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All Lock Haven University student-athletes are expected to understand and apply all NCAA rules, especially those regarding eligibility, recruitment, financial aid, amateur status and involvement in organized gambling.

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a. Eligibility for Competition.

(1) To be eligible to compete, you must:
(a) Have been admitted as a regularly enrolled, degree-seeking student according to the published entrance requirements of your institution;

(b) Be in good academic standing according to the standards of Lock Haven University; and

(c) Be enrolled in at least a minimum full-time baccalaureate degree program (not less than 12 semester or quarter hours) and maintain satisfactory progress toward that degree, be enrolled in a full-time graduate or professional degree program (as defined by the institution for all graduate students in that program) or be enrolled and seeking a second baccalaureate degree at your institution. [Bylaws 14.01.2, 14.1.8 and 14.1.9]

(2) If you are enrolled in less than a full-time program, you are eligible to compete only if you are enrolled in the last term of your degree program and are carrying credits necessary to finish your degree. [Bylaw 14.1.8.1.7.3] * Note this must be certified by the University Registrar’s Office.

(3) You are eligible to compete during the official vacation period immediately before initial enrollment, provided you have been accepted by your institution for enrollment in a regular, full-time program of studies at the time of your initial participation, you are no longer enrolled in your previous educational institution and you are eligible under all institutional and NCAA requirements. [Bylaw 14.1.8.1.7.1]

(4) You are eligible to compete between terms if you are continuing enrollment, provided you have been registered for the required minimum full-time load at the conclusion of the term immediately preceding the date of competition, or if you are either continuing enrollment or beginning enrollment, provided you have been accepted for enrollment as a regular full-time student for the regular term immediately following the date of competition. [Bylaw14.1.8.1.7.2]
 
b. Eligibility for Practice.

(1) You are eligible to practice if you are enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies leading to a baccalaureate or equivalent degree as defined by the regulations of the certifying institution, which shall not be less than 12 semester or quarter hours, regardless of the institution’s definition of a minimum full-time program of studies. [Bylaw 14.1.8.1]

(2) You are eligible to practice during the official vacation period immediately preceding initial enrollment provided you have been accepted by your institution for enrollment in a regular, full-time program of studies at the time of your initial participation, you no longer are enrolled in your previous educational institution, and you are eligible under all institutional and NCAA requirements. [Bylaw 14.1.8.1.7.1]

(3) You also are eligible to practice if you are enrolled in the final semester or quarter of a baccalaureate program while enrolled in less than a minimum full-time program of studies and your institution certifies that you are carrying (for credit) the courses necessary to complete the degree requirements, as determined by the faculty of the institution. [Bylaw 14.1.8.1.7.3]
 
c. Continuing Eligibility - All Sports.

(1) In order to be eligible for competition at the end of each academic term, a student-athlete must successfully complete 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. [Bylaw 14.4.3.1-(a)] (Beginning in the fall 2005 term and all terms after that.)
*Note that it will be 9 credit hours that must be completed beginning in fall 2016 and thereafter.

(2) If you have transferred to your current institution midyear, or you have completed one academic year in residence at your current institution or used one season of eligibility in a sport at your current institution, your eligibility shall be determined by your academic record in existence at the beginning of the fall term or at the beginning of any other
regular term of that academic year and you must satisfy the following requirements for academic progress to be eligible to compete.
(a) You must earn at least 75 percent of the semester or quarter hours required for satisfactory progress during the regular academic year. You may not earn more than 25 percent of the semester or quarter hours required for satisfactory progress during the summer or through correspondence courses taken during the 1993-94 academic year and thereafter. [Bylaw 14.4.3.1.4]
(b) You must achieve at least a 1.800, 1.900 or 2.00 grade point average in your first semester of attendance and at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average following each term once you earn 24 credits.

(c) You must meet the minimum grade-point average at the certifying institution based on the method of calculation used by the institution for calculating grade-point averages for all students, and the calculation shall only include coursework normally counted by the institution in calculating the grade-point average for graduation. [Bylaw 14.4.3.2.1]

(d) You must choose a major that leads to a specific baccalaureate degree by the beginning of your third year of enrollment. (This includes transfer students who have not completed an academic year in residence yet or used one season of eligibility in a sport at their current institution.) [Bylaw 14.4.3.1.5]
 
*Note that starting in the fall of 2016 you must have a 2.000 at the beginning of every fall term