College-Bound Student-Athletes
Interested in playing college sports?
McT Guidance has included important information and links for college-bound student-athletes.
McT Guidance has included important information and links for college-bound student-athletes.
The 2020 NCAA Guide plus the NCAA Timelines attached at the bottom of this page answers important questions for people involved in the NCAA initial-eligibility process.
New requirements
For college-bound student-athletes enrolling full time at an NCAA Division I college or university on or after August 1, 2016, there are three possible academic outcomes:
1. Full qualifier = competition, athletics aid (scholarship), and practice the first year.
2. Academic redshirt = athletics aid the first year, practice in first regular academic term (semester or quarter).
3. Nonqualifier = no athletics aid, practice or competition the first year.
Eligibility Centers