Academic Eligibility
Credit Hour Requirements
To be eligible for practice, competition and to receive financial aid a student-athlete must be enrolled in a full-time course load. Full-Time status is 12 credit hours. The only exception to the 12 credit hours would be if you need less than 12 credit hours to complete your degree or if you are enrolled as a Graduate Student. Graduate Student-Athletes full time status is 9 credit hours.
A student-athlete must successfully complete at least 6 credit hours in each regular academic term (fall and spring semesters) to be eligible for competition during the next academic term. This rule also applies to post-season competition as well as competition that takes place in between terms.
The following credit hour requirements must be met in order to compete, in addition to the six credit hours:
- 18 degree credit hours during each regular academic year (Fall and Spring Semester) in which you are enrolled as a full-time student; and
- 24 degree credit-hours must be completed prior to your third semester in which you are enrolled as a full-time student.
Grade Point Average Requirements
Student-athletes are subject to grade point average requirements after freshman year. Starting your sophomore year (or third semester) meeting GPA requirements is mandatory in order to compete the following semester. The requirements are the following:
- Entering the second year of enrollment: a 1.8 GPA or 90% of the overall cumulative GPA required for graduation
- Entering the third year of enrollment: a 1.9 GPA or 95% of the overall cumulative GPA required for graduation
- Entering the fourth year of enrollment: a 2.0 GPA or 100% of the overall cumulative GPA required for graduation.
- These requirements are based upon your major having a 2.0 minimum requirement for graduation.
Percentage of Degree
In order to ensure that academic successful is a priority, you must meet the following percentage of your degree requirements. The requirements are the following:
- Must pass 24 credit hours prior to your 3rd full-time term (credit hour requirement)
- Must successfully complete 40% of degree requirements prior to 5th full-time term of enrollment
- Must successfully complete 60% of degree requirements prior to 7th full-time term of enrollment
- Must successfully complete 80% of degree requirements prior to 9th full-time term of enrollment
