NCSA College Athletic Scholarships Blog

Grades are becoming increasingly important to college recruiting.  Due to the APR, universities are increasingly using grades to to separate similar recruits.  Coaches know that recruiting players with questionable grades could quickly come back to bite them with scholarship reductions.  The Dayton Daily News reports on the importance of good grades to athletes:

Northmont Athletic Director Robin Spiller pointed out that the NCAA’s recent Academic Progress Rate has caused college coaches to rethink taking marginal students. Programs that don’t reach certain standards face sanctions, including the loss of scholarships.

“Those students who, for lack of a better word, ‘get it’ understand they have to work in the classroom in order for a college coach to look at them,” Spiller said. “Most of the (high-achievement) kids we’re talking about have understood that, and if they want to go further in school, then they’ve got to make a commitment in the classroom, too.”

NCSA is looking for athletes that “get it” and are working to maximize their recruting potential.  Are you going to be one of them?

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