Dear Wentworth Students,
This email is for ANY student – both returning students and
incoming freshmen/transfers – who has an interest in trying
out for any varsity athletics team during the 2012-2013 academic
year.
If you are interested in playing ANY intercollegiate, varsity
sport at Wentworth this year, there are several forms you need to
fill out before you may begin practicing. You now have direct
access to ALL of the institutional forms through the Current Student-Athlete section of the
Athletics website (everything is being done electronically, except
for the medical forms, which can be downloaded as PDFs), but in
order to access the NCAA-mandated forms, you need to fill this short form out so that you can be
activated in the NCAA system. Once you have been activated, you
will receive an email with a link to the NCAA forms. Registration
forms are typically processed through our system and uploaded to
the NCAA site within one to two business days, however, no forms
will be processed from July 20-29.
Please note that if you were a member of a VARSITY team last year
(participated in at least one contest and/or practiced after the
first date of competition), you do not need to fill out the sport
registration form as your information has been rolled over in the
NCAA system and you should have received an email from
“nobody(at)ncaa(dot)org.” If you were a member of a
team last year and have not received this email, sent to the
address you provided when you registered last year, please contact
Bill Gorman for further
assistance. Members of the women’s lacrosse team
DO need to fill out
this form, regardless of if they played on the club team last year
or not.
Once you fill out the registration form you will have received an
email from the aforementioned “nobody(at)ncaa(dot)
org,” which contains your login information. Again, this
process and all of the other forms under this section of the
website are mandated for anyone who wishes to try out for a team.
Just because you were a member of a team last year doesn’t
exempt from doing this.
Please note that you can not fill out the NCAA forms until you
have been registered in the system as each student-athlete is
assigned a different code. Forwarding the email to anyone who
hasn’t been registered in the system will not work for those
recipients. Additionally, you have seven (7) days from the time the
email is sent out in order to complete these forms before the
system times you out and you will need to be reset through our
office. If you are under the age of 18 when you fill out the
registration form, you need to also fill out the PDF version of the
NCAA Drug Testing Consent Form, as it requires a parent or guardian
signature.
As in prior years, there are three mandated forms all
student-athletes – regardless of class and team status
– must fill out; the Student-Athlete Code of Conduct,
Athletic History Questionnaire, and Student-Athlete Biographical
Form. All forms, along with the medical forms, must be completed
prior to your being able to try out for a varsity team. When
filling out the electronic forms, you will know you have done them
correctly provided: once you hit “Submit,” if
everything is correct it will bring you to a confirmation screen
that says: “Thank you for submitting your copy of [Form
Name]. It was received as of [Date, Time].” If this screen
did not show up, your form was not received. *There are reported issues with some
browsers at different times. If you encounter an issue, please try
another browser.
Regarding the medical forms, it is strongly suggested that
students get on top of this during the summer months to alleviate
any problems there may be prior to the start of your season.
Questions pertaining to the medical forms should be addressed to
the Athletic Training Office at (617) 989-4719. Completed forms may
be dropped off at the Athletics Office during normal business hours
or mailed to Wentworth, to the attention of Lauren Eck, Assistant Athletic
Trainer.
If there are any questions regarding this, please contact the
Athletics Office at (617) 989-4655.
Information regarding informational meetings for each team will
follow later this summer.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation!