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Welcome to Missouri Western State University! As a prospective student-athlete, you have certain responsibilities to attend to before you may join the Missouri Western family. Please read the Guide for College-Bound Student-Athletes produced by the NCAA.

If you are interested in participating as a Missouri Western Griffon, please check with your high school advisor or the NCAA Eligibility Center to find out the steps it takes to participate in collegiate athletics. Work with your high school guidance counselor or college admissions office to find which college is right for you.

Recruited Student-Athlete
You become a "recruited prospective student-athlete" at a particular college if any coach or representative of the college's athletics interests (booster or representative) approaches you (or any member of your family) about enrolling and participating in athletics at that college. Activities by coaches or boosters that cause you to become a recruited prospective student-athlete are:

• Providing you with an official visit

• Placing more than one telephone call to you or any other member of your family

• Visiting you or any other member of your family anywhere other than the college campus

• Signing a National Letter of Intent and/or a Tender of Assistance with Missouri Western

Official Visit

• A prospective student athlete is limited to one official visit for each school

Unofficial Visit
A visit made to a college campus at the prospect's expense. The college may provide free tickets to an on-campus athletics event in which the college team competes.  There is no limit on the number of unofficial visits a prospect can make.

National Letter of Intent
Official documentation used by universities to establish a prospect's commitment to attend a certain university.

Recruiting Contact
Any face-to-face, off-campus encounter between a prospect, prospect's parents (or legal guardian) or relative and a college staff employee or athletics representative; if the conversation goes beyond a greeting.

Recruiting Evaluation
Any off-campus activity designed to assess a prospect's academic qualifications or athletic ability (reviewing transcripts on the high school campus or watching practices/games).

Telephone Calls
Telephone calls to a prospect or prospect's relatives or legal guardians, may not be made before June 15 before the prospect's junior year. 

Electronically Transmitted Correspondence (i.e. e-mail, faxes, etc.)

Electronically transmitted correspondence i.e. emails, texts etc., may be received starting June 15 prior to junior year of high school. Thereafter, there are no limitations on the number of electronically transmitted correspondence that you may receive from an institution.

All electronically transmitted correspondence shall be sent directly to the prospective student athlete (or the prospective student athlete’s relatives or legal guardian(s) and coaches) and shall be private between only the sender and recipient (e.g., no use of chat rooms, message boards, posts to “walls”).

NCAA Eligibility Center Website

WARNING: If you are a student-athlete enrolled at another four-year institution or if you have been enrolled at another four-year institution in the last year (Division I, II, III, or NAIA), NCAA rules and regulations strictly prohibit Missouri Western coaches (or athletics staff members) from having any communication* with you, directly or indirectly, until that first institution grants our institution permission to contact you. You may obtain this permission to contact from the athletics compliance office or the director of athletics at your current or previous institution.

Once the release is obtained from your current or previous institution, then Missouri Western coaches will be able to contact you.

* Types of communication include via email, phone or written form.

All international prospective student-athletes are required to complete the following steps to become a student at Missouri Western:

1)  Application for Admission, Admission Supplement, and Educational Background Statement with $50 application fee.

2)  Official transcripts for secondary education (freshman) or from all US Colleges and Universities attended (transfers) with English translation.

3)  Official TOEFL test score of at least 500 on paper test, 61 on internet based test, or 5.5 on the International English Language Test System (IELTS). 

4)  Verification of financial resources and supporting financial documents (students must make payment by the first day of classes).

5)  Health Insurance – Required of all International Students with a F1 visa.  The cost of the health insurance will not be paid by your athletic scholarship.  You must provide the funds on your own to pay for the health insurance.

6)  All current immunization records must be on file

7)  Official student visa (F1) must be presented to admission counselor prior to registration

Additional links:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

• Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) general testing information

• American College Testing Program (ACT) general testing information

 

NCAA Guide for Two-Year Transfers

NCAA Guide for Four-Year Transfers

Missouri Western Graduation Rates Report

Missouri Western Academic Success Rate Report

NCAA Initial Eligibility Standards Guide