Information for Incoming Freshmen

Contact Restrictions
If you are freshman or sophomore we cannot speak to you about athletics, write you or call you. If you are a junior, we may write you but cannot call you. You can call and speak to our staff. If you are a senior, we may write and call you. We are limited to making one phone call to a recruit each week.

General Freshman Eligibility Requirements
As an incoming freshman who desires to participate in NCAA Division II athletics, you must be cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse in order to play as a freshman.

Here is a link to the Clearinghouse website. If you are a senior in high school you should sign up as soon as possible in order to reduce any potential delays in the processing of your application.

http://www.ncaaclearinghouse.net/ncaa/NCAA/student/index_student.html

You must send in an official high school transcript to the NCAA Clearinghouse.
You must have an official SAT or ACT score sent directly from the testing agency to the NCAA Clearinghouse. If you have not yet taken an ACT or SAT, do so as soon as possible. Here are links to the SAT and ACT registration pages:

SAT: http://www.collegeboard.com/splash/

ACT: http://www.actstudent.org/index.html

As soon as you graduate from high school you must send the Clearinghouse your final transcript before the certification process can be completed.

If you have taken any college work while in high school, your college transcripts must also be sent to the clearinghouse before final certification is completed.

Generally to be able to practice and play at an NCAA II school you must:

• Have at least a 2.0 GPA in an academic core of 14 high school courses
• Have an SAT of 820+ (verbal and math scores only) or a composite ACT of 68+. The SAT or ACT must be taken on a national testing date.
• Generally, if you are taking the recommended or distinguished curriculum in Texas High Schools, you will have completed the 14 core course requirement.
• You must complete the NCAA Amateurism Certification questionnaire with the clearinghouse and be classified as an amateur.

For additional information on freshman eligibility and NCAA requirements, please look over the

NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete

Campus Visitations
Unofficial Visits are visits you make to UTPB at your own expense. You may make an unlimited number of visits to UTPB to visit at your own expense. Please be sure that you contact the coach before coming.

You are allowed only FIVE Official Visits as a high school senior. After your senior year in high school (once you have enrolled full time in college) you are permitted five additional official visits. Before coming on an official visit you must be registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse and have copies of your SAT/ACT scores and high school transcript on file with the athletic office. If you are enrolled in college, you must have all of your college transcripts on file with the athletic office.

General Tryout Information
Some of our coaches have open tryouts and others do not. If a tryout is held, it may last only 2 hours. Please contact the coach of your sport to see if and when a tryout is being held. The contact information for your coaches may be found in the Athletic Staff Directory.

Application for Admission
Here is a link to an on-line admissions form (Texas Common Application). You would need to complete and submit it and send in an official copy of your high school transcript to complete the application process. UTPB's institution number is: 009930

https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/commonapp.WBX

The common application is used for all Texas Public colleges and you may use it to apply to any of them. If you have any interest in UTPB, please complete the application and submit it early. It takes 10-15 minutes and does not cost anything.

Housing
Here is a link to our campus housing information. Our campus housing is much like apartment-style housing. Generally students have their own room and units include living areas and full kitchens with microwaves, stoves, refrigerators and dishwashers.
Rent includes all utilities, basic cable and high speed internet service.

http://www.utpb.edu/utpb_adm/businessaffairs/officeofstudenthousing/studentinfo/sh3_main_welcome.htm

Financial Aid Information
We have a LIMITED number of athletic scholarships and as a general rule our scholarships are broken up and shared with several players on a team. Athletic Scholarships cannot be combined with academic awards.

If you are in the top 50% of your graduating class, you will qualify for a freshman grant. It is worth $2000 a year and is renewable each year if you maintain an overall UTPB GPA of 3.0 and pass 30 credits a semester. There are limited numbers of Presidential and Presidential Plus awards available for students in the top 10% of their graduating class and excellent SAT/ACT scores. These awards are quite competitive. If you live in the Permian Basin , are in the top 10% of your class, and have excellent test scores, you should apply for a Permian Honors Foundation scholarship.

If you receive an athletic or academic scholarship you are required to live on campus unless you are from the Midland-Odessa area and living with family or qualify for an exception.

If you receive an academic or athletic award for $2000 or more, out of state tuition is waived. As a general rule, out of state tuition is not waived during the summer.

Additional information about financial aid is available here:

http://www.utpb.edu/utpb_student/students/financial_aid/fa3_index_frame.htm

UTPB Athletics Interest Form