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ARTICLE V - ELIGIBILITY RULES 2014-2015
Section 1.

Section 2.

Section 3.

GENERAL INFORMATION
A. Compliance with all NJCAA rules of eligibility is the expressed responsibility of all member colleges.
B. All NJCAA Rules of Eligibility will become effective as of August 1, 2014.
C. A member college must be in good standing with the NJCAA and its Region/Conference to enter a team or an individual in an
activity sponsored by the NJCAA. A member college’s good standing includes, but is not limited to, institutional attendance at a
NJCAA sanctioned compliance workshop once every three years.
D. Student-athletes participating on an intercollegiate level in any one of the certified sports of the NJCAA shall conform to the
requirements of the NJCAA Rules of Eligibil ity, the rules and regulations of the conference/region with which the college is
affiliated, and also the rules of the college at which the student-athletes are attending and participating.
E. Ineligible student-athletes shall not be allowed to dress for any contest.
F. Student-athletes who falsify any academic and/or athletic participation record shall be ineligible for further competition in an
NJCAA member college at any time.
G. Colleges having an intercollegiate athletic program above the two-year level shall not be allowed to participate in any of the
certified sports of the NJCAA.
H. The word "term" as used within the Eligibility Rules, refers to quarter, semester or trimester, whichever applies as the official
unit of class attendance at a college. Summer sessions shall also be considered as a term of college. Institutions using a modified
administrative term, i.e. unit credits, quarter term with semester credits, etc. will be evaluated and an interpretation entered in the
Casebook.
I. A student-athlete’s grade point average (GPA) will be determined by dividing the earned/passing accumulated quality points by
the corresponding earned/passing credit hours at each institution of attendance.
NOTE: Passing and satisfactory grades may be computed as "C" grades.
J. Student-athletes who earn an A, B, C, or D grade in a college level course may only use that course one time for previous
term/accumulation eligibility purposes. A repeated class is allowed to be counted towards current term enrollment.
K. REMEDIAL/DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES
1. Student-athletes who earn an A, B, C, or D grade in a remedial/developmental course may only use that course one time for
previous term/accumulation eligibility purposes. A repeated class is allowed to be counted towards current term enrollment.
Furthermore, student-athletes cannot take a remedial/developmental course which is lower than a prerequisite to the one
they have successfully passed and have it count toward eligibility.
2. Credit hours in remedial/developmental courses will count toward eligibility for a second season of participation if the
student-athlete has successfully exited the course; only one course attempt is calculated
CERTIFIED SPORTS OF THE NJCAA
Fall Baseball
Football
Fall Lacrosse
Spring Softball
Spring Tennis
Spring Baseball
Fall Golf
Spring Lacrosse
Fall Soccer
Fall Volleyball
Basketball
Spring Golf
Half Marathon
Spring Soccer
Spring Volleyball
Bowling
Ice Hockey
Outdoor Track & Field
Swimming & Diving
Wrestling
Cross Country
Indoor Track & Field Fall Softball
Fall Tennis
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTERING & CONTINUING STUDENT-ATHLETES
A. A student-athlete must be a graduate of a high school with an academic diploma, general education diploma or a state department
of education approved high school equivalency test.
B. For the purpose of this Section 3. An “HS(-3) student-athlete” is a student-athlete who attended fewer than three years of high
school in the United States. An HS(-3) student-athlete reaching his/her 21st birthday prior to August 1st each year will be charged
with one (1) season of NJCAA eligibility regardless of participation provided he/she has NJCAA eligibility remaining. An
HS(-3) student-athlete reaching his/her 22nd birthday prior to August 1st each year will be charged with two (2) seasons of
NJCAA eligibility regardless of participation.
NOTE: Documentation of birth will be required for verification of DOB to include passport, visa, birth certificate or other legal
documentation as part of the eligibility packet for HS(-3) student-athletes.
CLARIFICATION: The NJCAA defines an academic year as August 1 st to July 31st of the following year. An HS(-3) studentathlete who reaches his/her 21st birthday prior to August 1st will have one year of eligibility remaining. An HS(-3) student-athlete
who reaches his/her 22nd birthday prior to August 1 will have no eligibility.
Should an HS(-3) student-athlete reach his/her 21st birthday after August 1, he/she will be eligible for two seasons. Should an
HS(-3) student-athlete reach his/her 22nd birthday after August 1, he/she will be eligible for one season.

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