Parents of Student Athletes
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Working Together Checklist
- Check your student's Honest Game report to motivate and keep track of their eligibility requirements using your email address on file with ETHS
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An open letter to the athlete we must stop recruiting - by DI college soccer coach - parents listen up ...Read the NCAA College Bound Student Athlete Guide
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Understand the Checklists for each year
Freshman Checklist- Check your Honest Game report for your eligibility status on strategies to gain eligibility! Log in using Google SSO.
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Discuss realistic athletic goals and what is needed to achieve them. How can parents help? $ into clinics etc, transportation to clinics/competition, positive encouragement
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Confirm enrollment in required core courses
Sophomore Checklist- Check your Honest Game report for your eligibility status on strategies to gain eligibility! Log in using Google SSO.
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Re-visit athletic progress and re-assess realistic goals
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Confirm enrollment in required core courses and GPA (NCAA Division I Eligibility Calculator)
Junior Checklist-
Help create list of potential schools
- Check your Honest Game report for your eligibility status on strategies to gain eligibility! Log in using Google SSO.
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Arrange unofficial campus visits
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Fall - Register with NCAA Eligibility Center or NAIA Eligibility Center
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REGISTER to take SAT/ACT - have scores sent to #9999 (NCAA) and/or #9876 (NAIA)
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Help create short video/highlight reel of recent competition
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Attend College Info Session with Mrs. Arey, College & Career Coordinator
Senior Checklist-
Help narrow down list of schools
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Arrange for unofficial and official campus visits
- Check your Honest Game report for your eligibility status on strategies to gain eligibility! Log in using Google SSO.
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Encourage applications to schools where your student-athlete will thrive with or without athletics
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Be aware of application deadlines and requirements
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Know recruiting (See Recruiting Highlights) and amateurism rules (NCAA Guide pp 20-26)
Additional Resources:
A Parent's Guide to College Athletics
Where are ETHS Grads Playing College Sports?