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Section 12. g. Entry fees; h. Other reasonable expenses.

ADDING AND DELETING PARTICIPANTS ON ELIGIBILITY FORMS The eligibility status of student-athletes is determined at the beginning of each season. The following rules determine when studentathletes can be supplemented or must be deleted according to their academic performance. A. Student-athletes that are not serving probation and are academically eligible can be supplemented on an NJCAA Eligibility Form up until the deadline dates listed below. Such student-athletes become eligible on the date of electronic submission of the eligibility form for that student-athlete( s). Additions submitted after the deadline date established for each sport can not be submitted online and will not be accepted. Student-athletes submitted after the initial eligibility filing are not eligible until their submission date. Cross Country............ October 10, 2014 Soccer........................ October 10, 2014 Volleyball.................. October 10, 2014 Football..................... October 31, 2014 Half Marathon......... November 7, 2014

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Wrestling.......................... February 6, 2015 Lacrosse.............................. April 10, 2015 Ice Hockey........................ February 6, 2015 Outdoor Track & Field....... April 10, 2015 Swimming & Diving......... February 6, 2015 Tennis................................. April 10, 2015 Indoor Track & Field........ February 6, 2015 Baseball.............................. April 17, 2015 Bowling............................ February 6, 2015 Softball............................... April 17, 2015 Basketball......................... February 6, 2015 Golf.................................... April 24, 2015

NOTE: Spring sports which have qualifying tournaments in the Fall, must have their Fall eligibility form cleared 10 days prior to their Fall Qualifying Tournament. For those sports whose regular season schedule begins between terms, all student-athletes must be academically eligible from the previous term. If the regular season schedule of a sport ends before the last day of the term, all student-athletes remain eligible for postseason competition( Regional and National competition), provided full-time enrollment is maintained throughout the term. No additions can be made to a team ' s roster after the term has ended.

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Half Marathon … 1 total( per gender)

Wrestling ……… 4 total RECERTIFICATION: If the regular season schedule of a sport extends past the last day of the term, the eligibility of studentathletes is determined by the following rules: 1. Student-athletes that do not satisfy the academic provisions of Section 4 at the completion of the term will remain eligible through the 20 th calendar day after the end of the given term with one exception as follows: a.

TRIMESTER COLLEGES: Colleges which operate on the trimester calendar and whose winter session ends approximately April 20, may elect to allow their student-athletes that do not satisfy the provisions of Section 4 at the completion of the term, to finish the season. Conversely, those colleges may not add student-athletes who have become eligible during the winter session. Colleges who choose this exception must designate on an NJCAA form by October 31 of that particular academic year if they are following this option.

2. Transfer student-athletes who have served probation or non-transfer student-athletes who have re-established their eligibility during a term of college attendance, can be supplemented to a team ' s roster any time after the end of the term provided all student-athletes that do not satisfy the provisions of Sections 4. D or 4. E are dropped as of the same date. This exchange must occur on or before the 20th calendar day after the term ends and a complete eligibility form for the subsequent term must be submitted showing all eligible student-athletes. If student-athletes are supplemented any time following the 20th calendar day after the end of the term, only the new entries must be submitted on an eligibility form and the next term ' s eligibility form will be due in accordance with Section 13. D. 3. The new entries may begin participating on the electronic submission date. Transfer student-athletes cannot be added before the full sixteen calendar weeks have expired. NJCAA Non-Participation Form 1. A form used by colleges to submit names for those student-athletes submitted on an eligibility form but never participated during that season. 2. This is a mandatory process that must be completed by July 1 of each academic year. 3. Penalties: Refer to late filing penalties in Article V, Section 13. E. 1.

Section 13.

CERTIFYING THE ELIGIBILITY FORM

A. Each NJCAA member college shall be required to submit eligibility electronically to the NJCAA for each of the NJCAA certified sports that the college sponsors as a varsity sport. The Eligibility Chair, Registrar or Dean, Athletic Director and student-athlete must sign the form. The student-athlete’ s signature on the hard copy gives the college permission to release transcripts to the NJCAA( Buckley Amendment – Public Law 93-380), and it also verifies that all information on the eligibility form pertaining to the student-athlete is correct and complete.

B. Eligibility certification forms, filing process instructions, and online program instructions can be accessed through the NJCAA web site( www. njcaa. org).

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