JUNIOR COLLEGE
Junior College offers athletic and academic opportunities for student-athletes that are not ready to compete at the NCAA level. Some attend to boost their grades because they were not an NCAA qualifier, some attend because they want to work on their skills because they are not ready for NCAA athletics, and others attend because they didn't get the exposure they needed at the NCAA level
If you are entering a junior college or community college, you are required to:
Be a high school graduate or one who has received a high school equivalency diploma or has been certified as having passed a national test such as the General Education Development Test (GED).
Non-high school graduates can establish eligibility for athletic participation by completing one term of college work passing twelve credits with a 1.75 GPA or higher. This term must be taken after the student's high school class has graduated. Term by Term Eligibility
Why Do College Coaches Like JUCO transfers?
More experience than high school athletes
More accustomed to high athletic competition
Adjusted to the rigors of college athletics and academics
More mature
Stronger
Can help you turn a program around quickly
A few other interesting things about JUCO
You can sign a JUCO letter of intent and a NCAA letter of intent with no penalty.
Tryouts on the campus, for the coach of the team are legal. Load up the van and go, you have nothing to lose.
The Basic Structure of Junior College
NJCAA – National Junior College Athletic Association
Two-year public or private schools. The NJCAA schools are divided into 24 regions based on geography. In some sports, schools are divided the following classification based on athletic aid
NOTE: Each colleges specific classification is made by the individual institution on a per sport basis, meaning an individual school may have a basketball program that competes at the D1 level and a football program that competes at the D2 level.
NJCAA sanctions the following sports
If you are being recruited by a JUCO Institution
The following is permitted under NJCAA recruitment rules
No institution shall permit an athlete to be solicited to attend by the promise of a gift or inducement other than an athletic grant-in-aid.
An institution may pay for one visit to its campus be direct route, for a stay not to exceed two days and two nights. The visit must be completed no less than 10 days prior to the opening day of classes.
While recruiting a potential athlete on campus, a college representative may purchase meals for the athlete. The value of the meals may not exceed the amount provided to a college employee while traveling on college business.
For more information on the college recruiting and application process see The Making of a Student-Athlete
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