NCAA Organization

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the largest college athletic association in the United states and offers a wide range of sports for both women and men. Some of these sports include  men's baseball, men's football, basketball, & women's softball, women's field hockey, cross country, fencing, golf, women's bowling, gymnastics, lacrosse, ice hockey, soccer, volleyball, women's rowing, tennis, rifle, water polo, swimming & diving, men's wrestling, skiing, and track & field. NCAA is a semi- voluntary association of 1,281 institutions (NCAA I, NCAA II, & NCAA III). Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships. Generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III.

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Championships - Presently, UCLA, Stanford and Southern California have the most NCAA championships; UCLA holds the most, winning a combined 104 team championships in men's and women's sports, with Stanford coming in second with 97. The NCAA currently awards 87 national championships yearly; 44 women's, 40 men's, and three coed championships where men and women compete together (Fencing, Rifle, and Skiing). For every NCAA sanctioned sport other than Division I FBS football, the NCAA awards wooden trophies with gold, silver, and bronze plating for the first, second, and third place teams respectively; similar to the Olympics.

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Eligibility - To participate in college athletics in the freshmen year the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) states that students must meet three requirements; graduate from high school, complete the minimum required academic courses, and have qualifying grade-point average (GPA) and SAT or ACT scores or Toefl for international students. To meet the requirements for grade point average and SAT scores students the lowest possible GPA a student may be eligible with is a 2.000 with an SAT score of 900. The lowest SAT score a student may be eligible with is 700 with a GPA of 2.500.

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The UF - The University of Florida offers many graduate programs-including engineering, business administration, law and medicine-on one contiguous campus, and administers 123 master's degree programs and 76 doctoral degree programs in 87 schools and departments. The University of Florida's NCAA Division I athletic teams, known as the "Florida Gators," compete in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In its 103-year history of intercollegiate sports competition, the university has won 22 national team championships, 17 of which are NCAA titles, and 219 individual national championships.

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 NAIA Organization

The NAIA approaches sport and activity as an opportunity to intentionally teach beyond the fundamentals through the philosophy of the NAIA Champions of Character program. By applying the five core values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship the NAIA has the ability to maximize talent to the benefit of each individual. The association provides exclusive opportunities for over 45,000 young men and women to achieve academically while competing for the love of the game. NAIA member institutions award millions of dollars through athletic aid to eligible student-athletes and create an environment where competitive athletics, academic excellence and Champions of Character walk hand in hand.

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 NJCAA Organization

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is the governing body of intercollegiate athletics for two-year colleges. As such, its programs are designed to meet the unique needs of a diverse group of student-athletes who come from both traditional and non-traditional backgrounds and whose purpose in selecting a two-year college may be as varied as their experiences before attending college. It is the mission of the NJCAA to foster a national program of athletic participation in an environment that supports equitable opportunities consistent with the educational objectives of member colleges.

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 NCCAA Organization

The NCCAA is an association of Christ - centered collegiate institutions whose mission is to use athletic competition as an integral component of education, evangelism, & encouragement. The NCCAA game plan includes: dedicated & caring leadership, national competition, international outreach & ministry through athletic teams, discipleship programs and materials for student - athletes & coaches, & conferences on current key issues.

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