FAQ

Athletes must be between 17 and 24 years of age or no further than the 6th Semester at university.

However, Division I athletes are required to enroll in school one calendar year after high school graduation and then have just five years to complete a typical four-year degree. The NAIA does not have an age restriction; however, they do take away seasons of competition for any participation in sports at a comparable level of competition after September 1st of your high school graduation year. Ideally, you should want to begin studying in the USA immediately after graduating from high school (after grade 13 or 12 respectively) and thus be eligible for a scholarship for the full four undergraduate years. Each year that you compete after graduating from high school, reduces your chances for a scholarship and will also shorten the length of the scholarship. Your chances are the greatest immediately after high school graduation (application one year before graduation!) as this gives the coaches the opportunity to develop your skills and work with you for a longer period of time.

Test of English as a Foreign Language is a standardized test to measure the English language ability of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in English-speaking universities.

Basically, the SAT is the exam that will allow you to access the American university system. It is the most recognized exam to gain admission to American universities, so you will have to become very familiar with it. The exam consists of only two sections: Reading/Writing and Math, which include reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics. The SAT is essential to getting scholarships, since both the NCAA and NAIA, organizations thatregulate college sports in United States, have the SAT as one of the mostimportant requirements to be eligible.

In most cases you will have 4 years to play, whether you go to a four a year university/college or you do two years at junior college and two years at university. In some universities, if you have all 5 years of eligibility, you can split your courses or do postgraduate degree after your bachelor’s and compete for 5 seasons. If you get injured and cannot play for a whole season, you are able to take a ‘medical redshirt’ which means you can do a 5th year and make up that season when you were injured.

Sports scholarships are given on a yearly basis. At the end of each year, scholarships are renewed by the coach and athletic department, provided that you remain eligible throughout the year.

Student athletes are also eligible for academic scholarships if their grades and test scores qualify. Academic scholarships become great opportunities for athletes if they’re not able to secure an athletic scholarship or they need more financial aid in addition to a smaller athletic scholarship package. To earn an academic scholarship, you need to have strong grades and test scores. Each university has different measures for their academic scholarship requirements, so once you start speaking with college coaches, you can ask if your grades qualify for academic money.

In order to be eligible to compete in college sports at the NCAA and NAIA levels, you will need to register with their respective Eligibility Centers at some point. It is recommended that you register as you enter your junior year only if you know for sure that you will be playing at either level.

There are thousands of opportunities to compete at the college level so there’s a chance you may be good enough to get one of them. College coaches look for potential student-athletes who are strong in athletics and academics.

Yes! College coaches look to recruit well-rounded athletes who excel both on and off the field. If you want to play for an NCAA Division I or Division II school, you must have a 2.0 GPA (or better) in your core courses. Standardized test (SAT and ACT) scores, combined with your high school grades, are used to predict your academic success in college.

Absolutely!!!! Videos is your most important recruitment tool! As we like to say, “If you are not Visible to college coaches, YOU ARE INVISIBLE”.

A full scholarship will cover your tuition books and fees, accommodation, meal plan, and all aspects of your related sport, coaching, competition entries and clothing. Scholarships are awarded on a percentage basis from 0-100%, it will usually depend on the budget each college coach has for that particular recruiting year.