Eligibility for Competition

Basic rules for eligibility to compete in athletics have been established by the NC and the MIAC. Concordia adheres to the following NCAA and MIAC academic standards, participation guidelines, and transfer regulations:

1. A student must have been admitted as a regular student seeking a baccalaureate degree according to the published entrance requirements of Concordia;

2. A student athlete who enters first begins classes at Concordia after August 1, 1999 must be in good academic standing according to the standards of Concordia. This is defined by the following table which shows minimum expectations: (Note: This rule is currently being proposed within the athletic department as a standard for eligibility that will apply to all student athletes who enter as freshmen beginning in the fall of 1999.)
 
 

	First Year	Second  Year	Third Year	Fourth Year	Fifth Year
First Semester	2.25 Courses, Cumulative 1.8 GPA	7.5 Courses, Cumulative 1.9 GPA	14.0 Courses, Cumulative 2.0 GPA	21.0 Courses, Cumulative 1.8 GPA	28.0 Courses, Cumulative 2.0 GPA
Second Semester	4.5 Courses, Cumulative 1.8 GPA	10.5 Courses, Cumulative 2.0 GPA	17.5 Courses, Cumulative 2.0 GPA	24.5 Courses, Cumulative 2.0 GPA	31.5 Courses, Cumulative 2.0 GPA

 

3. A student must be enrolled in at least a minimum full-time program (not less than 12 semester or quarter hours) and maintain satisfactory progress toward a baccalaureate degree at Concordia.

If a student enrolled in less than a full-time program is eligible to compete only if he/she is enrolled in the last term of their degree program and carrying enough credits necessary to finish their degree.

4) To be eligible the second semester of the first year, the student must accumulate 12 credits (3 courses) in the first semester.

5) A student-athlete must complete his/her four seasons of participation during the first 10 semesters in which they are enrolled.

6) More restrictive MIAC requirements include:

a) A student must accumulate 24 credits (6 courses) in the previous two semesters of attendance immediately preceding the semester of participation. Summer school credits can be utilized to meet this requirement.

b) The MIAC counts all intercollegiate competition as a season of eligibility (i.e.; practicing beyond the first game or "red shirting" counts as one of the four seasons).  Injury waivers and other exceptions can relinquish this rule.

7)
Transfer Student - a student who has not Previously Participated in intercollegiate athletics and who transfers from a two-year or four-year collegiate institution to a Division Ill institution shall be immediately eligible, under the Association's transfer regulations, to compete for the Division Ill institution, including NCAA championship competition.  If the student has ever Participated in intercollegiate athletics. the student must have been academically and athletically eligible had he or she remained at that institution. Further, a student who has ever participated in intercollegiate athletics and transfers from a four-year institution to a two-year college, and then to the certifying institution, also must have been athletically and academically eligible had he or she remained at the Previous four-year institution or must have successfully completed the two-year Program.

The transfer student must also meet the 24 credit MIAC rule listed above.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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