To be eligible to represent an institution in intercollegiate athletic competition, a student-athlete shall be enrolled in at least a minimum full-time program of studies, be in good academic standing and maintain satisfactory progress toward a baccalaureate or equivalent degree. At the time of competition, a student-athlete shall be enrolled in not less than 12 semester or quarter hours, regardless of the institution's definition of a minimum full-time program of studies.
A student-athlete shall not engage in more that 4 seasons of intercollegiate competition in any one sport. 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. A student-athlete is considered to have utilized a semester or quarter under this rule when the student is officially registered in a collegiate institution in a regular term of an academic year, for a minimum full-time program of studies, as determined by the institution, and attends the first day of classes for that term. Any competition, except preseason scrimmages, regardless of time, during a season in an intercollegiate sport shall be counted as a season of competition in that sport.
A student who has not previously participated in intercollegiate athletics and who transfers from a two-year or four-year collegiate institution to a Division III institution shall be immediately eligible, under the Association's transfer regulations, to compete for the Division III. If the student has ever participated in intercollegiate athletics, the student must have been academically and athletically eligible had he or she remained at that institution. For additional transfer regulations, please contact the Director of Athletics.