Looking for information on how you can become a Big Sky athlete? Need to brush up on NCAA requirements? Check out the following information for both prospects and current student-athletes.
Eligibility Center
Interested in competing at the college level? Make sure you sign up with the
Eligibility Center. Incoming freshman and junior college transfers MUST be registered with the Eligibility Center prior to signing a National Letter of Intent.
NCAA Freshman Eligibility Standards
What do you need to be academically eligible to compete at the DI Level?
Check out this easy reference guide!
Big Sky Eligibility Rules
The Big Sky is one of just a few conferences in the country that require stricter eligibility requirements than the NCAA.
To be eligible for intercollegiate competition, a student-athlete must establish:
a) a 1.6 cumulative GPA by the beginning of his or her second term. For quarter schools, the student-athlete must also achieve a 1.8 cumulative GPA by the beginning of his or her third quarter of enrollment.
b) a 2.0 cumulative GPA by the beginning of his or her second year of collegiate enrollment and thereafter.
c) a 2.0 cumulative GPA for all credit hours earned only at the certifying institution for his or her final season of competition.
TRANSFER STUDENTS:
In order for a transfer student from a two-year college who is not a qualifier to be eligible for institutional financial aid, practice and competition during his or her first academic year in residence, he or she must have successfully completed three semester or four quarter hours of English and three semester or four quarter hours of mathematics at the two-year college that are transferable toward any baccalaureate degree program at the certifying institution.
National Letter of Intent
What is the NLI? When do I get to sign? Who gets to sign? How do I get out of my NLI?
All of these questions can be answered
here.
NCAA Resources
Looking for information on how student-athletes can comply with NCAA bylaws in order to compete in intercollegiate athletics? The NCAA Resource Center includes information on what high school students need to do to be eligible to compete their first year in college, as well as guidelines that coaches and prospective student-athletes must follow during the recruiting process.
What It Takes!
Click on
this link for a great video that reviews what it takes to get to the college level! Academics, Eligibility and Amateurism are all discussed here!
Intra-Conference Transfer Rule
In all Big Sky Championship Sports, a student-athlete who receives athletically-related financial aid and transfers directly to another Big Sky Conference member institution must fulfill a residence requirement of one full academic year before competing. During that period, the student-athlete shall not be offered, provided or have arranged directly or indirectly any earned or unearned athletically-related financial aid. A recruited non-qualifier, although not receiving athletically related aid, is bound by this provision unless released in writing by the Athletic Director of the previous institution.
On written petition from the student-athlete clearly explaining all extenuating circumstances and hardships, the Faculty Athletic Representatives' Council may waive the year in residency requirement and/or financial aid restriction for an intra-conference transfer.