This page is designed to give potential student athletes and parents an overview of the requirements for becoming eligible and maintaining eligibility at Kansas Wesleyan University. It is in no way a definitive guide, as every eligibility case varies to some degree. Please contact Joyce Kelley, Faculty Athletics Representative, if you have further questions regarding athletic eligibility.

Kansas Wesleyan University is a member of the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In order to participate in intercollegiate athletics either at the junior varsity or varsity level at Kansas Wesleyan University, first-time freshman student-athletes must meet two of the following three requirements based on final high school transcripts:

1. Rank in the top half of your graduating class
2. Achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.0 on 4.0 scale
3. Achieve a minimum composite score of 18 on the ACT or 860 (combined) on the SAT (critical reading and critical math)

Student-athletes who do not meet two of the three requirements are not eligible to complete in intercollegiate athletics for the first two semesters at Kansas Wesleyan University or at any other NAIA institution.

Eligibility requirements for transfer students differ. Please contact your admissions counselor for more information.

A Freshman Student-Athlete at Kansas Wesleyan University must be identified and enrolled in a minimum of 12 institutional credit hours at the time of participation, or, if the participation takes place between terms, the student must have been identified with the institution the term immediately before the date of participation.

A Freshman Student-Athlete at Kansas Wesleyan University must have accumulated a minimum of nine (9) institutional credit hours prior to identification for the second term of attendance. Only those institutional credit hours earned after identification (at any institution) may be applied toward meeting the nine (9) institutional credit hour rule for a second-term freshman.

To participate in a SECOND SEASON in a sport at Kansas Wesleyan University, the student-athlete must have accumulated a minimum of 24 institutional credit hours in the two immediately previous terms of attendance in a semester system or 36 institutional credit hours in the three immediately previous terms of attendance in a quarter system.

To participate in a THIRD SEASON in a sport at Kansas Wesleyan University, the student-athlete must have accumulated at least 48 semester/72 quarter (or equivalent) institutional credit hours. Transfer students shall use institutional credit hours as certified by the previous institution(s) to meet this requirement only for their first term of attendance at a member institution. Thereafter only institutional credit recognized by the student's current institution and submitted to the registrar for posting on the transcript shall apply.

To participate in a FOURTH SEASON in a sport at Kansas Wesleyan University, the student-athlete must have accumulated at least 72 semester/108 quarter (or equivalent) institutional credit hours, at least 48 semester/72 quarter hours of which must be in general education and/or in the student's major field of study.

To participate in a third and/or fourth season in a sport, all student-athletes must have and maintain a total cumulative GPA of at least 2.000 on a 4.000 scale. The GPA for student-athletes with continuing identification at Kansas Wesleyan University shall be calculated according to the official institutional policy for all students. The GPA for entering transfer students shall be calculated by dividing all quality points achieved by the total number of hours attempted for all courses listed on all official transcripts from all institutions previously attended.

Transfer students shall use institutional credit hours as certified by the previous institution(s) to meet this requirement only for their first term of attendance at a member institution. Thereafter only institutional credit recognized by the student-athlete's current institution and submitted to the registrar for posting on the transcript shall apply.

Quick Notes The student-athlete must be eligible according to the institution's standards for intercollegiate competition. The student-athlete must be eligible according to affiliated conference standards when such standards are more stringent than NAIA rules and standards.

Repeat courses previously passed with a grade of "D" or better in any term, during summer, or during a non-term cannot count toward satisfying the 24/36 credit hour rule.

A maximum of one repeat course per term previously passed with a grade of "D" (or the equivalent) may be counted toward satisfying the 12-hour enrollment rule.

Repeat courses previously passed with a grade of "C" or better cannot be applied to meet either the 12-hour enrollment rule or the 24/36 credit-hour rule.

Non Term Classes No more than 12 institutional credit hours earned during summers and/or during non-terms may be applied to meet the 24/36 institutional credit-hour requirement. Such credit must be earned after one or both of the two immediately previous terms of attendance.

Playing Seasons A student-athlete may participate four (4) seasons in one sport in 10 semesters, 12 trimesters, or 15 quarters of attendance if otherwise eligible. The 10 semesters need not be consecutive. During the ninth or tenth semester, or equivalent, the student-athlete may participate in any sport in which the student has not already used four seasons of competition.

Season of Competition: Participation in one or more intercollegiate contests whether in a varsity, junior varsity, or freshman program. Seasons of competition for a transfer student will be determined under the rules of the association under which they competed.