We recently consulted with a student-athlete who transferred to an NCAA Division II university only to learn that she would not be academically eligible this year even though she earned her Associates Degree at her junior college during the summer.
- This student-athlete had not been informed that there are multiple NCAA academic requirements that must be satisfied to be eligible when transferring from one college to another.
- She thought that the completion of her Associates Degree was all that she needed to be eligible as a transfer.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t informed that she was also required to earn at least 9 credit hours of transferable degree credit during her last semester at the junior college.
She didn’t have enough credit hours that were accepted as transfer credit to the Division II university and therefore wasn’t eligible to compete during her first year in the Division II program.
The 9-Hour Rule is applicable to ALL NCAA DII Continuing and Transfer Athletes
In fact, any NCAA Division II athlete – even a continuing student-athlete at their same university – must earn at least 9 credit hours (or 8 if their college is on the quarter system) in the preceding term of full-time attendance to be eligible the following term.
For a transfer athlete, those credit hours must be acceptable for transfer credit at the college the athlete is transferring to.
Do you Need Help Navigating the Eligibility Requirements?
If you’d like more information about the continuing or transfer eligibility requirements, you can schedule a confidential Eligibility Issues Consult online, call us at 913-766-1235 or send an email to rick@informedathlete.com.
