TAKE YOUR FIRST STEP TO BECOMING AN NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETE

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If you want to play NCAA sports at a Division I or II school, you must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center at eligibilitycenter.org. Plan to register during your freshman year of high school.

Choose the below account type:

•Certification Account: You must be certified by the Eligibility Center to compete at an NCAA Division I or II school. Before you can make official visits or sign a National Letter of Intent, you must have a completed Certification account (including submitted payment or fee waiver).

For Certification accounts, please allow between 30 and 45 minutes to register completely. If you need to exit and come back at a later time, you can save and return later to finish your account. Accounts that are not completed (registration fee paid or fee waiver eligible) will be deleted after 30 days.

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ELIGIBILITY CENTER REGISTRATION ESSENTIALS

Below are some items you should have with you as you create an account at eligibilitycenter.org:

 VALID EMAIL FOR STUDENT

To register, you need a valid email address that you check regularly and will have access to after high school. The NCAA Eligibility Center uses email to update you about your account throughout the process. Please note: If you have a sibling who has previously registered, you will need to use a different email address than the one in your sibling’s account.

BASIC STUDENT PERSONAL INFORMATION

This includes information such as your date of birth, primary and secondary contact information and address.

BASIC STUDENT EDUCATION HISTORY

We will ask you to provide details about all secondary and high schools and additional programs you have attended in the United States and internationally. Be sure to include all schools, regardless of whether you received grades or credits from that school or not. If you attended ninth grade at a junior high school located in the same school system in which you later attended high school, do not list your ninth-grade school.

STUDENT SPORTS PARTICIPATION HISTORY

In this section, you’ll select the sport(s) you plan to participate in at an NCAA school. For Certification accounts, we will ask you to provide details for any expenses or awards you received, any teams you have practiced or played with, or certain events in which you participated.

We also ask about any individuals who have advised you

or marketed your skills. This information helps the NCAA Eligibility Center certify your amateur status when requested by you or an NCAA school.

PAYMENT (CERTIFICATION ACCOUNTS ONLY)

Your Certification account registration is complete only

after the registration fee is paid (or upon submission of a

fee waiver, if you are eligible). You may pay online by debit, credit card or e-check. The registration fee for students in the United States, U.S. territories (includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada is $90. The fee for all other international students is $150. Profile Page accounts do not have a fee.

All fees are nonrefundable once you have successfully registered. If you completed a duplicate registration and paid your registration fee twice, you may be eligible for a refund of the duplicate registration fee. To request a refund, complete and submit an Eligibility Center refund form.

For more information: ncaa.org/playcollegesports | eligibilitycenter.org