Check with the www.ncaa.org for the latest requirements. You may register for eligibility on their website at
www.eligibilitycenter.org NAIA ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS:
You may register for the clearing house on their website at http://www.playnaia.org/
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Important Facts
Creating Your Video Tape
Four-Year Time Line
Freshman
The first two years of high school are an athlete's time to grow and to develop skills.
Sophomore
Sophomore year is the time to get serious if you are interested in competing in college and in getting a sports scholarship.
Junior
No year is more important to recruiting success than your junior year.
Senior
Time is in short supply. You need to continue to make sure that you are eligible by filling any holes in your transcript.
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Important Facts
Creating Your Video Tape
Definitions
ContactA contact occurs any time a coach has any face-to-face contact with you or your parents off the college's campus and says more than hello.
Contact Period During this time, a college coach may have in-person contact with you and/or your parents on or off the college's campus.
Dead Period The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents at any time in the dead period.
Evaluation.An evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate your academic or athletics ability.
Evaluation Period The college coach may watch you play or visit your high school, but cannot have any in-person conversations with you or your parents off the college's campus.
Definitions Cont’d
Official Visit Any visit to a college campus by you and your parents paid for by the college. Before a college may invite you on an official visit, you will have to provide the college with a copy of your high school transcript (Division I only) and SAT, ACT or PLAN score and register with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Prospective Student-Athlete You become a “prospective student-athlete” when:• You start ninth-grade classes; or Before your ninth-grade year, a college gives you, your relatives or your friends any financial aid or other benefits that the college does not provide to students generally.
Quiet Period The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents off the college's campus.
Unofficial Visit Any visit by you and your parents to a college campus paid for by you or your parents.
Verbal Commitment This phrase is used to describe a college-bound student-athlete's commitment to a school before he or she signs (or is able to sign) a National Letter of Intent.
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Important Facts
Creating Your Video Tape
Questions to Ask
ATHLETICS What position/event am I being recruited for? Are there any policies regarding red shirts? What expectations are there for training and
conditioning? Off- season (Time commitment) What is the coaching style or philosophy? How many others are being recruited for the same
position/event? If I am seriously injured while competing, who is
responsible for my medical expenses
ACADEMICS How good is the department in my major? What is your graduation rate? What academic supports are available to
student-athletes? Are there any mandatory study programs? What is a typical day for a student-athlete? Must student-athletes live on campus?
Questions to Ask
Questions to Ask
Financial Aid What will your scholarship cover? Am I eligible for additional financial aid? Under what circumstances could I have my
scholarship reduced or canceled? What happens to my scholarship if I suffer an
athletic career-ending injury? Are there any academic criteria to keep my
scholarship?
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Important Facts
Creating Your Video Tape
Important Facts
Earn the best grades you can, attempting the most challenging courses you can handle
Colleges are looking for good students as well as good athletes. It helps in their evaluations from NCAA and outside institutions.
CHARACTER COUNTS AS WELL
Important Facts
Train to be the best athlete you can be. This means in-season and off-season. No matter what the sport an appropriate weight training program, speed/agility improvement, and flexibility program will benefit you.
Contact the schools yourself Either by website or letter Know contact limitations that may be involved
Agenda
College Options
Eligibility Guidelines
Thinking College – When/How to Start
Recruiting Rules and Guidelines
Questions To Ask
Important Facts
Creating Your Video Tape
Video
10 Minutes of Un-Edited Game Play Marker to Show Who/Where You Are
2-3 Minutes of different Skill-Sets Emphasis on Your Major Skill/Position Show Variations of Serves
Highlight Reel Is a Good Thing NOT The ONLY Thing
DO NOT PAY EXORBANT FEES FOR VIDEOS
Tips
The recruiting process can be very overwhelming and difficult for student athletes. With over 7.3 million high school athletes in the United States and countless others across the world it is important to make yourself stand out. Social Media – If you even hesitate for a second to post it… DON’T. Email – Just like your twitter handle you need to make sure that your email
address is appropriate Phone Conversations/ Voice Mail – Talking on the phone can be awkward
for student athletes at first but after 5-10 phone calls that athlete should begin to feel more comfortable. However even as the student athletes become comfortable they still need to be prepared for a coach’s call
Tips
Wherever you’re applying, make sure to follow these key steps: Research the school Reach out to the Coach Visit the school Ask questions (make sure you know them beforehand – don’t try to wing it!)
Apply Get accepted Make your decision!
Questions?