The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is an organization that determines if a high school athlete qualifies to receive scholarship monies from Division I or Division II colleges or universities. No university may award a scholarship to a student without the approval of the high school student’s high school transcript by the NCAA. Students who are interested in competing at the university level are encouraged to be well informed of the requirements for NCAA approval. Students should register with the NCAA at the Student Eligibility Center (http://web1.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA.jsp) during their junior year in high school and order an official transcript from LTHS to be sent to the NCAA Clearinghouse. Final approval by NCAA for a scholarship will be made upon the receipt by the NCAA of a final Graduated Transcript sent by LTHS the month after a student has graduated from LTHS. The NCAA requires specific courses and grades as well as a corresponding ACT or SAT test scores for approval. Student-athletes should check with the NCAA Eligibility Center concerning their policy for accepting or rejecting summer school, CBE’s, correspondence courses, Odysseyware courses, etc. at http://www.eligibilitycenter.org