1st Year Eligibility Requirements

REQUIREMENTS FOR ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY

The following rules shall be used to determine a student-athlete's eligibility for athletic competition in any one of the certified sports of the NJCAA. THIS ENTIRE SECTION MUST BE READ BEFORE A STUDENT-ATHLETE'S ELIGIBILITY STATUS CAN BE DETERMINED.

(The information below is a brief synopsis of eligibility rules and requirements. For more information, please direct all questions to Kathleen Brown, Director of Athletics. We will help you through your questions and get any official eligibility rulings from the NJCAA, if needed.)

A. Student-athletes must be making satisfactory progress within an approved college program or course as listed in the college catalog.

B. Student-athletes must be enrolled in full-time status using any combination of sessions within a term, and in classes that begin before the end of the regular sport season in which the student-athletes choose to participate, within 15 calendar days from the beginning of the term.

1. Student-athletes that do not conform to this rule will be ineligible for the remainder of the term.

C. Student-athletes must maintain enrollment in 12 or more credit hours of college work as listed in the college catalog during each term of athletic participation. Student-athletes that drop below 12 hours become ineligible 48 hours from the time of the drop date and remain ineligible until full-time status is regained within that term.

1. CLEP hours may not be used to meet enrollment requirements or previous term requirements. CLEP hours may only be used to meet accumulation bylaws.

2. Student-athlete enrollment should be verified 24 hours prior to National Championship competition; if a student-athlete has maintained and currently is enrolled full-time 24 hours prior to National Championship competition he/she will remain eligible throughout the National Competition.

SEMESTER ELIGIBILITY

D. On or before the 15th calendar day from the beginning date of the term for the second full-time semester, as published in the college catalog, a student-athlete must have passed 12 semester hours with a 1.75 GPA or higher.