Welcome to the Dayton Flyers Prospective Student-Athlete web page. Dayton Athletics has a deep tradition of success both on and off the court and field and want to make your search as a prospective college bound student-athlete successful. We know that NCAA rules and regulations can be confusing; so, we designed this page to provide you with materials to help you better understand eligibility standards, recruitment, and other pertinent issues that may arise.
Who is a prospective student-athlete?
A prospective student-athlete is any student who has started classes for the ninth grade. Any student younger than the ninth grade who receives any benefits from an institution or athletics representative would also be considered a prospective student-athlete.
Every prospective student-athlete hoping to participate in college athletics must register in the NCAA Eligibility Center. The NCAA verifies the academic and amateur status of all prospective student-athletes.
It is your responsibility to register and coordinate the sending of your high school transcripts and standardized test scores to the NCAA. A prospective student-athlete must be registered in the Eligibility Center prior to making any official recruiting visits.
NCAA Eligibility Center
Toll Free: (877) 262-1492
International Callers: (317) 223-0700
Fax: (317) 968-5100
https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/ |
NCAA National Office
Switchboard: (317) 917-6222
Hotline: (800) 638-3731
Fax: (317) 917-6622
www.ncaa.org |
HELPFUL LINKS
University of Dayton Admissions
University of Dayton Financial Aid
NCAA Eligibility Center
NCAA International Student-Athletes
SAT Information
ACT Information
National Letter of Intent (NLI)
Academic Initial Eligibility Standards
Guide for College Bound Student-Athletes
Guide to International Academic Standards for Athletics Eligibility
Academic Certification
If you are a high school student about to graduate, you will need to be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center. The NCAA Eligibility Center certifies all academic and amateur eligibility for first year student-athletes. Specific academic requirements must be met in order to qualify for practice or compete in intercollegiate athletics and for the receipt of athletically related financial aid as a freshman.
You are referred to as a
qualifier and are eligible to practice and compete in your sport and receive financial aid (institutional and athletically related) during your first academic year if you:
- Graduate from high school.
- Complete a minimum of 16 core courses (10 of the 16 core to be completed prior to the seventh semester. 7 of the 10 must be a combination of English, math, natural or physical science)
- Earn a minimum required grade-point average of 2.3 in core courses
- Earn a qualifying test score on either the ACT or SAT.
You are referred to as a
non-qualifier if you fail to meet the criteria above. In addition to being ineligible for practice and competition during the first academic year in residence, a non-qualifier is not permitted to receive any institutional financial aid, except as stated below. [Bylaws 14.3.2 and 14.3.2.1.1]
As a Non-Qualifier:
- You are eligible to receive non-athletics institutional financial aid based on need only, consistent with institutional and conference regulations; and
- You will have three seasons of eligibility after your first academic year in residence. You may earn a fourth season of competition provided you complete 80 percent of your baccalaureate degree before beginning your fifth academic year of enrollment and you are within five years of your initial, full-time collegiate enrollment. [Bylaw 14.3.3]
You are referred to as an
academic redshirt if you:
- Complete 16 core courses.
- Earn a core-course GPA of at least a 2.000.
- Earn the ACT/SAT score matching your core-course GPA on the Division I sliding scale.
- Graduate high school.
As an academic redshirt, you are eligible to receive athletics scholarship during your first academic year and may practice during their first regular academic term, but may NOT compete during your first year of enrollment.
National Letter of Intent (NLI)
The National Letter of Intent is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an NLI member institution.
A prospective student-athlete agrees to attend the institution full-time for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters).
The institution agrees to provide athletics financial aid for one academic year.
To learn more about the NLI process visit their website:
www.nationalletter.org/index.html
Amateurism Certification
Amateurism certification ensures that NCAA amateurism regulations are applied uniformly for incoming student-athletes. The process is a collaborative effort among student-athletes, NCAA member schools and the NCAA Eligibility Center.
As part of the process, each college-bound student-athlete is asked to answer several questions regarding his or her sports-participation history. This is to capture a better picture of the prospect's amateur status and to identify any potential issues that might conflict with NCAA rules. If the answers indicate a possible violation, the amateur-certification staff will work with the school to determine the facts. If the agreed-upon facts indicate a violation occurred, an eligibility penalty will be imposed based on the severity of the violations. Penalties include repayment of money, sitting out a specified number of games or, in rare cases, permanent ineligibility.
The following high school athletics activities may be reviewed in determining a college-bound student-athlete's amateurism status:
- Contracts with a professional team
- Salary for participating in athletics
- Prize money
- Play with professionals
- Tryouts, practice or competition with a professional team
- Benefits from an agent or prospective agent
- Agreement to be represented by an agent
Recruiting
Official Visit: Prospective student-athletes may take a maximum of 5 official (paid) visits, with no more than one visit per university. An official visit can be no longer than 48 hours, beginning with the PSA arrives on campus and ends when the PSA departs campus. A PSA's first opportunity to make an official visit may not be earlier than the first day of classes of their senior year in high school.
All official visits must be approved in advance by the compliance office. PSAs must provide the following to a coaching staff member prior to making their official visit:
- High school (or college) academic transcript
- PSAT, SAT, ACT or PLAN score provided on official testing agency letterhead or via the official testing agency's web site
- An NCAA Eligibility Center personal identification number demonstrating registration in the Clearinghouse.
Unofficial Visit: A prospective student-athlete may visit an institution's campus at his or her own expense. No lodging, meals or transportation to campus may be provided.
The University may provide tickets to an on-campus athletics event only; however, the provision of any expenses or entertainment valued at more than $100 by the institution or representative of its athletics interests shall require the visit to become an official visit.
Recruiting Contact: Any face-to-face, off-campus encounter between a prospective student-athlete, prospective student-athlete’s parents, relatives or legal guardians and an institutional staff member or athletic representative that goes beyond the exchange of a greeting.
Recruiting Evaluation: Any off campus activity designed to assess the academic qualification or athletic ability of a prospective student-athlete, including any visit to a prospective student athlete’s school or the observation of a prospective student-athlete participating in any practice or competition at any site.
International Students
International prospective student-athletes interested in coming to the University of Dayton must also be certified through the NCAA Eligibility Center. Since each international college-bound student-athlete's academic circumstances are unique, the NCAA division and the respective country determines the standards. A minimum score on either the ACT or the SAT plus an acceptable grade-point average is required. In addition, a minimum number of approved core courses must be achieved, which will be equivalent to a country's academic credential presented. Finally, proof of graduation must be included on the academic credential or submitted separately.
More details can also be found at
NCAA International Student-Athletes web page.
If you need additional information about admission to the University of Dayton, please visit the
Office of International Admissions web page.
Transfer Students
There is a specific internal process that takes place for transfer students. Please contact the compliance office if interested in learning about the transfer process.
