College Athletics

Pursuing college athletics requires preparation in course selection, registration and communication with your desired colleges.
NCAA (Division 1 and 2) and NAIA require that you register (links below) in order to be eligible to play at the college level.
The registration ensures that students are academically eligible.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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.
Register at: www.eligibilitycenter.org

* BYU Independent Study classes are not accepted by the NCAA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

High school graduation, plus two out of three of these requirements:

Achieve a minimum overall high school GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Graduate in the top half of your high school class.
- Achieve the NAIA's minimum test score requirement:
- 18 ACT*** or
  - 860 SAT (Critical Reading and Math), if taken before March 2016
    940 SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing + Math),
Early Decisions for High School
Students who have completed their junior year of high school with an overall 3.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale OR students who have completed the first half of senior year with an overall 2.5 GPA on a 4.00 scale, plus meet the NAIA's minimum ACT or SAT test score requirements, may receive an eligibility decision prior to high school graduation. To receive an early decision, register with the NAIA Eligibility Center, have your high school send official transcripts to the Eligibility Center and contact ACT or SAT to have their test scores sent directly (the NAIA code is 9876 with ACT and SAT).

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