Proposition 48 (NCAA)

Proposition 48 is an NCAA regulation that stipulates minimum high school grades and standardized test scores that student-athletes must meet in order to participate in college athletic competition.

The NCAA enacted Proposition 48 in 1986.[1]

As of 2010, the regulation is as follows:

Before a high school student can be eligible to play Division I sports, he or she must meet academic requirements in high school.[2] Those standards include:

  • The successful completion of 16 core courses.[3]
  • A sliding-scale combination of grades in high school core courses and standardized-test scores. For example, if a student-athlete earns a 3.0 grade-point average in core courses, that individual must score at least 620 on the SAT or a sumscore of 52 on the ACT. As the GPA increases, the required test score decreases, and vice versa.
  1. ^ Richard Pound (21 April 2009). "NCAA's Clearinghouse Rules - Who's Looking Out for the Student-Athlete?". Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ "A Seamless Eligibility Model" (PDF). Tiger Patrol Compliance Newsletter. Jackson State University. September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ Katz, Deborah. "NCAA Considers New Standards for Initial and Continuing Eligibility". Strategic Enrollment Management. American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.