NCAA INITIAL ELIGIBILITY
As a prospective student athlete at the NCAA Division I level, you have certain responsibilities to attend to before you may participate in intercollegiate athletics. Information concerning how to register and what documents should be submitted can be found in The Guide for the College Bound Student Athlete under the General Information Menu.
If you have already registered with the Clearinghouse and you would like to access your information, click here: Registered Student Login
The List of Approved Core Courses for high schools is available prior to registration or login.
AMATEURISM
Definition of a Professional Team: A professional team is an organized team that provides any of its players more than actual and necessary expenses, as specified, or declares itself to be professional. Actual and necessary expenses include:
Competition with Professionals: An individual shall not be eligible for intercollegiate athletics if the individual ever competed on a professional team, regardless or whether the individual knew (or had reason to know) that the team was a professional team.
Draft: An individual, prior to initial, full-time collegiate enrollment is permitted to enter a professional league's draft and/or be drafted without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility.
Agent: An individual is not permitted to retain an agent or receive any benefits from an agent.
Contract: An individual is not permitted to sign a contract with a professional team.
Prize Money Based on Place Finish: An individual, prior to initial, full-time collegiate enrollment, is permitted to accept prize money based on place finish in an open athletics event, not to exceed actual and necessary expenses, from the sponsor of the event.
Educational Expenses: An individual, prior to initial, full-time collegiate enrollment, is permitted to accept educational expenses (i.e., tuition and fees, room and board and books) from any individual or entity other than an agent, professional sports team/organization or representative of an institution's athletics interests, provided such expenses are disbursed directly through the recipients' educational institution (e.g., preparatory school, high school).
Salary: An individual is not permitted to accept any direct or indirect salary, gratuity or comparable compensation for his or her participation in athletics.
For more information, visit http://www.ncaa.com/agents_amateurism/
NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT PROGRAM
By signing a National Letter of Intent, a prospective student-athlete agrees to attend the designated college or university for one academic year. Pursuant to the terms of the National Letter of Intent program, participating institutions agree to provide athletics financial aid for one academic year to the student-athlete, provided he/she is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules. An important provision of the National Letter of Intent program is a recruiting prohibition applied after a prospective student-athlete signs a Letter of Intent. This prohibition requires participating institutions to cease recruitment of a prospective student-athlete once a National Letter of Intent is signed with another institution.
The National Letter of Intent has many advantages to both prospective student-athletes and participating educational institutions:
2003-04 Signing Dates
The following are the signing dates for prospects entering Gonzaga University in the 2004-05 academic year.
| Sport | Initial Signing Date | Final Signing Date |
| Basketball (Early Period) | November 12, 2003 | November 19, 2003 |
| Basketball (Late Period) | April 14, 2004 | May 19, 2004 |
| Field Hockey, Soccer, M Water Polo | February 4, 2004 | August 1, 2004 |
| All Other Sports (Early Period) | November 12, 2003 | November 19, 2003 |
| All Other Sports (Late Period) | April 14, 2004 | August 1, 2004 |
Do not sign prior to 7:00 am (local time) on initial signing date or after the final signing date listed for each sport.
2004-05 Signing Dates
The following are the signing dates for prospects entering Gonzaga University in the 2005-06 academic year.
| Sport | Initial Signing Date | Final Signing Date |
| Basketball (Early Period) | November 10, 2004 | November 17, 2004 |
| Basketball (Late Period) | April 13, 2005 | May 18, 2005 |
| Field Hockey, Soccer, M Water Polo | February 2, 2005 | August 1, 2005 |
| All Other Sports (Early Period) | November 10, 2004 | November 17, 2004 |
| All Other Sports (Late Period) | April 13, 2005 | August 1, 2005 |
Do not sign prior to 7:00 am (local time) on initial signing date or after the final signing date listed for each sport.
For more information, visit http://www.national-letter.org.
