Four-year College Transfer Requirements
In order for a student-athlete to transfer from another four-year college there are requirements that student-athlete must meet in order to be eligible to compete against outside competition upon transfer. The general transfer rule requires a transferring student-athlete to sit a year in residence* at the institution to which he or she transfers. However, there are several exceptions to this rule. The most widely used exception is described below. If an individual does not meet this exception it does not mean that individual will be ineligible upon transfer as he or she may meet another exception to the general transfer rule.
One Time Transfer Exception: In order to meet this exception the transferring student-athlete must meet the below requirements.
• The student-athlete must not have previously transferred from a four-year institution;
• the student-athlete’s original four-year institution must certify in writing that it has no objection to the student-athlete being granted an exception to the general transfer rule which requires a student-athlete to sit a year in residence upon transfer;
• The student-athlete must be one who would have been academically eligible had he or she remained at the institution from which the student-athlete transferred; and
• The student-athlete is in good academic standing and meets the progress towards degree requirements at the previous four-year institution at the time of transfer.
Sitting a year in residence simply means that the student-athlete must be enrolled full time at the institution for one full academic year before he or she can compete against outside competition. During this time it is permissible for the student-athlete to participate in practice with his or her team.
