Collegiate Eligibility Initiatives, LLC

Collegiate Eligibility Initiatives, LLC was formed because it was apparent

through discussions

among college coaches, former intercollegiate

student-

athletes, parents of former intercollegiate

student-athletes and parents of

current prospective student-athletes that there was little assistance

provided to

prospective intercollegiate student-athletes regarding the recruiting and initial

eligibility

process. In the recruiting process, coaches affiliated with many

four-

year college athletics

programs do not have verbal or face-to-face contact

with

prospective intercollegiate student-

athletes until they have completed at least

half of their high school curriculum. Further, academic

records for prospective

intercollegiate student-athletes are not evaluated until the conclusion of their

junior year.* Therefore, prospective intercollegiate student-athletes do not

know

precisely how

many core-courses they need until the start of their senior

year. At

this point, it may be too late to

improve their credentials before

enrolling as

full-time students in many four-year collegiate

institutions, thus

rendering many

ineligible for athletic scholarships or participation in

intercollegiate

athletics.

As a supplemental resource to educate administrators, prospective

intercollegiate

student-athletes

and their parents or guardians, Collegiate

Eligibility Initiatives,

LLC seeks to eliminate the

unawareness of the recruiting

process and initial

eligibility regulations thus eradicating many of the

issues

that cause prospective

intercollegiate student-athletes to be certified as

academically

ineligible.

Additionally, Collegiate Eligibility Initiatives, LLC

assists the administrators, the

prospective intercollegiate student-athletes, their

parents and guardians in making

decisions to

academically prepare the

prospective student-athletes for the rigors

of college work and meet the

intercollegiate academic initial eligibility

requirements in order to fulfill their

dreams of participating

in intercollegiate

athletics.

Click

here

to learn about Collegiate Eligibility Initiatives' President, Kristen

Davis.

This applies to students seeking to participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and II

athletics. Such students must

apply to the NCAA Initial Eligibility

Clearinghouse.

Many interscholastic student-athletes are eager to participate in intercollegiate

athletics.

While

interscholastic student-athletes enjoy the camaraderie and

challenges athletics br

ing

them in high

school, their reasons to pursue

participation in intercollegiate athletics vary. Some have aspirations

of a

professional career in their chosen sport.

Others view intercollegiate athletics

as a means to

obtain scholarships to cover the growing costs of a college

education. Regardless of the reasons

for wanting to participate in

intercollegiate athletics, many interscholastic student-athletes do not

succeed at

preparing for the academic rigors of college appropriately and thus are unable

to fulfill

the goal of participating in intercollegiate athletics.

Interscholastic student-athletes define success differently as it applies to the

integration of education

and athletics. Success for some interscholastic

student-athletes may be graduation from high

school. Others may define

success as getting an athletics scholarship and graduating from college.

Some

believe they have not succeeded unless they have won a conference

championship or a

national title. Yet success for an elite interscholastic student-

athlete may be defined as becoming a

professional athlete. No matter what

their definition of success, many of those that wish to partake

in intercollegiate

athletics do not grasp that academic preparation is as much as a means to the

success of participation in intercollegiate athletics as the actual athletics

preparation itself.

Collegiate Eligibility Initiatives, LLC equips the prospective student-athletes to

academically prepare

for participation in intercollegiate athletics. High school

administrators, parents, guardians and any

other adults charged with assisting

them with achieving these requirements are also prepared for

this process.