SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION:

STUDENT ATHLETES

After speaking at the National Student-Athlete Development Conference and as a former student-athlete at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Love Thy Neighbor Chairman, Troy Vincent would like to outline the NCAA Initial Eligibility Standards:

If you enroll in an NCAA Division I college on or after August 1, 2008 and want to participate in athletics or receive an athletic scholarship during your first year you must:

• Graduate From High School
• Complete these 16 core courses
  • 4 years of English
  • 3 years of Math (Algebra 1 or higher)
  • 2 years of natural or physical science (including one year of lab sciece if offered by your high school)
  • 1 Extra year of English, math or natural or physical science
  • 2 years of social science
  • 4 years of extra core courses( from any category above, or foreign language, non-doctrinal religion, or philosophy)
• Earn a minimum required grade-point average in your core courses and;
• Earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that matches your core course grade-point average and test score sliding scale.

For the sliding scale and more information, Please visit www.ncaaclearinghouse.net

NATIONAL TESTING DATES

ACT

September 13, 2008

October 25, 2008

December 13, 2008  

February 7, 2009

April 4, 2009

June 13, 2009

SAT

October 4, 2008

November 1, 2008

December 6, 2008

January 24, 2009

March 14, 2009

May 2, 2009

June 6, 2009

             Please visit, www.collegeboard.com for registration deadlines and the nearest testing location.

We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free. -Anonymous