Compliance Department

FUMA Compliance Mission Statement

The mission of the Compliance Department is to ensure that Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA) complies with the mission and intent of the school, the Virginia Prep League, and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA). FUMA's Compliance Department will make an attempt to provide each cadet interested in participating in post-secondary athletics the opportunity to ensure athletic eligibility for entrance into the post-secondary institution of his choice. Honest, integrity and accurace of interpretations are our highest priorities.

Director of Compliance: CPT Sam Mavrick

Compliance Coordinator: CPT Ben Paris

Compliance Officer: CPT Brian Bodine

Contact email: compliance@fuma.org

Contact phone: 434-842-4224

Compliance Newsletter

May 2012 edition of the Compliance Newsletter is posted:

http://www.forkunion.com/node/15605

NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Eligibility Center (“Clearinghouse”) website:

http://web1.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA_EMS.html#

This is where you will be able to register for a New Account and where you will go to login to an existing account. The ‘resources’ tab at the top of the page will allow you to access a wide variety of information including:

• Home-school info
• Contact Info
• Needed Forms
• National Letter of Intent info
• Recruiting website/Recruiting terms/Recruiting calendars
• Disability Services (Education-Impacting Disabilities) – If you have an IEP/504 Plan/Psycho-Educational Evaluation
• Guides/Brochures/Check-list
• Core-worksheets – Division I/Division II
• Amateurism Certification – FINAL certification
• Health and Safety questions – supplements, etc.

NCAA Eligibility Center Quick Reference Guide for D-I/D-II Initial-eligibility requirements:

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/Quick_Reference_Sheet.pdf

This link will provide you the PSA (Prospective Student-Athlete) and or Parent with a truly 'quick reference' document on what your son will need to play a NCAA sanctioned sport at either the D-I (FBS), D-IAA (FCS) or D-II level. Please pay particular attention to the change in the number of core-courses that will be required at the D-II level beginning Aug. 1, 2013 and the new sliding-scale and core-courses that will now be "locked" in. This new D-I sliding-scale and "lock" on core-courses will take place for PSA's enrolling after Aug. 1, 2015.

NCAA High School Portal Page – ‘Resources’ Link:

https://web1.ncaa.org/hsportal/exec/links?linksSubmit=ShowActiveLinks

This is where you will find other valuable information such as: transcript information, core-course information, eligibility rules, online class information, contact info, ACT/SAT info, international student info, GPA and grading scale info, and other valuable links. This ‘resources’ link will allow you to read-up on many items.

NCAA High School Portal Page – ‘High School's list of NCAA core-courses’ link:

https://web1.ncaa.org/hsportal/exec/hsAction?hsActionSubmit=searchHighSchool

This link will allow you to access your current or past High School’s list of courses that have been approved by the NCAA to be used in figuring your son’s core-GPA.

NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Eligibility Center website:

www.playnaia.org

The NAIA is very similar to NCAA Division II schools. NAIA institutions do offer an opportunity for athletic scholarships and they vary from school to school. The requirements are different than that of their NCAA counter-part.

This link will allow you to register for a New Account and where you will be able to login into an existing account. This link will also allow you to locate contact information, eligibility requirements, and other pertinent information.

Misc. Information:

Fork Union ‘School Code’: 470860

Fork Union ‘SAT’ Code for TEST CENTER registration (www.collegeboard.com) : 47330

Fork Union ‘ACT’ Code for TEST CENTER registration (www.actstudent.org) : 186170

NCAA Eligibility Center Code for registration: 9999

NAIA Eligibility Center Code for registration: 9876

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid): www.fafsa.ed.gov

Note from FUMA’s Compliance Dept:

As you can see there are many items that need attention when seeking certification to play an athletic sport at the collegiate level. The most important items that can help “speed” up the process for us are providing any login (username/passwords) info associated with any collegeboard, actstudent, NCAA or NAIA accounts. This will allow us to keep up-to-date and monitor his progress towards meeting a specific certification.