Will You Be Ready for the New NCAA Initial Academic Eligibility Standards?

by Anthony Caruso on September 21, 2012

Student-athletes and their parents should be aware that new initial-eligibility standards for NCAA Division I college-bound student-athletes are on the horizon. Student-athletes first entering a Division I college or university on or after August 1, 2016, will need to satisfy more stringent eligibility requirements.

The new academic requirements govern whether student-athletes can receive athletics aid (scholarship), practice or compete during their first year.

For a college-bound student-athlete to receive a scholarship, practice, and compete in the first year of enrollment at the Division I college or university, he or she must satisfy the following requirements: