One of the first things you will learn about collegiate sports is that you must register with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse in order to participate in Division I or Division II athletics in college.  To become certified as eligible with the Clearinghouse, you must fill out a standard student form and submit the required documents.  This information verifies certain academic requirements and your graduation from high school.  Although receiving certification with the NCAA Eligibility Center is not a difficult process, sometimes it is all too easy to forget about this simple task.  Start your registration as early as you can but at least by the end of your sophomore year or during the beginning of your junior year in high school.  Your high school guidance counselor should be able to assist you with this process as well, along with everything is now online to be able to complete this procedure.

Also another area that has recently been added to this same site is the “Amateurism section” that prospective student athletes now have to read through and complete the questions asked and/or make sure they check the box required.  In short, this basically refers to the fact  that they haven’t played “professional” soccer within the course of their careers to date.

Link:  NCAA.org