Coaching Compliance Corner

July Spotlight:  Qualification Status

Qualification Status:  As fall pre-season approaches it is not only important to remember the definitions of qualifiers, partial qualifiers and nonqualifiers but also what the consequences are of a nonqualifier label. 

Qualifier:  A student who (1) graduated from high school, (2) completed 14 core courses, (3) earned a minimum GPA of a  2.0 in those core courses and (4) earned a minimum SAT score of an 820 on math and verbal or a 68 on the ACT.

Partial Qualifier:  A student who at the time of graduation from high school earned either (1) a minimum GPA of a 2.0 in the required 14 core courses or (2) earned a minimum SAT score of an 820 on math and verbal or a 68 on the ACT. 

Nonqualifier:  A nonqualifier is a student who has not graduated from high school or earned neither the required 2.0 GPA and the required 820 on the SAT or 68 on the ACT. 

Qualification Status and Eligibility

Qualifiers:  Qualifiers are eligible for (1) practice, (2) competition and (3) athletics aid in their first year of enrollment.

Partial Qualifiers:  According to the NCAA partial qualifiers are eligible for (1) practice and (2) athletics aid*.  They are not eligible for competition in their first year of enrollment.

* Wingate athletics has a policy of not awarding athletics aid to partial qualifiers in their first year of enrollment.

Nonqualifiers:  Nonqualifiers are not eligible for practice, competition or athletics aid in their first year of enrollment. 

Transfer Students and Qualification Status

Two-Year Transfers:  If a two-year transfer does not meet the transfer requirements upon transfer and he or she was a nonqualifier out of high school he or she will not be eligible for practice, competition or athletics aid in their first year in residence at the certifying institution. 

Exceptions:  Please note that in order for a two year college transfer to be eligible for any exceptions to the residency requirements upon transfer he or she must have been a qualifier out of high school.

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October Spotlight: Prospective Student-Athlete Tryouts

November Spotlight: National Letter of Intent

December Spotlight: Transfer Students

January Spotlight: Continuing Eligibility

February Spotlight: Practice Limitations

March Spotlight: Contracts and Evaluations

April Spotlight: Early Certification

May Spotlight: NCAA Eligibility Center Basics

June Spotlight: Noninstitutional Privately Owned Camps/Clinics