GGC Student-Athlete Handbook 2021-22

Enrollment In order to participate in intercollegiate competition, you must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours during your season. Do not drop or withdrawal from classes without consulting your coach or the office of athletics compliance beforehand.

Terms of Attendance Student athletes must use their athletic eligibility (4 seasons of competition per sport) within the first 10 semesters of full time enrollment. Enrollment in 12 hours or more is considered a full time semester for NAIA eligibility rules.

Summer Attendance Summer school attendance does not count towards your 10 full time semesters of enrollment; but can be used to satisfy eligibility requirements. A maximum of 12 summer hours can be added to the previous full time semester hours in order to satisfy the 24 hour rule.

Progress Rules Incoming freshman must pass 9 hours in order to compete during the 2nd semester of the freshman year. To be eligible for a second season of competition, 24 credit hours must have been accumulated during the previous two full time semesters; for a third season of competition the student athlete needs to have accumulated 48 credit hours and 72 credit hours to compete in a 4th season of competition with 48 hours going towards a major.

GPA Rule Upon entering a third season of competition through your final season of competition, you must have at least a 2.0 institutional GPA in order to be eligible to compete.

Repeat Classes A repeated course which has been previously passed and counted toward the 9hr, 12hr, or 24hr rule may not be used again to satisfy any of the progress rules for future eligibility purposes. It is the student athlete’s responsibility to ensure that he or she is not in a repeated course for a given semester at GGC unless otherwise approved. If taking a repeated course is necessary, the student athlete is expected to communicate this with his or her athletic academic advisor upon enrolling in the course. It is expected that all student athletes be cognizant of their academic history and degree progress at GGC at all times.

Athletics Grant-In-Aid Athletics grant-in-aid awards are recommended by each coach, approved by the director of athletics and issued by the Financial Aid office. These awards are categorized as follows: • Tuition and Fees • Room and Board • Books 22