b. Eligibility Center Website
c. Amateurism Certification Information
II. Transfer Students
III. What is a Booster?
13.02.11 Representative of Athletics Interests. A “representative of the institution’s athletics interests” is an individual who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics administration to:
(a) Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization, including corporate entities (e.g., apparel and equipment companies), promoting the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program; (Revised:1/14/02)
(b) Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution;
(c) Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes;
(d) Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or
(e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics program.
13.02.11.1 Representative of Athletics Interest. Once an individual is identified as such a representative, the person retains that identity indefinitely.
13.02.12 Telephone Calls. Facsimiles and other electronically transmitted correspondence shall not be considered telephone calls. (Adopted:1/10/95, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, 1/14/97)
13.02.13 Visits by Prospective Student-Athletes.
IV. General Compliance Information/ Rules to Look at
14.01.2 A cademic Status. To be eligible to represent an institution in intercollegiate athletics competition, a student-athlete shall be enrolled in at least a minimum full-time program of studies, be in good academic standing and maintain progress toward a baccalaureate or equivalent degree. A waiver of the minimum full-time enrollment requirement may be granted for a student enrolled in the final term of the baccalaureate program (see Bylaw 14.1.8.1.8.3). Also, a student may represent the institution while enrolled as a graduate or professional student orwhile enrolled and seeking a second baccalaureate degree at the same institution (see Bylaw 14.1.9).
14.01.2.1 Good Academic Standing. To be eligible to represent an institution in intercollegiate athletics competition, a student-athlete shall be in good academic standing as determined by the academic authorities who determine the meaning of such phrases for all students of the institution, subject to controlling legislation of the conference(s) or similar association of which the institution is a member. (Note: The restrictions, exceptions and waivers set forth in Bylaws 14.4.3.3 and 14.4.3.4 also apply to the general requirement for good academic standing and progress toward degree.)
14.1.8.1 Requirement for Practice or Competition. To be eligible for practice or competition, a studentathlete
shall be enrolled in at least a minimum full-time program of studies leading to a baccalaureate or equivalent
degree as defined by the institution, which for purposes of this bylaw and its subsections shall not be less
than 12-semester or -quarter hours, regardless of the institution’s definition of a minimum full-time program of
studies. For practice only, a violation of this bylaw shall be considered an institutional violation per Constitution
2.8.1; however, it shall not affect the student-athlete’s eligibility. (Adopted: 1/13/03 effective 8/1/03)
14.2 SEASONS OF COMPETITION: 10-SEMESTER/15-QUARTER RULE
A student-athlete shall not engage in more than four seasons of intercollegiate competition in any one sport (see Bylaws 14.02.6 and 14.2.2). An institution shall not permit a student-athlete to represent it in intercollegiate competition unless the individual completes all of his or her seasons of participation in all sports
14.2.2 Ten-Semester/15-Quarter Rule. A student-athlete shall complete his or her seasons of participation during the first 10 semesters or 15 quarters in which the student is enrolled in a collegiate institution in at least a minimum full-time program of studies, as determined by the regulations of that institution. For an institution that conducts registration other than on a traditional semester or quarter basis, the Academic Requirements Committee shall determine an equivalent enrollment period.
14.4 PROGRESS -TOWARD-DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
14.4.1 Progress-Toward-Degree Requirements. To be eligible to represent an institution in intercollegiate athletics competition, a student-athlete shall maintain progress toward a baccalaureate or equivalent degree at that institution as determined by the regulations of that institution. As a general requirement, “progress toward degree” is to be interpreted at each member institution by the academic authorities who determine the meaning of such phrases for all students, subject to controlling legislation of the conference(s) or similar association of which the institution is a member. (See Constitution 3.2.4.12 regarding the obligations of members to publish their progress-toward-degree requirements for student-athletes.) (Note: The restrictions, exceptions and waivers set forth in Bylaws 14.4.3.3, 14.4.3.4 and 14.4.3.5 also apply to the general requirements for good academic standing and progress toward degree.)
14.4.3.1.3 Hours Earned during Regular Academic Year. A student-athlete shall earn at least 75 percent of the minimum number of semester or quarter hours required for progress toward degree during the regular academic year. The student-athlete shall earn no more than 25 percent of the minimum number of semester or quarter hours required for progress toward degree during the summer or through correspondence courses taken during the 1993-94 academic year and thereafter. (Adopted: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/92 for credit hours earned during the 1992-93 academic year and thereafter, Revised: 1/11/94)
14.4.3.1.4 Designation of Degree Program. A student-athlete shall designate a program of studies leading toward a specific baccalaureate degree at the certifying institution by the beginning of the third year of enrollment (fifth semester or seventh quarter) and thereafter shall make progress toward that specific degree. This provision shall be applicable to the eligibility not only of a continuing student, but also of a transfer student from a four-year or two-year collegiate institution who is entering his or her third year of collegiate enrollment, even if the student has not yet completed an academic year in residence or used a season of eligibility in a sport at the certifying institution. Designation of a specific baccalaureate degree program may be accomplished by:
(a) Formal enrollment by the student-athlete in a specific baccalaureate degree program; or
(b) Approval by an appropriate academic official (who must not be an academic adviser/counselor employed by the athletics department) of the program leading to the specific baccalaureate degree that the student-athlete is pursuing.
14.4.3.2 Fulfillment of Minimum Grade-Point-Average Requirements. A student-athlete shall meet the “satisfactory completion” provision of this requirement by maintaining a grade-point average that places the individual in good academic standing, as established by the institution for all students who are at an equivalent stage of progress toward a degree. Here at Virginia Union University the minimum GPA for all students is a 2.0.