This path is designed for students wanting to play college sports (NCAA, NAIA, or NJCAA-JUCO) and meet eligibility for NCAA Athletic Scholarships.
The NCAA has approved HomeLife Academy students for individual assessments for the NCAA scholarships, and we have had several students receive NCAA scholarships.
HomeLife Academy is also a registered school with the NAIA and we have several students each year receive NAIA scholarships. For more information, click here to access the NAIA Eligibility Center.
To help HLA equip you, please choose the NCAA path for ALL college sports paths – NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA-JUCO as well as any others. Choose this path even if there is a small chance your student will play sports at the collegiate level.
CRITICAL INFORMATION – NCAA Specific:
NCAA has recently changed their NCAA Eligibility center process for homeschool students. We are excited about the changes because it means that homeschool students will hopefully have more options for meeting eligibility requirements than they have in the past. We have been assisting our students for many years with the academic eligibility process and are working hard to keep up with the changes as they are made available by NCAA.
Although parents are ultimately responsible for making sure their students meet any college sports eligibility requirements, HLA Sports Counselors are here to help guide and support you through the process.
NCAA Eligibility Center Account Information (Please read carefully!):
You will need to create an account with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
• One of the biggest changes is that HLA students will now answer YES when asked if your student is homeschooled as you register for an NCAA Eligibility Center Account.
• Once you answer YES to the homeschool question, it will take you to a page to get more information about your student’s homeschool situation. On this page you will share the following information:
• Homeschool Administrator – You will list the parent or guardian because you are the person making decisions for your homeschool organization, courses, and the resources you use to teach those courses.
• Teacher Info – You will list yourself if you manage your student’s courses or make decisions about who will teach your student’s courses.
• Homeschool Program – In this box you will select other and then you can list HomeLife Academy in the box that asks for the name of your homeschool program.
• You will answer YES when they ask if your student will receive a diploma or certificate when completing this program. Below that, there will be a box that asks for the name of the document. In this box you can list that your student will receive a diploma and transcript.
• To finish this section, you will answer questions about what year your student began attending HLA and select the box for each grade your student attended HLA in high school.
How to get started with HLA College Sports Path:
• Please select the NCAA Path in Applecore and email ncaa@homelifeacademy.com. If your student is applying for an NCAA scholarship we need to know as early as ninth or tenth grade, so that we can provide you the best information regarding courses, descriptions, and transcripts most likely to be accepted by NCAA. Choose this path for ALL college sports.
• Please make sure the courses you select are college prep and high school only courses – others will not be accepted.
• Core course worksheets are submitted at the end of 11th grade. We will be happy to look them over before submission. Please email ncaa@homelifeacademy.com. While we cannot guarantee approval, we can review them for things NCAA will look for, and give recommendations.
• To receive a transcript for NCAA, enter a request in Request Manager within your myHLA account. You will receive your transcript through email in order to send directly to NCAA at ec-processing@ncaa.org.
• For additional NCAA information see the Home School ToolKit.
• If you have any questions, please email ncaa@homelifeacademy.com.
NCAA students can follow the College4 course planning sheet when making plans for the NCAA path. You can find the planning sheets and the checklists on the College4 page.
FOR STUDENTS TRANSFERRING FROM A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY EARNED HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS:
If your student has transferred to HLA from another school, please click here to search by the name of the school, the CEEB code, or by city and state. You can check on the status of the school and approved core courses with NCAA. Schools and courses that have not been previously approved by NCAA will not be eligible to count toward your student’s core course credits.
Any credits earned at a previous school that were not on the NCAA approved course list from an NCAA approved school will not be counted toward the final credit count for NCAA. Approved schools and courses can be checked here.
NCAA SPECIFIC INFORMATION
NCAA has some specific requirements/guidelines that you must follow. See below:
Div. I – Full Qualifier
• Complete 16 core courses.
• Ten of the 16 core courses must be completed before the seventh semester (senior year) of high school.
• Seven of the 10 core courses must be in English, math or natural/physical science.
• Earn a core-course GPA of at least 2.300.
• Graduate high school.
Div. I Core-Course Requirements:
Complete 16 core courses in the following areas:
ENGLISH 4 years required.
MATH (Algebra I or higher) 3 years required.
NATURAL/ PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Including one year of lab, if offered) 2 years required.
SOCIAL SCIENCE 2 years required.
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC COURSES (Any area listed above, foreign language, or comparative religion/philosophy) 4 years required.
ADDITIONAL YEAR IN (English, math or natural/physical science) 1 year required.
Div. II – Full Qualifier
• Complete 16 core courses.
• Earn a core-course GPA of at least 2.200.
• Graduate high school.
Div. II Core-Course Requirements:
Complete 16 core courses in the following areas:
ENGLISH 3 years required
MATH (Algebra I or higher) 2 years required.
NATURAL/ PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Including one year of lab, if offered) 2 years required.
SOCIAL SCIENCE 2 years required.
ADDITIONAL COURSES (Any area listed above, foreign language, or comparative religion/philosophy) 4 years required.
ADDITIONAL YEARS IN (English, math or natural/physical science) 3 years required.
If the student will be a 5th year senior, none of the credits taken in the 5th year will count toward the 16 required core courses. NCAA does accept some early credit taken in the 8th grade for core courses only (HLA recommends no more than 3).
NAIA ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:
Home-schooled students who complete a home-schooling program conducted in accordance with the laws of the student’s state of residence will meet entering freshman requirements by satisfying any of the following three options:
1. Satisfy the ACT or SAT minimum test score requirement (ACT 18+ or SAT 970+)
2. Completion of nine institutional credit hours prior to identification at any institution of higher education
• Must provide an official transcript from NAIA institution showing the hours accepted with “C” or better grade
3. Receive a home school waiver from the NAIA Home School Committee
Helpful Links:
• Play NAIA Home School Eligibility Guide
NCAA Athletes need to follow the College4 Path for Graduation Requirements.
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