NCSAA Associate Membership - Application Form

Associate Membership

NCSAA Associate Membership

ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

By completing and submitting this online application form, you officially apply to become an NCSAA Associate Member School.

You can send your membership fees in separately, or you can request that we send you an invoice for your payment.

Membership Effective Date:

Name of school:

Address:

City: State: Zip Code:

School Phone Number: School Fax Number:

School Web Site: Grades Offered:

Enrollment (number of students) in: Grades K-5: Grades 6-8: Grades 9-12:

Athletic Director: Athletic Director's E-mail Address:

Head Administrator: Head Administrator's E-mail Address:

Leagues / Conferences / Athletic Associations of which you're a part:

Please indicate ALL sports that your school offers.

NOTE: Please only mark the "Girls" designation for a sport if your school offers a SEPARATE team for girls only. If girls participate by competing on a boys' team (co-ed), please do NOT indicate that you offer a girls' team in that sport.

Do you permit 5th-year seniors (or post-graduate students) to participate on any of your teams?

(If so, those teams will be ranked in our Prep division.)

Yes No If "Yes", please indicate which sports / teams...

Do you operate a separate (additional) varsity team in any sport in which you have registered for the Prep division?

Yes No If "Yes", please indicate which sports / teams...

Are your teams eligible to participate in post-season play after your league / conference / state tournaments?

** NOTE: Please indicate only whether your teams are potentially eligible (in other words, NOT restricted by league / conference / state rule) to participate in post-season play after your league / conference / state tournaments. You are NOT making any commitment to participate in NCSAA national or Super-Regional tournaments by answering "YES".

Yes No

DIVISIONAL GUIDELINES:

* Prep - If you permit 5th-year seniors (reclassified seniors) or post-graduate students to play on your team, you will be in the NCSAA Prep division.

* Division 1 - If you have 300 or more students in grades 9-12, you will be in NCSAA Division 1.
* Division 2 - If you have 80-299 students in grades 9-12, you will be in NCSAA Division 2.
* Division 3 - If you have 79 or fewer students in grades 9-12, you will be in NCSAA Division 3.
* Inclusion in any NCSAA division does not require you to attend any NCSAA tournaments.

RANKINGS AND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT QUALIFYING:

* NCSAA maintains varsity team National Rankings (Prep, Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3) and Super-Regional Rankings (Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3) in numerous sports throughout each school year. NCSAA Associate Members will be ranked alongside NCSAA Member Schools, and those rankings will be used for seeding purposes, in the event that an Associate Member attends an NCSAA championship tournament (as described below).

* Inclusion in the NCSAA National and Super-Regional Rankings does not require you to attend any NCSAA tournaments.

* NCSAA currently operates National Championship tournaments in boys' and girls' varsity basketball, as well as Division 2 and 3 Championship tournaments in fall soccer (boys and girls), volleyball (girls), basketball (boys and girls), baseball, fast-pitch softball (girls), and spring soccer (girls).

* Qualifying for NCSAA National Championships: Any team is welcome to register for these tournaments, but qualifying for the National Championship Bracket will be determined by final placement in the NCSAA National Rankings. (Teams that do not qualify for the National Championship Bracket will compete in the National Invitational brackets.) For more specific information on the qualifying procedures and National Championship events, call NCSAA at 724-846-2764.

* Qualifying for NCSAA Division 2 and 3 Championships: NCSAA also operates separate Division 2 and 3 Championships in some sports. Any Division 2 or 3 team is welcome to register for these tournaments, but qualifying for the Championship Brackets will be determined by final placement in the NCSAA Division 2 and Division 3 Rankings. (Teams that do not qualify for the Division 2 and 3 Championship Brackets will compete in the Division 2 and 3 Invitational brackets.) For more specific information on the qualifying procedures and Division 2 and 3 Championship events, call NCSAA at 724-846-2764.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

* NCSAA does not operate leagues or conferences, provide regular season schedules, or govern schools' regular season activities.

* NCSAA Associate Membership does not require you to profess to a Christian worldview or belief statement. By joining as an Associate Member School, though, you may take advantage of all membership benefits that NCSAA extends to Associate Members.

* Annual school memberships begin on September 1 and end on the last day of August.

* New member schools will be contacted after their membership applications have been reviewed and accepted.

* An associate member school grants permission for its school name (and a link to its web site) to be published on the NCSAA web site, in the associate member schools area.

Our school hereby applies for NCSAA associate membership and will adhere to all NCSAA associate membership application procedures.

Online "Signature" of Athletic Director or Head Administrator (Enter your initials):

(Your initials here indicate your commitment and agreement to the statement above.)

Membership rate: $150 per year (Limited-Time Special Rate for NEW Member Schools: $75)

Terms of payment:	I will be submitting our membership payment (by check) ASAP.
	Please send us an invoice (bill) for our payment.
	Terms of payment have been settled alternatively with NCSAA.

If you will be mailing your payment, please send it to:

NCSAA

2105 Clayton Road

Beaver Falls, PA 15010

When you have completed this entire form and approved it with your online "signature", press "Submit" below.