NCAA Eligibility
If you wish to compete in NCAA sports at a DI or DII school, you need to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to make sure you stay on track to meet initial-eligibility standards. There are steps you need to start taking beginning with Freshman year.
Attached is a complete guide to walk you through the process. If you have questions please feel free to make an appointment with me. sterrazas@rivchristian.org
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Student-athletes need to maintain a 2.3 cum GPA in order to qualify for Division I collegiate athletics. This is why Carnegie Schools-Riverside requires all student-athletes to maintain a 2.3 GPA each term.
It is the student’s responsibility to register with NCAA and to follow the proper protocol to request for transcripts to be uploaded to the NCAA portal. Ideally, students should register with NCAA during their sophomore year (see www.eligibilitycenter.org) and request for their transcripts to be submitted at the end of their junior year and again after graduation. Students must complete ten of their sixteen core courses before their senior year of high school. Other requirements for NCAA are the students responsibility to research through the NCAA eligibility center.
In order to submit SAT and ACT scores to the NCAA eligibility center, students should use the code 9999.
Below is listed the NCAA Division I and Division II schools minimum course requirements to be fully qualified. Partially qualified and non-qualifier information is not included below.
DIVISION I INFORMATION
All of the information below pertains to Division I schools only. College-bound student-athletes first enrolling at an NCAA Division I school need to meet the minimum 16 core course requirements as noted below in order to practice, compete, and receive an athletics scholarship during their first year of college. Students entering college on or after August 1, 2018, in order to be fully qualified for a Division I school students need a minimum of a 2.3 in all core courses, earn an SAT or an ACT that corresponds to their cum GPA (see the NCAA eligibility center at www.ncaa.org) and graduate from high school.
APPROVED ENGLISH COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of four years of English courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• American Literature
• Honors American Literature
• AP English Language & Composition
• English 9
• Honors English 9
• English Literature
• Honors English Literature
• World Literature
• Honors World Literature
APPROVED SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of two years of social studies courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP European History
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP US Government
• AP US History
• AP World History
• Government/Economics
• Honors Government/Economics
• Psychology
• Sociology
• US History
• Honors US History
• World History
• Honors World History
APPROVED MATHEMATICS COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of three years of mathematics courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Advanced Math
• Algebra I
• Algebra II
• Honors Algebra II
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• Calculus
• Financial Algebra
• Geometry
• Honors Geometry
• Pre-Calculus
• Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry
• Statistics
• Trigonometry
APPROVED SCIENCE COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of two years of science courses (one must be a lab course) with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Honors Anatomy & Physiology
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Physics 1
• AP Physics 2
• Biology
• Honors Biology
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Honors Chemistry
• Earth Science
• Environmental Science
• Physical Science
• Physics
• Honors Physics
APPROVED ADDITIONAL CORE COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of four years of additional core courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP Spanish Language & Culture
• Bible 11
• Bible 12
• French 1
• French 2
• French 3
• French 4
• German 1
• German 2
• German 3
• Latin 1
• Latin 2
• Latin 3
• Mandarin 1
• Mandarin 2
• Mandarin 3
• Spanish 1
• Spanish 2
• Spanish 3
• Spanish 4
In Addition to the above noted core course requirements, student-athletes must have an additional year taken from English, math, or science.
DIVISION II INFORMATION
All of the information below pertains to Division II schools only. College-bound student-athletes first enrolling at an NCAA Division II school need to meet the minimum 16 core course requirements as noted below in order to practice, compete, and receive an athletics scholarship during their first year of college. Students entering college on or after August 1, 2018, in order to be fully qualified for a Division II school students need a minimum of a 2.2 in all core courses, earn an SAT or an ACT that corresponds to their cum GPA (see the NCAA eligibility center at www.ncaa.org and graduate from high school.
APPROVED ENGLISH COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of three years of English courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• American Literature
• Honors American Literature
• AP English Language & Composition
• English 9
• Honors English 9
• English Literature
• Honors English Literature
• World Literature
• Honors World Literature
APPROVED SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of two years of social studies courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP European History
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP US Government
• AP US History
• AP World History
• Government/Economics
• Honors Government/Economics
• Psychology
• Sociology
• US History
• Honors US History
• World History
• Honors World History
APPROVED MATHEMATICS COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of two years of mathematics courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Advanced Math
• Algebra I
• Algebra II
• Honors Algebra II
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• Calculus
• Financial Algebra
• Geometry
• Honors Geometry
• Pre-Calculus
• Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry
• Statistics
• Trigonometry
APPROVED SCIENCE COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of two years of science courses (one must be a lab course) with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Honors Anatomy & Physiology
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Physics 1
• AP Physics 2
• Biology
• Honors Biology
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Honors Chemistry
• Earth Science
• Environmental Science
• Physical Science
• Physics
• Honors Physics
APPROVED ADDITIONAL CORE COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of four years of additional core courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP Spanish Language & Culture
• Bible 11
• Bible 12
• French 1
• French 2
• French 3
• French 4
• German 1
• German 2
• German 3
• Latin 1
• Latin 2
• Latin 3
• Mandarin 1
• Mandarin 2
• Mandarin 3
• Spanish 1
• Spanish 2
• Spanish 3
• Spanish 4
In Addition to the above noted core course requirements, student-athletes must have an additional three years taken from English, math, and/or science.
It is the student’s responsibility to register with NCAA and to follow the proper protocol to request for transcripts to be uploaded to the NCAA portal. Ideally, students should register with NCAA during their sophomore year (see www.eligibilitycenter.org) and request for their transcripts to be submitted at the end of their junior year and again after graduation. Students must complete ten of their sixteen core courses before their senior year of high school. Other requirements for NCAA are the students responsibility to research through the NCAA eligibility center.
In order to submit SAT and ACT scores to the NCAA eligibility center, students should use the code 9999.
Below is listed the NCAA Division I and Division II schools minimum course requirements to be fully qualified. Partially qualified and non-qualifier information is not included below.
DIVISION I INFORMATION
All of the information below pertains to Division I schools only. College-bound student-athletes first enrolling at an NCAA Division I school need to meet the minimum 16 core course requirements as noted below in order to practice, compete, and receive an athletics scholarship during their first year of college. Students entering college on or after August 1, 2018, in order to be fully qualified for a Division I school students need a minimum of a 2.3 in all core courses, earn an SAT or an ACT that corresponds to their cum GPA (see the NCAA eligibility center at www.ncaa.org) and graduate from high school.
APPROVED ENGLISH COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of four years of English courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• American Literature
• Honors American Literature
• AP English Language & Composition
• English 9
• Honors English 9
• English Literature
• Honors English Literature
• World Literature
• Honors World Literature
APPROVED SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of two years of social studies courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP European History
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP US Government
• AP US History
• AP World History
• Government/Economics
• Honors Government/Economics
• Psychology
• Sociology
• US History
• Honors US History
• World History
• Honors World History
APPROVED MATHEMATICS COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of three years of mathematics courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Advanced Math
• Algebra I
• Algebra II
• Honors Algebra II
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• Calculus
• Financial Algebra
• Geometry
• Honors Geometry
• Pre-Calculus
• Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry
• Statistics
• Trigonometry
APPROVED SCIENCE COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of two years of science courses (one must be a lab course) with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Honors Anatomy & Physiology
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Physics 1
• AP Physics 2
• Biology
• Honors Biology
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Honors Chemistry
• Earth Science
• Environmental Science
• Physical Science
• Physics
• Honors Physics
APPROVED ADDITIONAL CORE COURSES
Division I Requirements: A minimum of four years of additional core courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP Spanish Language & Culture
• Bible 11
• Bible 12
• French 1
• French 2
• French 3
• French 4
• German 1
• German 2
• German 3
• Latin 1
• Latin 2
• Latin 3
• Mandarin 1
• Mandarin 2
• Mandarin 3
• Spanish 1
• Spanish 2
• Spanish 3
• Spanish 4
In Addition to the above noted core course requirements, student-athletes must have an additional year taken from English, math, or science.
DIVISION II INFORMATION
All of the information below pertains to Division II schools only. College-bound student-athletes first enrolling at an NCAA Division II school need to meet the minimum 16 core course requirements as noted below in order to practice, compete, and receive an athletics scholarship during their first year of college. Students entering college on or after August 1, 2018, in order to be fully qualified for a Division II school students need a minimum of a 2.2 in all core courses, earn an SAT or an ACT that corresponds to their cum GPA (see the NCAA eligibility center at www.ncaa.org and graduate from high school.
APPROVED ENGLISH COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of three years of English courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• American Literature
• Honors American Literature
• AP English Language & Composition
• English 9
• Honors English 9
• English Literature
• Honors English Literature
• World Literature
• Honors World Literature
APPROVED SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of two years of social studies courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP European History
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP US Government
• AP US History
• AP World History
• Government/Economics
• Honors Government/Economics
• Psychology
• Sociology
• US History
• Honors US History
• World History
• Honors World History
APPROVED MATHEMATICS COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of two years of mathematics courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Advanced Math
• Algebra I
• Algebra II
• Honors Algebra II
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• Calculus
• Financial Algebra
• Geometry
• Honors Geometry
• Pre-Calculus
• Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry
• Statistics
• Trigonometry
APPROVED SCIENCE COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of two years of science courses (one must be a lab course) with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Honors Anatomy & Physiology
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Physics 1
• AP Physics 2
• Biology
• Honors Biology
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Honors Chemistry
• Earth Science
• Environmental Science
• Physical Science
• Physics
• Honors Physics
APPROVED ADDITIONAL CORE COURSES
Division II Requirements: A minimum of four years of additional core courses with a grade of C or better completed from the approved list below.
• AP Spanish Language & Culture
• Bible 11
• Bible 12
• French 1
• French 2
• French 3
• French 4
• German 1
• German 2
• German 3
• Latin 1
• Latin 2
• Latin 3
• Mandarin 1
• Mandarin 2
• Mandarin 3
• Spanish 1
• Spanish 2
• Spanish 3
• Spanish 4
In Addition to the above noted core course requirements, student-athletes must have an additional three years taken from English, math, and/or science.