Weird NAIA eligibility question

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2 weeks ago 07/02/2024 10:09pm EDT

So here's the story: In Fall 2021, I ran a season of D1 XC. I then transferred to a D2 school and ran indoor/outdoor and another XC season in Spring and Fall 2022. I then stopped running competitively. Fast forward to now and I finished my sixth full time semester, and am taking a full time summer semester now and will graduate with my bachelor's next month. I will not be enrolled in classwork of any kind this coming fall or spring, but I'm considering getting an MBA at an NAIA school starting Fall 2025. I see that the NAIA recently started granting graduate students eligibility, but would my break in enrollment invalidate the seasons of competition I have left? Are there any issues with moving from NCAA to NAIA as a graduate student? I know generally the NAIA is a wild west when it comes to eligibility, but just wanted to ask if anyone had any answers.

2 weeks ago 07/02/2024 10:56pm EDT

re: college journeyman

I'd just contact the coach at the school you're planning on attending and see if they 1. want you 2. think you're eligible. I'd say you likely are, and would have 2 years of xc and 3 years of track left.

2 weeks ago 07/02/2024 11:06pm EDT

re: college journeyman

5 years will be up. You will be done.

2 weeks ago 07/03/2024 12:00am EDT

re: college journeyman

By default, you have 10 full-time semesters (part-time and inter-term won't count) to complete your desired eligibility. Based on your self-reported terms, and you should have 3 remaining semesters of eligibility?

But another poster is correct, reaching out to coaches directly and providing them transcripts from ALL of your schools is going to be important. Again, you should have 3 terms of eligibility left, but there's other NAIA rules that have to be met - although they are less stringent for student-athletes that just graduated and will be beginning graduate studies.

2 weeks ago 07/03/2024 8:20am EDT

re: NAIA_Coach

Is naia special? Ncaa only allows 5 years.

2 weeks ago 07/03/2024 8:25am EDT

re: ncaa man

ncaa man wrote:
Is naia special? Ncaa only allows 5 years.

It is. NAIA_Coach is correct.

2 weeks ago 07/03/2024 8:34am EDT

re: college journeyman

I think NAIA is 6 years of eligibility, not 5, so you might have 6 seasons of eligibility left.

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