NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
Guide for College-Bound Student Athlete (click to access)
Institution Conference Division
South Dakota State University-Brookings Summit League I-FCS
University of South Dakota - Vermillion Summit League I-FCS
Augustana University - Sioux Falls Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference II
Black Hills State University - Spearfish Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference II
Northern State University - Aberdeen Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference II
South Dakota School of Mines - Rapid City Independent II
University of Sioux Falls - Sioux Falls Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference II
NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)
Institution Conference
Dakota State University - Madison North Star
Dakota Wesleyan University - Mitchell GPAC
Mount Marty - Yankton GPAC
COLLEGE ATHLETE REQUIREMENTS NCAA Eligibility Center (must register):
● NCAA Division I and II New Academic Requirements
● NCAA Eligibility Center: https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/
● Initial eligibility brochure: http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/Student_Resources/IE_Brochure.pdf
NCAA must receive ACT scores directly from ACT. Students must add NCAA to receive scores when the student registers to take the ACT. The code for ACT is 9999.
NCAA will superscore, taking the highest subscores from ACT into account for eligibility
NAIA Eligibility Center (must register):
● NAIA Guide for College-Bound-Student-Athlete: https://play.mynaia.org/media/1091/naia_guide_college_bound_student.pdf
● NAIA
NAIA must receive ACT scores directly from ACT. Students must add NAIA to receive scores when the student registers to take the ACT. The code for ACT is 9876.
NAIA will take ACT scores only from the ACT with the highest composite score AND only from one ACT test date. NAIA will not combine scores from different test dates.