NCAA
Are you a Wellesley High School student interested in playing a sport at the Division I or Division II level? If so, understanding the process is important in ensuring your ability to be eligible. If you know you plan on playing a Division I or II sport in college you need to be registered with the NCAA eligibility center before you can compete for that particular school. The link to the NCAA eligibility center and directions for creating an account with the NCAA can be found at NCAA eligibility. For a quick registration checklist please refer to NCAA checklist
There are different academic criteria for Division I and Division II eligibility. The links below give you some information about those academic eligibility requirements as well as timelines for student athletes being recruited at the Division I and Division II levels.
If you are interested in playing a sport at the Division III level, you do not need to register with the NCAA eligibility center.
If you have any further questions about this, please reach out to your school counselor at Wellesley High School.
Listed below are the Wellesley High School (WHS) courses that are currently NOT APPROVED for NCAA Division I or II eligibility. To see a complete list of both approved and non-approved courses, please use the URL link below.
Once on that page, please use WHS’s CEEB code #222285.
What to know for the college recruitment process, a presentation by Kim Penney, founder of One on One Consulting.
Denied Courses: these courses do not count towards NCAA eligibility
Children Literature 11 Honors
Children Literature 11 ACP
English ESL
English Foundations 10
English Foundations 9
Film I 9
Film II 9
Journalism/Bradford 9
Child Lab
Algebra II and Personal Finance I 11 CP
Building Android Apps.
Exploring Computer Science
Foundations in Math 10 CP
Foundations in Math 11/12 CP
Foundations in Math 9 CP
Introduction to Computer Programming 9
Introduction to Statistics and Personal Finance 12 CP
Concepts of Physical Science 9/10 CP
Additional Core Denied Courses
1:00 Jazz Band Intensive 12 Honors
2:00 Jazz Band Intensive 12 Honors
Academic English for ELL level 1
Academic English for ELL Level 2
Acting Intensive 12 Honors
Advanced Language 61
Advanced Language 62
Advertising and Marketing 9 ACP
AP Economics 12
Business Entrepreneurship and Enterprising 10 ACP
Business Law 10 ACP
Ceramics Intensive 10 Honors
Chamber Orchestra Intensive
Child Lab Intensive 12 Honors
AP Computer Science
Concert Band Intensive 12 Honors
Dream, Design, Do (D3)
Drawing and Painting Intensive 10 Honors
English for ELL’s
Evolutions Art
Finance and Investments 11 Honors
Global Marketing 11 Honors
Marketing and Fashion Merchandising ACP
Metals Intensive 12 Honors
Photography Intensive 10 Honors
Retail Management 11 ACP
Rice Street Singers Intensive 12 Honors
Stagecraft and Design Intensive
Symphonia Intensive 12 Honors
TV/Video Intensive 11 Honors
Wellesley Keynote Singers Intensive 12 Honors
Wind Ensemble 12 Intensive