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Requirements for Freshman
Requirements for transferring from a Two-Year Institution
FRESHMAN NAIA
ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS
THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE MET IN ORDER FOR
YOU TO BE ELIGIBLE TO REPRESENT A MEMBER
INSTITUTION IN ANY MANNER (SCRIMMAGES,
INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS):
1. YOU MUST, if an entering freshman*, meet two of three
entry level requirements.
* An entering freshman is defined as a student who upon
becoming identified with an institution has not been previously
identified with an institution(s) of higher learning for two
semesters or three quarters (or equivalent).
a. Achieve a minimum of 18 on the ACT or 860
on the SAT taken on or after April 1, 1995; 740
for tests taken prior to April 1, 1995. [Ed. note:
The increased score does not reflect an increase
in performance. The SAT began using a different
scoring scale on April 1, 1995; an 860 on the
new scoring scale is equivalent of a 740 under
the old scoring scale.] Tests must be taken on a
national testing date (residual tests are not
acceptable). Scores must be achieved on a
single test.
b. Achieve a minimum overall high school grade
point average of 2.000 on a 4.000 scale.
c. Graduate in the top half of your high school
graduating class.
The ACT/SAT test must be taken on a national
testing date and certified to the institution prior to
the beginning of the term in which the student
initially participates.
2. YOU MUST be making normal progress toward a
recognized baccalaureate degree and maintain the grade
points required to remain a student in good standing, as
defined by the institution you are attending.
3. YOU MUST be enrolled in 12 institutionally approved or
required credit hours at the time of participation. Should
participation take place between terms, you must have been
identified the term immediately preceding the date of
participation.
4. YOU MUST, if a second term freshman, have
accumulated nine degree or required credit hours BEFORE
identification for the second term of attendance.
5. YOU MUST have accumulated a minimum total of 24
institutional, or required, credit hours the two
immediately
previous terms of attendance. Up to 12 institutional credit
hours earned during the summer and/or non-term may be
applied to meet the 24-hour rule, provided such credit is
earned AFTER one of the two immediately previous terms of
attendance.
6. YOU MAY NOT count repeat courses previously passed
in ANY term toward the 24-hour rule.
7. YOU MUST be eligible in your own conference.
8. YOU MUST, if a transfer student from a four-year
institution, have eligibility remaining at the
institution from
which you are transferring to be eligible for further
intercollegiate competition.
9. YOU MUST, if a transfer student having ever participated
in intercollegiate athletics at a four-year institution, reside for
16 consecutive calendar weeks (112 calendar days), not
including summer sessions, at the transferred institution before
becoming eligible for intercollegiate competition in any sport in
which you participated while attending the previous four-year
institution. Exceptions to the 16 calendar weeks' residency will
be explained by the institution's faculty athletics representative.
10. YOU MUST be within your first 10 semesters, 12
trimesters, or 15 quarters of attendance as a regularly enrolled
student. A term of attendance is any semester, trimester or
quarter in which you enroll for nine or more institutional credit
hours and attend any class. (Summer sessions are not
included, but night school, extension or correspondence
courses are applicable to this ruling.)
11. YOU MUST, upon reaching junior academic standing as
defined by the identified institution, have a cumulative grade
point average of at least 2.000 on a 4.000 scale as certified
by the institutional registrar.
12. YOU MUST, to participate the second season in a sport,
have accumulated at least 24 semester/36 quarter institutional
credit hours.
13. YOU MUST, to participate the third season in a sport,
have accumulated at least 48 semester/72 quarter institutional
credit hours.
14. YOU MUST, to participate the fourth season in a sport,
have accumulated at least 72 semester/108 quarter
institutional credit hours. These hours must include at least 48
semester/72 quarter hours in general education and/or your
major field of study.
15. YOU MAY NOT participate for more than four seasons
in any one sport. A season of competition is defined as
participation in one or more intercollegiate contests, whether a
freshman, junior varsity or varsity participant or in any other
athletic competition in which the institution, as such, is
represented during a sport season.
16. Should you participate for two different institutions in the
same sport, in the same academic year (example-basketball
or fall golf at a junior college and then transfer to an NAIA
school and participate in basketball or spring golf), you shall
be charged with a second season of competition in that sport
unless you earned an associate degree at a junior college in
the term immediately preceding the transfer.
17. YOU MUST be an amateur, as defined by the NAIA, in
the sport(s) in which you participate. See your athletics
director or faculty athletics representative for all amateur
regulations as printed in the NAIA Bylaws.
18. YOU MUST, to participate the third and/or fourth season
in a sport, have and maintain a total cumulative grade point
average of at least 2.000 on a 4.000 scale.
RECRUITMENT (CONTACT) OF A
MATRICULATED STUDENT-ATHLETE
If, during the school year or summer vacation period, the athletics
director,
faculty athletics representative or coach of a member institution is
contacted
or becomes aware of contact by an athlete who was identified at another
institution of higher learning (two-year or four-year), it shall be the
responsibility of the contacted institution (athletics director or faculty
athletics representative) to notify, in writing, the institution (athletics
director,
faculty athletics representative) where the athlete is presently enrolled,
within 10 days following the first contact.
A coach or other representative of a member institution shall not make
initial contact with an athlete who has matriculated at another institution.
A
coach or other representative of a member institution may respond to a
contact by an athlete only after the athlete's identified institution
(athletics
director of faculty athletics representative) has been notified as prescribed
above.
RECRUITMENT (CONTACT) OF A
NON-MATRICULATED STUDENT-ATHLETE
A coach or other representative of a member institution shall not contact
an
athlete who, prior to school beginning, has drawn equipment and is engaged
in organized practice at another institution.
A Guide for Students Transferring from Two-Year
Institutions
NAIA ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS
The following basic regulations apply to all students representing an NAIA
member institution in intercollegiate competition. However, you should be
aware of some important aspects of determining your eligibility as a transfer
student.
Hours applied to the 24-hour rule (see #3) are taken at face value, as
reflected on the two-year institution's transcript, even if the NAIA
institution
will not accept all of those hours.
Determining your status for the progress rule and associated regulations
(see #10-14) is somewhat different. For eligibility certification during the
FIRST TERM ONLY at the NAIA institution, these regulations are met
based on work completed at the previous institution(s). After the first term,
you are no longer considered a transfer, and only those institutional credit
hours included on the NAIA institution's transcript may be applied toward
meeting NAIA eligibility regulations, except the 24-hour rule as noted in the
previous paragraph. Therefore, when certifying eligibility for the second
term, it is possible to "lose" hours which were used to certify
during the first
term. You are encouraged to contact the faculty athletics representative at
an NAIA institution to clarify your actual eligibility status.
The GPA used to meet the appropriate regulations is determined in a like
manner. The GPA you bring from the previous institution(s) is the one used
for the initial term at the NAIA institution. Thereafter, the GPA recognized
by the NAIA institution shall be used for athletics eligibility
certification.
THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE MET IN ORDER FOR
YOU TO BE ELIGIBLE TO REPRESENT A MEMBER
INSTITUTION IN ANY MANNER (SCRIMMAGES,
INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS).
YOU MUST be making normal progress toward a
recognized baccalaureate degree and maintain the grade
points required to remain a student in good standing, as
defined by the institution you are attending.
YOU MUST be enrolled in 12 institutionally approved, or
required, credit hours at the time of participation. Should
participation take place between terms, you must have been
identified the term immediately preceding the date of
participation.
YOU MUST have accumulated a minimum total of 24
institutional, or required, credit hours the two
immediately
previous terms of attendance. Up to 12 institutional credit
hours earned during the summer and/or non-term may be
applied to meet the 24-hour rule, provided such credit is
earned AFTER one of the two immediately previous terms of
attendance. However, if you have not been identified with an
institution of higher learning for more than five semesters or
seven quarters, have never been identified with a four-year
institution, and have met graduation requirements for an
associate degree from a junior college, you may be exempt
from the 24-hour rule for the first term you are at an NAIA
member institution. You must have passed all hours required
for graduation in the term in which graduation occurred, and in
the last two terms of attendance you must have needed fewer
than 24 hours to complete graduation requirements.
YOU MUST, if a second-term freshman, have
accumulated
nine degree or required credit hours BEFORE identification
for the second term of attendance.
YOU MAY NOT count repeat courses previously passed in
ANY term toward the 24-hour rule.
YOU MUST be eligible in your own conference.
YOU MUST, if a transfer student from a four-year institution,
have eligibility remaining at the institution from which you are
transferring to be eligible for further intercollegiate
competition.
YOU MUST, if a transfer student having ever participated in
intercollegiate athletics at a four-year institution, reside for 16
consecutive calendar weeks (112 calendar days), not
including summer sessions, at the transferred institution before
becoming eligible for intercollegiate competition in any sport in
which you participated at the previous four-year institution.
Exceptions to the 16 weeks' residency will be explained by
the institution's faculty athletics representative.
YOU MUST be within your first 10 semesters, 12 trimesters,
or 15 quarters of attendance as a regularly enrolled student. A
term of attendance is any semester, trimester or quarter in
which you were enrolled for nine or more institutional credit
hours and attended any class. (Summer sessions are not
included, but night school, extension, or correspondence
courses are applicable to this ruling.)
YOU MUST, upon reaching junior academic standing as
defined by the four-year institution, have a cumulative grade
point average of at least 2.000 on a 4.000 scale as certified
by the institutional registrar.
YOU MUST, to participate the second season in a sport,
have accumulated at least 24 semester/36 quarter institutional
credit hours (effective for all new students enrolling Fall 1989
or later).
YOU MUST, to participate the third season in a sport, have
accumulated at least 48 semester/72 quarter institutional credit
hours (effective for all new students enrolling Fall 1989 or
later).
YOU MUST, to participate the fourth season in a sport, have
accumulated at least 72 semester/108 quarter institutional
credit hours. These hours must include at least 48 semester/72
quarter hours in general education and/or your major field of
study (effective for all new students enrolling Fall 1989 or
later).
YOU MUST, to participate the third and/or fourth season in a
sport, have and maintain a total cumulative grade point
average of at least 2.000 on a 4.000 scale (effective for all
new students enrolling Fall 1989 or later).
YOU MAY NOT participate for more than four seasons in
any one sport. A season of competition is defined as
participation in one or more intercollegiate contests, whether a
freshman, junior varsity or varsity participant or in any other
athletic competition in which the institution, as such, is
represented during a sport season.
Should you participate for two different institutions in the same
sport, in the same academic year (example-basketball or fall
baseball at a junior college and then transfer to an NAIA
school and participate in basketball or spring baseball), you
shall be charged with a second season of competition in that
sport unless you earned an associate degree at a junior college
the immediately previous term to transferring.
YOU MUST be an amateur, as defined by the NAIA, in the
sport(s) in which you participate. See your athletics director
or faculty athletics representative for all amateur regulations as
printed in the NAIA Bylaws.
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