New NCAA Eligibility Center Registration Website

Earlier this summer, the NCAA Eligibility Center introduced a new registration website for college-bound athletes planning to enter college in Fall 2010 or thereafter. The new web address is www.eligibilitycenter.org This new website will aid students and parents in easily accessing the vital information needed to assist student-athletes with the registration, academic, and amateurism certification processes.

Student-athletes who registered on the previous system prior to the launch of the new website in August of 2009 will be required to log into their current account at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net The student will be asked to verify his or her email address and select a new password. The information that the student has previously submitted will carry over to the new account. However, the student will need to answer additional questions in order to update his or her account in the new system. Once the student has completed the update, all information will be accessed and maintained at www.eligibilitycenter.org At this point, students should begin using only the new site at www.eligibilitycenter.org

INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES WHO REGISTERED ON THE OLD WEBSITE

Student-athletes who registered with the Eligibility Center under the old website www.ncaaclearinghouse.net and plan to enroll in college for Fall 2010 or thereafter will need to have their information transferred to the new website www.eligibilitycenter.org In order to start this process, please follow the steps below:

1. The student-athlete will go to www.eligibilitycenter.org and click on the Spring 2010 or before link (this will re-direct the student-athlete back to the old website);

2. The student will log in using his or her NCAA ID number or social security number and PIN;

3. The next page will give the student-athlete instructions on how to start the transfer process:

a. Validate the email address the student-athlete wants the Eligibility Center to use;

b. The Eligibility Center will send the student an email containing a link which will lead to information on how to create the new account;

c. Log-in to the new account on the new website www.eligibilitycenter.org;

d. Finish the incomplete sections of "My Planner" information.


REQUEST OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT BE MAILED TO THE NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER

When registering, you may need the following information:

• St. Michael High School Code: 190-186 Graduation Date: May 15, 2009

• The student-athlete must request that his or her 6th semester transcript, as well as the final transcript, be mailed by Mrs. Diane LaBonte, Senior Counselor, to the NCAA Eligibility Center. Mrs. LaBonte will give the student a “Permission to Release School Transcripts and Records” form which must be completed, signed, and dated by both the student-athlete and his or her parent(s) prior to mailing the transcript. Mrs. LaBonte will send the 6th semester transcript to the NCAA Eligibility Center at the beginning of the student’s senior year showing work in progress. The final transcript will be sent following the student’s graduation noting the graduation date and courses successfully completed.

• If the student-athlete attended more than one high school, he or she must request that each former high school forward an official transcript to the NCAA Eligibility Center. Transcripts must be sent directly from the school. Transcripts sent via the student or family will not be accepted by the NCAA Eligibility Center.

• Official ACT or SAT scores must be sent directly from ACT, Inc. or The College Board (SAT) offices. The NCAA Eligibility Center will not accept ACT or SAT scores sent by the student’s high school. When the student registers for either the ACT or SAT, he or she should select code 9999 to indicate the NCAA Eligibility Center as a recipient of his/her official test scores. If the student-athlete needs to send scores from a previous ACT, he/she must go to www.actstudent.org and click on “Send Your Scores.” To request scores be sent from a previous SAT, go to www.collegeboard.com

• After registering, student-athletes and their parents should continue to monitor the status of the student-athletes eligibility to participate in collegiate sports by logging on to the new NCAA Eligibility Center website at www.eligibilitycenter.org

• The student-athlete must be sure to complete the amateurism questionnaire and sign the final authorization signature online. Check the NCAA Eligibility Center website for details and deadlines for completing the amateurism certification process.

• If you have any further questions concerning the information listed above, you may contact Mrs. Diane LaBonte, Senior Counselor, at (225) 753-9782 Ext. 21 or via email at dlabonte@smhsbr.org