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Information for Athletes

Academic All-American

Dear Club Owner: The Men’s 2023 Academic All-American Recognition Award application portal is now open as well as the NCAA Release of Information E Form. If you have Men’s Program athletes in grades 9-12, please let them know that the portal is now open as well as the information below. If you do not have MAG athletes, please delete this email. Notes regarding application process: Be sure to have your USA Gymnastics membership number at hand. Once you complete the application, you will receive an email with a GPA confirmation form. At the end of this school year’s first semester, you will need to take this form to your guidance counselor or registrar’s office for them to confirm your cumulative GPA. For 9th grade, your GPA will be what it is at the end of your first semester. All GPA’s must be on a 4.0 scale. If your school does not use this scale, you will have to request that the registrar or counselor calculate it on a 4.0 scale. Weighted GPA’s are welcome, but must be noted on the on the GPA form by the registrar or counselor. There is a $20 administrative fee. You may mail the completed form with a check to USA Gymnastics (1099 N. Meridian St., Ste 800, Indianapolis, IN 46204, ), to my attention. Once everything has been reviewed and approved, you will receive an email confirmation. You may also check the box for credit card payment. The administrative fee will be placed into your USA Gymnastics membership cart. Once everything has been reviewed and approved, you will receive an email confirmation with instructions to login to our membership, click on the CART at the top and follow the prompts to complete the payment. If the school’s seal can be seen, the form can be emailed to me. If the seal is too faint, you can rub over it lightly with a pencil so that it will show up better. If the school’s seal is embossed, it will show up better in a picture rather than a PDF scan. Click here to begin the application process. Notes regarding award: Award will be made at your respective Regional Championships A list of Academic All-American Recognition Award recipients is included in all reports given to NCAA/GymAct college coaches for recruiting purposes (names only). A final list will be posted on our USA Gymnastics website. NCAA Release of Information E-Form If you would like to be included in the full report provided to NCAA/GymAct coaches for recruiting, please complete the NCAA Release of Information form – click here to complete. If you get a message that your USAG number has already been used, it means that your information has already been entered and you are good to go for the season. Note that this has to be completed annually, so if you completed it last year, you will need to do it again. Incomplete applications will not be processed. Academic All-American applications are to be completed online. After an application is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirming the online submission.

NGF Scholarship

The NGF scholarship is available to athletes entering college. This application deadline is due May 15th.

NCAA Athlete Release Form

High school students who are interested in being recruited should complete this form. Include this information with the above.

Recruiting Timeline and NCAA Eligibility

Grade 9

  • Ask your counselor for a list of your high school’s NCAA core courses to make sure you take the right classes.

Grade 10

Grade 11

  • Check with your counselor to make sure you will graduate on time with the required number of NCAA core courses.
  • Take the ACT or SAT and submit your scores to the NCAA using code 9999.
  • At the end of the year, ask your counselor to upload your official transcript to the NCAA Eligibility Center.

Grade 12

  • Finish your last NCAA core courses.
  • Take the ACT or SAT again, if necessary, and submit your scores to the NCAA using code 9999.
  • Complete all academic and amateurism questions in your NCAA Eligibility Center account at eligibilitycenter.org.
  • After you graduate, ask your counselor to submit your final official transcript with proof of graduation to the NCAA Eligibility Center.

Division I academic eligibility

To be eligible to compete in NCAA sports during your first year at a Division I school, you must graduate high school and meet ALL the following requirements:

  • Complete 16 core courses:
    • Four years of English
    • Three years of math (Algebra 1 or higher)
    • Two years of natural/physical science (including one year of lab science if your high school offers it)
    • One additional year of English, math or natural/physical science
    • Two years of social science
    • Four additional years of English, math, natural/physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy
  • Complete 10 core courses, including seven in English, math or natural/physical science, before your seventh semester. Once you begin your seventh semester, you may not repeat or replace any of those 10 courses to improve your core-course GPA.
  • Earn at least a 2.3 GPA in your core courses.

  • Earn an SAT combined score or ACT sum score matching your core-course GPA on the Division I sliding scale, which balances your test score and core-course GPA. If you have a low test score, you need a higher core-course GPA to be eligible. If you have a low core-course GPA, you need a higher test score to be eligible.

NCAA Recruiting Timeline and Information

Athletes hoping to participate in NCAA, NAIGC, or other gymnastics opportunities in college should take a look at the information in this link. The early bird gets the recruiting trip.