Entrepreneur empowers high school athletes to score NCAA eligibility,

scholarships

    DETROIT, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One out of every three high
 school seniors who apply to play a sport at an NCAA university is rejected
 for ineligibility. Detroit entrepreneur Shelia McBride has pioneered a
 system to empower student-athletes of every economic background to meet
 NCAA eligibility rules for playing college sports and winning scholarships.
 McBride's company, GradeCheck, celebrates the national launch of its
 affordable, online eligibility tool at TechTown on Nov. 1.
 
     With no guidance from school personnel, McBride conquered the
 confusing, complicated process of obtaining NCAA eligibility for her son
 Kevin Shorter. He enrolled at Ohio University on a full basketball
 scholarship in 2000. Ironically, the qualifying process was created because
 of his father, Kevin Ross.
 
     Ross caused the NCAA's biggest scandal 25 years ago when, after four
 years on a basketball scholarship, he left Creighton University illiterate.
 He then enrolled at the renowned Westside Preparatory School in Chicago
 where he learned to read.
 
     At GradeCheck's national kick-off, Ross will address parents, students,
 coaches, administrators, city council members and school board members.
 Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will also be featured speaker. This event is free
 and open to the public.
 
     GradeCheck has been endorsed by Detroit Piston Chauncey Billups, NBA
 Hall of Famer Dave Bing, former University of Michigan Head Basketball
 Coach H. Tommy Amaker and head coaches of other NCAA schools nationwide.
     WHAT:      GradeCheck National Kick-Off Celebration
 
     SPEAKERS:  Former NCAA Athlete Kevin Ross, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick,
                School Board Member
                Tyrone Winfrey, TechTown Interim Executive Director Randal
                Charlton
 
     PLACE:     TechTown, 440 Burroughs Street (bet. Cass and Second
                Avenues), Detroit
 
     DATE:      Thursday, November 1, 2007
 
     TIME:      5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 
     CONTACT:   313.879.5255 or info@gradecheck.net
 
 
 
 

SOURCE Wayne State University