MC RECRUITS
Achieve Your Goals
Learn what it takes to be eligible for NCAA (D1-D3), NAIA, and JUCO!
DIVISION 1
To be eligible to compete in NCAA sports during your first year at a Division I school, you must graduate high school and meet ALL the following requirements:
Complete 16 core courses:
Four years of English
Three years of math (Algebra 1 or higher)
Two years of natural/physical science (including one year of lab science if your high school offers it)
One additional year of English, math or natural/physical science
Two years of social science
Four additional years of English, math, natural/physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy
Complete 10 core courses, including seven in English, math or natural/physical science, before your seventh semester. Once you begin your seventh semester, you may not repeat or replace any of those 10 courses to improve your core-course GPA.
Earn at least a 2.3 GPA in your core courses.
Earn an SAT combined score or ACT sum score matching your core-course GPA on the Division I sliding scale, which balances your test score and core-course GPA. If you have a low test score, you need a higher core-course GPA to be eligible. If you have a low core-course GPA, you need a higher test score to be eligible.
Division 2
Division II Academic Eligibility
To be eligible to compete in NCAA sports during your first year at a Division II school, you must meet academic requirements for your core courses, grade-point average (GPA) and test scores.
You must graduate high school and meet ALL the following requirements:
Complete 16 core courses:
Three years of English.
Two years of math (Algebra 1 or higher).
Two years of natural or physical science (including one year of lab science if your high school offers it).
Three additional years of English, math or natural or physical science
Two years of social science
Four additional years of English, math, natural or physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy
Earn at least a 2.2 GPA in your core courses.
Earn an SAT combined score or ACT sum score matching your core-course GPA on the Division II sliding scale, which balances your test score and core-course GPA. If you have a low test score, you need a higher core-course GPA to be eligible. If you have a low core-course GPA, you need a higher test score to be eligible.
NAIA
Graduate High School or be accepted as a regular student in good standing
Meet two of the three following requirements:
1) Achieve a minimum of 18 on the ACT or 860 on the SAT
2) Achieve a minimum overall high school GPA of 2.0
3) Graduate in the top half of your high school class
If you do not meet 2 of the 3 requirements, you will not be allowed to participate in athletics for the first full year of attendance
Division 3
Colleges and Universities at the DIII Level set their own admission standards and there are no eligibility requirements
Student-athletes will need to contact DIII schools to get information on their policies