"What is the NCAA Clearinghouse?
The NCAA Clearinghouse is an essential step in becoming eligible to play college sports. Over 180,000 potential college athletes register with the NCAA every year.
If you want to play NCAA college sports and receive a scholarship at the DI or DII level, you will need to register and be cleared by the NCAA. The Eligibility Center is the organization within the NCAA that determines the academic eligibility and amateur status for all NCAA DI and DII athletes."
For the record, it is now called the NCAA Eligibility Center.
"It is recommended that student athletes should register with the NCAA clearinghouse at the start of their junior year in high school, There is no actual registration deadline, but you must be cleared by the clearinghouse before you can receive a scholarship or compete in your sport."
http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/ncaaclearinghouse.htm
A tad misleading. This process is strictly academic:
To get a scholarship, practice and compete in their first year, incoming freshmen must meet a series of academic requirements, including:
- Complete 16 core courses, 10 of which must be completed before the beginning of senior year of high school. Of the 10 core courses, seven must be in English, math or science.
- Earn a 2.3 grade-point average in the 16 core courses.
- Meet the sliding scale requirement of GPA and test score (ACT or SAT).
- Graduate from high school.
- Complete 16 core courses
- Earn a 2.0 GPA in the 16 core courses
- Meet the sliding scale requirement of GPA and test score (ACT or SAT).
- Graduate from high school.