REGISTER WITH THE NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER

FORMALLY CALLED THE NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE

The NCAA Eligibility Center is an agency of the National Collegiate Athletic Association that certifies the initial eligibility of all perspective student-athletes who register to compete as a freshman athlete at NCAA Division I and II member institutions.

There are over 380,000 athletes who are competing at American colleges. The certification of athletes who compete at Division III level is determined by the school and not the eligibility center.

You need to remember that the NCAA Eligibility Center is not a recruiting agency or service, your registration does not mean that any college will be interested in recruiting you.

High school and international students who want to compete in DI and DII sports need to be certified as initially eligible per NCAA academic and amateurism guidelines.

So what happened to the NCAA Clearinghouse?

The NCAA Eligibility Center has a much broader educational mandate than the former clearinghouse. The Eligibility Center is working hard to ensure college-bound student-athletes, their parents, high school athletics administrators and our members know and understand all the requirements for competing at the Division I and II level.

Eligibility Center Facts -
• Over 160,000 prospective student-athletes submit their credentials every year.

• 65,000 of these athletes will compete at NCAA DI and DII.