Dear Membership Contact,As you may recall, during the 2022 NCAA Convention, the Division III membership passed legislative proposal 2022-2 requiring all international student-athletes planning to initially enroll at an NCAA Division III school on or after August 1, 2023, to have an amateurism certification completed by the NCAA Eligibility Center. On behalf of the EC staff, we are excited to be working with you and your recruits!
As with any new process, we know there will be questions. Rest assured that we are here to help you navigate the EC framework. Many of you partnered with us during two seasons of piloting this certification process for incoming Division III ice hockey student-athletes and the system we developed closely mirrors the structure in place for Divisions I and II certifications.
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Identify EC Partner Staff Identify staff members who will be responsible for partnering with the EC. These individuals should have athletics compliance as a component of their role and may include senior-level athletics administrators as EC contacts as well.
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Review Education Column As a foundational item, we would ask that staff members who will be responsible for working with the EC begin by reviewing the January 25, 2022, education column. Many of the most frequently asked questions are covered here.
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Contact Your NCAA Apps AdminContact your school’s NCAA Applications Administrator and request they add the Eligibility Center Membership Portal to the NCAA accounts of the individuals identified in Step 1. (Campus Applications Administrators can be found here.) The Membership Portal provides resources and information needed to assist prospective student-athletes as they go through the certification process.
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Populate Your EC Contact ListOnce provided access by your school’s NCAA Applications Administrator, the Eligibility Center Membership Portal icon will appear on your NCAA Applications landing page (see icon below). At that time, you can access the Membership Portal and begin populating the EC Contact List for your school. |
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| | This list is used by EC staff to authenticate members contacting us to discuss individual student-athlete accounts for information security purposes. We also use this contact list to send periodic communications and reminders. |
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