NCAA Revises Freshman Eligibility Requirements for 2020 High School Grads
Division I:
- Must have earned a 2.30 or higher GPA in 10 or more approved core courses PRIOR TO the athlete’s senior year.
- Those core courses must include at least 7 courses in the subject areas of English, math and science.
- Also, no ACT or SAT score will be required.
- Those students will be able to use courses completed during senior year as well as this summer, if necessary, to achieve the regular standard requirement of 16 total core courses.
- Also, any students who are having courses graded as “Pass/Fail” this spring will be able to utilize those courses to achieve Qualifier status.
Division II:
- Must have earned a 2.20 or higher GPA in 10 or more approved core courses PRIOR TO the athlete’s senior year.
- Also, no ACT or SAT score will be required.
- Those students will be able to use courses completed during senior year as well as this summer, if necessary, to achieve the regular standard requirement of 16 total core courses.
- Also, any students who are having courses graded as “Pass/Fail” this spring will be able to utilize those courses to achieve Qualifier status.
- By earning 10 or more approved core courses PRIOR TO the athlete’s senior year as long as they have a 2.30 GPA for Division I or 2.20 for Division II.
- No ACT or SAT score will be required.
- Students will be able to use courses completed during senior year to achieve the regular standard requirement of earning 16 total core courses.