How My Division Fit Works

Last updated: 12/05/2026

What this tool does

My Division Fit gives international student-athletes a free indication of where their profile sits relative to athletes accepted into U.S. college programmes. It is not a recruiting service, a placement guarantee, or an official assessment. It is a benchmarking tool built on publicly available data and published recruiting standards.

The seven categories and their weightings represent My Division Fit's own assessment of the relative importance of each factor in international college athlete recruitment. They are not sourced from or endorsed by the NCAA or any recruiting body.

The score reflects how your profile compares against real patterns in international athlete recruitment. It is designed to be honest, specific, and useful — not to tell you what you want to hear.

Your score out of 100 is calculated across seven weighted categories.

1. Academic eligibility— 20%

Scored using your overall unweighted GPA as a proxy indicator against NCAA core course GPA requirements.

The NCAA Division I minimum core course GPA is 2.3. The Division II minimum is 2.2.

Source: NCAA Academic and Membership Affairs, NCAA Division I and II Eligibility Requirements.

2. Competition level— 20%

Scored against the level of competition the athlete is currently competing at. This is one of the most predictive signals coaches use when evaluating international athletes.

Competition level weightings are based on My Division Fit's assessment of how college coaches typically prioritise international athlete competition backgrounds. These weightings represent our own methodology and are not sourced from a single published study. They reflect general recruiting patterns observed across published coaching guidance and recruiting industry resources.

3. Profile completeness— 20%

Scored against the readiness signals that college coaches consistently identify as essential for international athlete evaluation.

Weightings reflect factors consistently identified in published recruiting guidance from NCSA Sports and college athletics coaching resources as important for international athlete evaluation. Point values represent My Division Fit's own assessment of relative importance.

Source: NCSA Sports published recruiting guidance and college athletics coaching resources.

4. Physical profile— 10%

Scored for sports where height is a meaningful recruiting signal. Applied to soccer and rowing only.

Basketball: Height is not scored for basketball athletes due to the significant variance between positions. A D1 point guard typically ranges from 183 to 193cm. A D1 centre typically ranges from 203 to 213cm. A single sport-wide average would be misleading and could cause athletes to draw incorrect conclusions about their physical fit. Height is shown as informational context only for basketball athletes and does not contribute to the physical profile score.

For swimming, tennis, golf, and track and field this category returns a neutral score of 50 and is not shown in the breakdown. Height is not a meaningful recruiting signal in these sports — performance benchmarks cover them instead.

Soccer benchmarks are estimated from published roster data and will be updated as scraped roster data becomes available. These are estimates, not verified averages.

Men's Soccer

Women's Soccer

Rowing benchmarks are sourced from NCSA Sports coaching surveys 2024.

Women's Rowing

Scoring bands applied where height is relevant:

5. Performance benchmarks— 15%

Scored against published sport-specific standards for each target division. This category uses real published data.

Swimming

Scored against the NCAA Championship Qualifying Standards 2024 (yards). A standard = automatic qualifier. B standard = the practical D1 recruiting baseline for most programmes.

Times must be entered in seconds. For example 1:43.50 should be entered as 103.5 seconds.

Source: NCAA Division I, II, and III Championship Qualifying Standards 2024.

Tennis

Scored against UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) division benchmarks. UTR is the primary metric college coaches use to evaluate international tennis recruits globally. Athletes without a UTR should register at utrsports.org and compete in rated events before approaching college coaches.

Source: UTR Sports and NCSA Sports recruiting data 2024.

Golf

Scored against tournament scoring average from events of 36 holes or more on regulation length courses. Handicap index is used as a secondary fallback only when no scoring average is provided. Coaches recruit on scoring average, not handicap. High school tournament scores are generally discounted by D1 coaches.

Source: NCSA Sports and CaddieHQ recruiting data 2024 to 2025.

Track and field

Scored against recruiting benchmarks per event per division. These are recruiting ranges, not NCAA championship qualifying standards. Championship qualifying standards are significantly faster and further than these recruiting ranges.

Running times should be entered in seconds. For example 1:48 for 800m should be entered as 108 seconds. Field event marks should be entered in metres.

Source: NCSA Sports, Streamline Athletes, and TNS Recruit 2024 to 2025.

Rowing

Scored against Concept2 erg 2000m time benchmarks by division. Erg score is the primary performance metric rowing coaches use to evaluate recruits internationally. Enter your time in seconds. For example 6:55 should be entered as 415 seconds.

Source: Concept2 published rankings and NCSA Sports coaching surveys 2024.

Soccer and basketball

No standardised performance metric exists for these sports that is consistent across international competition levels. The performance category returns a neutral score of 50 for these sports. Film quality and competition level are the primary signals coaches use for soccer and basketball.

6. International pipeline— 10%

Scored against NCAA published data on international athlete participation by country and sport. This reflects how established your country's pathway into NCAA programmes is and how familiar coaches are likely to be with your home competition standards.

Top 10 source countries for D1

2022 cohort, first-year non-transfer student-athletes only.

Top source countries by sport at D1

Used to apply the sport-specific boost.

Source: NCAA Research — Trends in the Participation of International Student-Athletes in NCAA Divisions I and II, September 2023.

7. Recruitment timeline— 5%

Scored based on graduation year relative to the current date. The optimal recruitment window for most D1 and D2 programmes is two to three years before graduation.

Overall score maps to a division fit range as follows:

The tool also shows one division above and one below the primary fit to reflect the realistic range of options. There is significant overlap between divisions in practice. These thresholds are My Division Fit's own assessment and do not represent official NCAA categorisation.

This tool cannot measure:

• Coach relationship and direct outreach quality.
• Specific roster needs at any given programme at any given time.
• Athletic scholarship availability by sport and division in the current recruiting cycle.
• Visa and eligibility processing timelines for international students.
• Academic course equivalency between international and U.S. systems.
• The difference between your overall GPA and your NCAA core course GPA.
• Interview and character assessment.
• Highlight film quality beyond whether one exists and whether it is recent.
• Timing relative to a coach's current recruiting class needs.
• Walk-on opportunities that exist outside the scholarship recruiting process.

These factors significantly influence real recruitment outcomes and are outside the scope of any benchmarking tool.

• NCAA Research — Trends in the Participation of International Student-Athletes in NCAA Divisions I and II, September 2023.ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/research/demographics/2023RES_ISATrendsDivSprt.pdf
• NCAA Championship Qualifying Standards 2024 — Swimming Division I, II, and III.ncaa.org
• NCSA Sports published recruiting benchmarks — Golf, tennis, track and field, rowing.ncsasports.org
• UTR Sports rating data — Tennis division benchmarks.utrsports.org
• Concept2 published erg rankings — Rowing 2000m benchmarks.concept2.com/rankings
• Streamline Athletes and TNS Recruit — Track and field recruiting ranges 2024 to 2025.streamlineathletes.com
• CaddieHQ golf recruiting data — Scoring average and handicap benchmarks.caddiehq.com
• NCAA Academic and Membership Affairs — Eligibility requirements.eligibilitycenter.org

Benchmark data is reviewed and updated annually as new NCAA research and performance standards are published.

Physical benchmark estimates for soccer and rowing will be updated with verified scraped roster data as that dataset is built out. Until then these figures are estimates and should be treated as approximate.

If you believe a benchmark is inaccurate or have a source that contradicts the figures shown, contact us at hello@hennezb.com. We take data accuracy seriously and will review any submission.

This tool is an indication only. It is not affiliated with the NCAA, NCSA, UTR Sports, Concept2, or any college or university. It does not constitute recruiting advice, academic counselling, legal advice, or a guarantee of any outcome.

The GPA scoring in this tool uses overall unweighted GPA as a proxy only. NCAA eligibility is determined by core course GPA which may differ significantly from your overall GPA. Always verify your eligibility status at eligibilitycenter.org.

Use this tool as a starting point for understanding where your profile sits, not as a final verdict on your prospects.

This tool is intended for users aged 18 and over. Users under 18 should complete this with a parent or guardian.