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14.4.3 Eligibility For Competition

14.4.3.1 Fulfillment of Credit-Hour Requirements.

Eligibility for competition shall be based on the following  requirements: (Revised: 1/10/92)

(a)  Satisfactory completion of six-semester or six-quarter hours of academic credit the preceding regular academic term in which the student-athlete has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution; and (Adopted: 1/12/04 effective immediately subsequent to the institution’s 2005 fall term; thus, applicable to hours earned during the 2005 fall term)

(b)  For midyear transfer student-athlete, for a student-athlete subsequent to the student-athlete’s first academic year in residence or after the student-athlete has used one season of eligibility in any sport at the certifying institution, the certification shall be determined by the student-athlete’s academic record in existence at the beginning of the fall term or at the beginning of any other regular term of that academic year, based on:

1. Satisfactory completion before each fall term of cumulative total of academic semester or quarter hours equivalent to an average of at least 12-semester or quarter hours during each of the previous academic terms in academic years in which the student-athlete has been enrolled in a term or terms; or
2. Satisfactory completion of 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of academic credit since the beginning of the previous fall term or since the Beginning of the previous fall term or since the beginning of the certifying institution’s preceding regular two semesters or three quarters.

14.4.3.1.1 Transfer Student- Six Hour Requirement. For purposes of certifying eligibility for transfer students per Bylaw 14.4.1.-(a), the six-semester or six-quarter hours must be transferable degree credit.