Patosha Jeffery, The Girls Basketball Trainer Blog » academics http://girlsbasketballtrainer.com/blog Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:30:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The Road to Division 1 Womens Basketball http://girlsbasketballtrainer.com/blog/2010/04/the-road-to-division-1-womens-basketball/ http://girlsbasketballtrainer.com/blog/2010/04/the-road-to-division-1-womens-basketball/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:20:15 +0000 Patosha Jeffery http://girlsbasketballtrainer.com/blog/2010/04/the-road-to-division-1-womens-basketball/ Does the road to Division 1 Womens Basketball go through jump shots, block shots or 3 pointers?

Not exactly.

The road to Division 1 womens college basketball goes through ACADEMICS.

ESPN Rise’s Clay Kallam wrote an article describing a necessary process of getting to Division 1.

It all starts at the NCAA Eligibility Center (www.eligibilitycenter.org), and the fundamentals of this game are academic. To play Division I basketball as a college freshman, high school athletes must first complete 16 core courses in English (four years), math (three years), science (two years), social science (two years), plus five other courses that qualify as core courses. Oh, and just taking them isn’t enough — a minimum grade-point average is required as well.

Click here to read the entire article explaining academic requirements


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