Requesting Final Amateurism Certification

A Critical Step for Your Recruits!

As of April 1, Division III international students initially enrolling in the fall 2025 semester became eligible to request their final amateurism certification via their Eligibility Center account. Before making this request, fall 2025 enrollees must select the NCAA enrollment period that reflects initial full-time enrollment at their first NCAA Division I, II or III school.

Currently, over 130,000 eligible student-athletes have yet to request their final amateurism. How many are your recruits?

Please continue using the “Open Tasks Report – Action Required” report to identify accounts with the “Incomplete Sports Participation Response” task to determine if the student needs to update their sports participation questionnaire before requesting final amateurism certification. After making the request, make sure your students promptly respond to newly assigned tasks, including requests for academic records to assign graduation dates.

Checking Recruit Certification Status

Do you know how to check your international student-athlete’s amateurism certification status? Follow the steps below to check your student’s certification decision.

In the Membership Portal, click on Reports, then select Search Student Details.
Search for the student-athlete using their NCAA ID, first/last name or sport. Be sure you are searching with the correct recruitment cycle!
Once you’ve found the student-athlete, check the box next to their NCAA ID then choose Get PSA Details, located at the bottom of the screen.
Next, click on the student-athlete’s name (highlighted in light blue) and review the Amateurism Information section.
If your student-athlete does not have a final amateurism certification decision, scroll down to the Student Tasks section to review what information is still needed to complete the account.

For more information on this process and other Membership Portal options, click here. For additional information on how to track your student-athletes, review this resource.

Service Standard Information

Beginning May 1, certification accounts with the fall 2025 and winter/spring 2026 enrollment periods (or older) will be reviewed within the 10-business day service standard once the account is ready to process and the account is activated, whichever occurs last. Accounts with the fall 2026 enrollment period (and beyond) will still be reviewed under the 20 business-day service standard once activated and ready to process.

Please note: As of May 1, the 2024-25 IRL cycle is no longer available for activation and the EC will discontinue processing accounts activated to this cycle. If you have students that still need academic or amateurism reviews, please activate those accounts to the 2025-26 cycle immediately.

Secondary Contact for Eligibility Center Accounts

Policy Changes Coming May 1

Effective for all communication received on or after May 1, NCAA Eligibility Center staff can only communicate student-specific information to email addresses listed as either the primary or secondary contact in a college-bound student-athlete’s NCAA Eligibility Center account.

The secondary contact field allows registered students to add the name and email of a second contact (such as a recruiting agent or second adult advocate) with whom the Eligibility Center can discuss their account.

Regional Rules 2025: Meet the Presenter

May 28-30, Indianapolis, IN

The NCAA's 2025 Regional Rules Seminar is right around the corner! We hope you are planning to join us at the NCAA National Headquarters May 28-30 in Indianapolis for a broader look at the Division III experience. It's not too late: Registration is still open.

Meet the Presenter: Erika Klages, assistant director of amateurism review, is one of several Eligibility Center staff members scheduled to present at this year's Regional Rules. Erika is familiar to many in the Division III audience as a frequent presenter at Regional Rules and other events. She will be sharing her expertise in the field of amateurism certification during the EC's Division III session on Thursday, May 29, as well as serving as a guest speaker in other sessions.

Have questions you'd like Erika and her colleagues address during a session? Send them to ecupdate@ncaa.org.

Eligibility Center-hosted Sessions
This year's EC-hosted sessions include several of interest to our Division III member schools. If you can't attend our sessions while in Indianapolis, you'll have access to the EC's session materials via your registration after Regional Rules. We look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis!

Welcome to the World of Compliance: Navigating the NCAA Eligibility Center Membership Portal

Wednesday, May 28,
3:30-4:30 p.m. Eastern time

Division III and the Eligibility Center

Thursday, May 29,
3-4 p.m. Eastern time

Submitting International Inquiries

To assist with workflow management during this busy time of year, the Eligibiity Center will temporarily manage all international inquiries by email. Please submit questions to ec-international@ncaa.org and include your name and the PSA's NCAA ID and name. If additional information is needed, a member of our staff will reach out to you directly.

Task List Reminders

Understanding the Student's Role and the Importance of Tasks

A “task” is a communication assigned by Eligibility Center staff via your recruit's Eligibility Center account, as shown here.

The information may include actionable items (such as informing a student that sports participation information, related documents or enrollment verification needed, etc.) or could be communicating information regarding health and safety, sleep habits or other general information that can help prepare them for success on campus. Encourage your recruits to review their list of tasks by clicking on the Tasks icon, located in the header after logging in to their account at eligibilitycenter.org. Share this FAQ article with students to help them understand the importance of tasks in their account and avoid delays in their certification process.

Frequently Asked Questions

Receiving questions about the certification process? Visit the Eligibility Center's FAQ for answers to many of the questions you or your student-athletes may have. This is also a great resource for questions parents, families or other advocates may send your way, including:

Memorial Day Office Closure

The EC will be closed Monday, May 26, for the Memorial Day holiday. The EC’s membership inbox (ecinfo@ncaa.org) will be monitored for emergencies only. On behalf of all of us at the EC, have a safe and happy Memorial Day!

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