Confirm Your Eligibility as a Freshman or Transfer Student-Athlete
If you are enrolling as freshman student-athlete or a transfer college athlete MAKE SURE to confirm in writing that you have satisfied ALL of the academic requirements to be eligible for competition in your first year of attendance at your new school.
Compliance Staff members who are responsible for certifying athlete eligibility will most likely be focusing more attention on those incoming athletes who have been actively recruited by the coaching staff as scholarship athletes or as “preferred walk-ons.”
It’s important to do this BEFORE you begin full-time enrollment at the university. Every year after classes have started, we are contacted by college student-athletes who have been told that they are NOT academically eligible for competition. By then, it’s too late to consider other options that may have been possible such as taking additional summer courses, postponing your enrollment or returning to junior college for one more semester.
Do You Have Questions?
If you have questions or concerns about your student-athlete’s eligibility status, schedule a confidential Eligibility Issues Consult online. We will answer any questions you may have and explain the specific academic requirements. We can also review your athlete’s high school or junior college transcript to inform whether they are on track to satisfy the eligibility requirements and discuss options available to remedy if needed.
