PROGRESS TOWARD DEGREE

NCAA DIVISION IIPROGRESS TOWARD DEGREE

AREAS OF FOCUSGood academic standing.Term-by-term credit-hour requirement.Annual credit-hour requirement.Grade-point average.Designation of degree.Exceptions.Whats changing and when?

2GOOD ACADEMIC STANDINGBased on institutional policy.

First piece of certification process.

Participation in extracurricular activities.

NCAA Bylaws 14.01.2.1 and 14.02.6Based on institutional policy only. First step in certification process. Not an NCAA policy. If not in good academic standing at your institution, and would be unable to participate in extra curricular activities as other students the SA is not eligible. Certification begins and ends here.3TERM-BY-TERM CREDIT-HOUR REQUIREMENTMinimum of SIX credits per full-time term.

Includes transfer students.

Can include credit from another institution provided certain requirements are met.

Bylaw 14.4.3.1-(a)Interpretation April 13, 2005ANNUAL CREDIT-HOUR REQUIREMENTACTUAL METHOD24-semester/36-quarter hours.Since the previous fall or previous two semesters/three quarters.

OR

AVERAGING METHOD12-semester/-quarter hours.Per term during each academic year in which the student-athlete was enrolled full time at any point.

Bylaw 14.4.3.1-(b)5AVERAGING METHODCan ONLY be used for certification going into the fall term.If a student-athlete is enrolled full time at any point during an academic year, both regular terms MUST be counted in the denominator regardless of enrollment status.Part-time hours may be used, provided that term is also counted in the denominator.May include summer hours. It is going away in 2016!

675/25 RULEHours earned during the regular academic year:

A student-athlete shall earn no less than 75% of the minimum number of semester/quarter hours required during the academic year.

No more than 25% may be earned during the summer.

Bylaw 14.4.3.1.4GRADE-POINT AVERAGEBased on total number of credits completed:

Credit hours completed(Semester/quarter)Required grade-point average24/361.80048/721.90072/108 2.00096/1442.000

Bylaw 14.4.3.2DESIGNATION OF DEGREEA student-athlete must designate a major by the beginning of the fifth semester or seventh quarter of collegiate enrollment.

During the first two years of enrollment, credits used to certify progress toward degree may count toward any degree program.

Beginning in year three, all credits used must be degree applicable.Bylaw 14.4.3.1.5PROGRESSION OF CERTIFICATIONCASE STUDY NO. 1Elaine Lewis is a swimmer who initially enrolled full time at your institution during the 2012 fall term, you are certifying her for the fall 2014 term. Is Elaine eligible?

TERMCREDITS EARNEDFALL 2012 - FT10SPRING 2013 - FT14FALL 2013 - FT12SPRING 2014 - PT8SUMMER 20143TOTAL47Elaine Lewis, from Great Britain, is the world record holder for solving a 250 piece jigsaw puzzle in 14 minutes, 58 seconds.11CASE STUDY NO. 1 (cont.)Is Elaine eligible?

Not eligible using the actual method (12 + 8 + 3= 23) Not eligible using averaging method (47 / 4 = 11)TERMCREDITS EARNEDFALL 2012 - FT10SPRING 2013 - FT14FALL 2013 - FT12SPRING 2014 - PT8SUMMER 20143TOTAL4712CASE STUDY NO. 2Mats Valk is an international tennis student-athlete who has been enrolled at your institution for three years and is entering his fourth year.

Mats comes to you after summer session ends and needs to be certified.

He presents the following academic record:Mats Valk, Netherlands, holds the world record for the fastest Rubiks Cube solve at 5.55 seconds in March 2013 in Belgium.13CASE STUDY NO. 2 (cont.)TermsEnrolledCreditsGrade-point averageFALL 2010FT91.900SPRING 2011 FT92.100SUMMER 2011PT32.600FALL 2012FT121.800SPRING 2013FT91.750SUMMER 2013PT32.000FALL 2013FT81.800SPRING 2014 PT91.900SUMMER 2014PT92.000TOTALS711.980Is he eligible? 14CASE STUDY NO. 2 (cont.)TermsEnrolledCreditsGrade-point averageFALL 2010FT91.900SPRING 2011 FT92.100SUMMER 2011PT32.600FALL 2012FT121.800SPRING 2013FT91.750SUMMER 2013PT32.000FALL 2013FT81.800SPRING 2014 PT91.900SUMMER 2014PT92.000TOTALS711.980Good academic standing?

Six hours?

24 hours?

Grade-point average?

Whats missing?15QUESTIONS?EXCEPTIONSMissed term. Midyear enrollment. Nonrecruited, nonparticipant.Graduate student.Two-year nonparticipation.

Bylaw 14.4.3.4CASE STUDY NO. 3Arthur Wynne initially enrolled at your institution during the 2013 spring term. The student-athlete competed during spring 2014, but needs to be certified for the 2014 fall term.

EnrollmentCreditsSPRING 2013 - FT12FALL 2013 Not enrolled0SPRING 2014 FT10SUMMER 2014 6Is the student-athlete eligible? Would the student-athlete have access to an exception? If so, which one?Who was Arthur Wynne? An American credited with creating the first crossword puzzle in 1916.18QUESTIONS?WHATS CHANGING AND WHEN?August 1, 2016.

Term-by-term credit-hour requirement.Increase from six credits to nine credits per full-time term.

Hours earned during the regular academic year.Minimum of 18 hours required.

Bylaws 14.4.3.2 and 14.4.3.3 (effective 8/1/16)

WHATS CHANGING AND WHEN? (cont.)August 1, 2016.

Annual credit-hour requirement.24 credits per year.Averaging method going away.48 total after first two years, 24 credits each year after.

Grade-point average.2.000.

Bylaws 14.4.3.4 and 14.4.3.5 (effective 8/1/16)

QUESTIONS?