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The NCAA creates a very useful guide named The College Bound Student Athlete. The manual provides a significant amount of helpful information for players planning to play soccer at the college level. All players and parents should study this manual. Please click on the photo to the right to gather all the information you will need.

You may contact the Clearinghouse at:
Customer Service: 877-262-1492
24-hour Voice Response:  877-861-3003

Mail:

Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse
301 ACT Drive
P.O. Box 4044
Iowa City, IA 52243-4044

The first thing every player should know is that they should try to get the most non-athletic scholarship money as possible. This money can last for the entire four years. Athletic scholarship money is only good for one year at a time and is not availale at any Division 3 colleges or universities. The most important thing is grades, as they will give you the best chance at receiving academic scholarship/grant money.

Below is a list of items each player should accomplish during the recruitment process.

1. Review all NCAA Athletic eligibilty rules.
2. Take the PSAT's and SAT'S.
3. Create a soccer/scholastic resume.
4. Examine NCAA Clearinghouse eligibility rules and study the class and grade reqiurement standards.
5. Learn what Junior and Senior year courses you will need in order to complete the NCAA Clearinghouse requirements.
6. Develop a list of schools you are interested in and study them.
7. Participate in as many college showcase events as opposed to regular tournaments so you can be evaluated and indentified.
8. Stay focused on improving your grades.
9. Send profile and information to coaches of schools you are interested in.
10. Make unofficial and official visits to to colleges you are interested in.

What Do I Need To Do?

• Grade 9
  • Verify with your high school guidance counselor and the online core-course listing to make sure you are on track.
• Grade 10
  • Verify with your high school guidance counselor and the online core-course listing to make sure you are on track.
• Grade 11
  • Register with the eligibility center.
  • Make sure you are still on course to meet core-course requirements (verify you have the correct number of core courses and that the core courses are on your high school's 48-H with the eligibility center).
  • After your junior year, have your high school guidance counselor send a copy of your transcript. If you have attended any other high schools, make sure a transcript is sent to the eligibility center from each high school.
  • When taking the ACT or SAT, request test scores to be sent to the eligibility center (the code is "9999").
  • Begin your amateurism questionnaire.
• Grade 12
  • When taking the ACT or SAT, request test scores to be sent to the eligibility center (the code is "9999").
  • Complete amateurism questionnaire and sign the final authorization signature online on or after April 1 if you are expecting to enroll in college in the fall semester. (If you are expecting to enroll for spring semester, sign the final authorization signature on or after October 1 of the year prior to enrollment.)
  • Have your high school guidance counselor send a final transcript with proof of graduation to the eligibility center.

• Completed student release form.
• Fee payment.
• Standardized test score (ACT and/or SAT). Must be submitted directly from the testing agency. Note that test scores received on a transcript cannot be used by the Eligibility Center. A Student Score Report or scores taken directly from a Student Score Report cannot be accepted by the Eligibility Center for initial-eligibility purposes.
• Home school transcript that includes:
  • Course titles;
  • Course grades;
  • Units of credit for courses;
  • Grading scale ( if numeric grading is used, alpha/letter equivalent grades are needed); and
  • Signature of the home school administrator (the parent or other person who organized, taught and evaluated the home school coursework).
• Transcript from any other high school, college and/or nontraditional program attended (mailed directly from the issuing institution).
• Proof of high school graduation, including specific graduation date (month/day/year).
• Evidence that home schooling was conducted in accordance with state laws (a written statement from the home school administrator verifying compliance with state home school legislation). Please attach any supporting documentation.
• A statement of who taught and evaluated the coursework, awarded grades and issued credit.
• List of textbooks used throughout home schooling [course title, textbook title, publisher name and book level (if applicable)].