2015 DIII Commitments

[bakdraft21]

Re: ECAC/W Commitments

Re: ECAC/W Commitments

And if he can do that, even better.

All the same, he'd better make sure he walks across that stage on Graduation Day. I don't think I'd put my chips on the NHL at this point.

yes the degree is very important these days ,even as firefighter I needed a degree to get promoted,along with a few yrs of crazy reading/studying.

 

[bakdraft21]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

Karty should have joined his fellow Oklahoma player Jackson in Oswego, they could have carpooled

 

[UWSP_Fan]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

Karty should have joined his fellow Oklahoma player Jackson in Oswego, they could have carpooled

He is joining fellow Oklahoma player in Kyle Sharkey at UWSP.

 

[bakdraft21]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

nice

 

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

Never understood the clearinghouse thing,anyone care to explain it?? I think it was the reason Erik Selleck wound up at Oswego??

Basically, to get into DI or DII in any sport, you have to prove to the NCAA that you have completed a certain number of "Core Courses" in High School - and it is up to the High School counselors to certify ahead of time that a course meets the criteria - as well as maintaining a certain GPA (counting only the Core Courses) and have a minimum SAT and ACT Score. If the Eligibility Center - or "Clearinghouse" - finds you don't meet these standards than you are ineligible for DI or DII, but the Clearinghouse has no jurisdiction over DIII.

It is common belief that this is how Erik Selleck ended up at Oswego, and it has been stated many times by the player himself that a miscommunication between Georgetown Prep and the NCAA regarding English credits is the reason Alex Ovechkin's childhood teammate Nikita Kashirsky ended up at Norwich.

 

[Fishman'81]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

Never understood the clearinghouse thing,anyone care to explain it?? I think it was the reason Erik Selleck wound up at Oswego??

A kid who's going to a D-1 or D-2 school has to have a GPA above 2.0 and have taken certain core courses. There may be more to it than that, IDK, but it's not really a tall order for most recruits IIRC. A much lower bar than the usual admission standards at the vast majority of colleges.

 

[Hammer]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

This is nothing more than a complete WAG, but I'm guessing that this kid is missing a core class somewhere along the line. If he's not pulling a 2.0, or if his test scores are in the toilet, he's not long for any college anywhere.

 

[NUProf]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

Never understood the clearinghouse thing,anyone care to explain it?? I think it was the reason Erik Selleck wound up at Oswego??

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There are certain standards, including SAT (or ACT) scores, high school GPA, and a profile of courses that must be on an athlete's record for them to be able to compete in DI/DII sports. The theory is that this guarantees they will be "student-athletes." The amazing thing is that some of the numbskull DI bounce ball and gladiator ball players can get through that. Often the course requirements trip them. If it's the SAT, they keep trying until they make it and the highest score counts. It's a big sham. In DIII all you have to do is meet the admissions standards and stay in school.

I've seen NU athletes as "conditional admits" to Norwich required to pass courses in summer school to be admitted in the fall. I would assume that kids like that (if they were DI material) might have trouble with the clearinghouse, but maybe not. Athletic Factory ("Power Conference") schools object that it is expecting too much of their recruits to meet those standards.

 

[joecct]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

Do D1 "student" athletes have to take 6 or 9 hours a semester to stay eligible?

From the D1's that I have talked to, it's a job, not an education.

 

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

A kid who's going to a D-1 or D-2 school has to have a GPA above 2.0 and have taken certain core courses. There may be more to it than that, IDK, but it's not really a tall order for most recruits IIRC. A much lower bar than the usual admission standards at the vast majority of colleges.

A lower bar, for sure, but most colleges look at the overall GPA, while the NCAA looks only at Core Courses, so those 100s in art and gym don't count

 

[bakdraft21]

Re: 2015 DIII Commitments

Basically, to get into DI or DII in any sport, you have to prove to the NCAA that you have completed a certain number of "Core Courses" in High School - and it is up to the High School counselors to certify ahead of time that a course meets the criteria - as well as maintaining a certain GPA (counting only the Core Courses) and have a minimum SAT and ACT Score. If the Eligibility Center - or "Clearinghouse" - finds you don't meet these standards than you are ineligible for DI or DII, but the Clearinghouse has no jurisdiction over DIII.

It is common belief that this is how Erik Selleck ended up at Oswego, and it has been stated many times by the player himself that a miscommunication between Georgetown Prep and the NCAA regarding English credits is the reason Alex Ovechkin's childhood teammate Nikita Kashirsky ended up at Norwich.

thanks for the info,not sure how these kids could not meet the requirements,even with some being a few yrs older than most freshman,I guess they wait until the last minute??

 

[elbojpb]

Requirements

Requirements

From the guide ....
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To be eligible to practice, compete and receive an athletics scholarship in your first full-time year at a Division I school, you must graduate high school and meet ALL the following requirements:
1. Complete 16 NCAA core courses:
• Four years of English;
• Three years of math (Algebra 1 or higher);
• Two years of natural/physical science (including one year of lab science if your high school offers it);
• Two years of social science;
• One additional year of English, math or natural/ physical science; and
• Four additional years of English, math, natural/ physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy.
2. Earn at least a 2.0 GPA in your core courses.
3. Earn an SAT combined score or ACT sum score that matches your core-course GPA on the Division I sliding scale.