Greenville, SC – The NCCAA is excited to announce a new partnership with InCred, one of the leading international credential evaluation services in the United States. While it is recommended for the 2024-25 academic year, starting in the 2025-26 academic year, it will be required for all NCCAA member schools to go through InCred for all international credential evaluations. 
 
“We are excited to join with InCred as a partner to enhance our eligibility processes in particular with the international student-athlete,” stated NCCAA Eligibility Coordinator Ben Belleman. “The number of international student-athletes in our member schools continues to grow and this partnership will assist in compliance efforts to service those students. We welcome those who serve with InCred to the NCCAA.” 
 
Requiring a credential evaluation will assist students, admissions offices, registrar, and other university staff in determining how a student’s international education compares with the U.S. education system for the purpose of admissions and credit conversion. 
 
The NCCAA will market an annual webinar from InCred that will help members better understand the process and will provide regular email communication regarding important eligibility details. 
 
“We are happy to support NCCAA members with the complexities of international academic documentation and to continue facilitating athletic eligibility for international students,” said InCred Director Garret Seelinger. “As the official international credential evaluation provider for three national collegiate athletic organizations, InCred facilitates mobility for international student-athletes on the path to success in collegiate athletics.”

Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE) Endorsement

InCred is an Endorsed Member of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE, www.aice-eval.org), a not-for-profit membership association and recognizing body for foreign education credential evaluation services and entities based in the United States. AICE serves to maintain professional standards for private credential evaluation services and is one of two national associations of credential evaluation services in the United States. AICE has endorsed InCred for international student-athletes, recognizing InCred’s specialized expertise in evaluating the unique educational pathways of international student-athletes, which includes credentials that often differ from other incoming international students.
 
Benefits of InCred

• InCred simplifies the admissions, recruiting, and eligibility processes.
• InCred offers consistency: academic credential evaluations and athletic eligibility reviews are conducted with the same approach and using the same published standards.
• InCred speeds up document submission by allowing international records to be sent electronically.
• Records sent for InCred can also be used for eligibility.

About Our Evaluators

InCred evaluators are viewed as industry experts in international student-athlete educational pathways. Our evaluators conduct presentations at regional and national conferences, provide expertise to other credential evaluators in the field, and contribute to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) publications on international student-athletes. Our team leverages many resources to complete top-notch evaluations, some of which include: AACRAO EDGE, library of printed publications, International Student Records Advisory Group (ISRAC), Education USA contacts, robust database of international credentials, connections with top experts in the field, decades of experience in the field, multiple language knowledge bases, online forums and memberships in professional organizations including AACRAO, NAFSA, and TAICEP.
 
For more information on InCred, visit the InCred website here.