If you are a current varsity student athlete appearing on a team’s roster, please refer to the
Student Athlete Portal for eligibility rules and regulations. Remember, it’s your responsibility to stay aware of your eligibility requirements and take steps to ensure that you remain eligible to compete in your sport. If you have any questions, please reach out to Student Athlete Services. If you are hoping to be a varsity Thunderbird student athlete, please
read the below.
U SPORTS
IMPORTANT!
U SPORTS Eligibility rules and regulations are subject to change.
Please refer to https://usports.ca for the most up to date version of the U SPORTS Eligibility Rules. Eligibility for all UBC student-athletes must be confirmed by the Varsity Office.
If you have any questions regarding your status as a varsity student-athlete, please email student.varsity@ubc.ca . We can only confirm eligibility for current student athletes and confirmed prospective student athletes. If you’re a prospective student athlete and have questions about your potential eligibility, please connect with your recruiting coach to initiate this request.
As a student-athlete competing in U SPORTS, it is your responsibility to be aware of and abide by the Eligibility Rules. It is important to note that the U SPORTS bylaws will be applied equally to all varsity teams and as such all teams and student-athletes need to understand the rules and regulations.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding eligibility status please discuss with your coach and the Manager, Athlete Services & Compliance, or Coordinator of Compliance & Eligibility. Eligibility for all UBC student-athletes is confirmed by the Varsity Office.
1. ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
1.
Course Load Requirements
A student-athlete must be registered in a minimum of three (3) courses (9 credit hours or equivalent), in the term in which they are competing within U SPORTS, unless there are circumstances within their academic program which would warrant an exception to this ruling and in which the university continues to declare this individual a full-time student in that term (e.g. graduate students, co-op students, registered students with accommodations from the Center for Accessibility).
Student-athletes registered for accommodations through the Center for Accessibility are eligible provided that their post-secondary institution has deemed that they are enrolled in the equivalent of a full course load and that they are students in good standing.
A letter from the Center for Accessibility is required in order for Student Athlete Services to verify the accommodation and the credit load required for these students.
A student-athlete must maintain full time status throughout the year. At any time throughout the academic year, course loads reduced below the required number of units will constitute ineligible status. Ineligible status will result in forfeit of competitions where the ineligible student-athlete participated.
2.
Participation While Ineligible
Any student who participates in U SPORTS competition while ineligible shall not be permitted to compete for the balance of the competitive year, shall be charged with an additional year of eligibility and shall not be permitted to compete in the succeeding year. In addition, all competitions in which the athlete participated in will be forfeited including U SPORTS National Championship events.
3.
Academic Standing
A student-athlete must successfully complete a minimum of three (3) full courses, or six (6) half courses, or eighteen (18) semester hours during the academic year, unless there are circumstances within their academic program which would warrant an exception to this ruling, in order to be considered a student in good standing.
In order to be eligible for U SPORTS competition, a student-athlete who has attended and been charged with a year of eligibility in a recognized sport of U SPORTS at a degree granting post-secondary institution must have been a student in good standing in that year.
Any student-athlete who is ineligible to compete in U SPORTS competition because the athlete is no longer a student in good standing, must successfully complete within an academic year; three (3) full courses, or six (6) half courses, or eighteen (18) semester hours at a recognized post-secondary institution where courses are recognized for credit. The student-athlete is eligible for participation immediately upon successful completion of the above academic requirements.
4.
Withdrawal
Any student-athlete who has been required to withdraw by their institution can compete immediately upon successfully completing 18 credit hours within an academic year at any post-secondary institution where courses are recognized for credit.
5.
Graduate Student
Any athlete registered as a full-time student in any graduate program offered by a member institution shall be eligible to participate in U SPORTS competition.
2. ATHLETE REQUIREMENTS
2.1
Post-Secondary Participation
The appearance of the name of the athlete on any score sheet, entry form or result sheet within U SPORTS shall be deemed as participation in that game or competition for which the student-athlete as registered. Within U SPORTS, an athlete shall be charged with a year of eligibility for each year of competition where the athlete participated in a U SPORTS sport.
2.2
Maximum Years
An athlete shall be allowed to participate in U SPORTS competition for five (5) years. An athlete who has exhausted their eligibility in any recognized sport of U SPORTS within another post-secondary jurisdiction, in accordance with the jurisdictions’ rules, is ineligible for U SPORTS competition (i.e. NAIA, NCAA, CCAA). Please see U SPORTS Policies and Procedures Policy number 40.10 for further information or visit
en.usports.ca.
3. TRANSFER INFORMATION
3.1
Transfer from another U SPORTS Institution
An athlete, who has participated in a recognized sport of U SPORTS at a member institution, shall not be eligible to transfer and participate in the same sport at another member institution in the same academic year and must sit 365 days from their last date of contest at their previous institution.
3.2
Transfer from a CCAA Institution
A student-athlete who transfers to a member institution from a post-secondary degree or non-degree granting institution that participated in the CCAA leagues may be eligible to participate immediately in U SPORTS under the condition certain factors are met. Please see U SPORTS Policies and Procedures Policy number 40.10.5.7.2 for further information or visit.
en.usports.ca
3.3
Transfer from Non-Canadian Degree Granting Institution (NCAA, NAIA)
A student-athlete, who transfers to a U SPORTS member institution team from an NCAA or NAIA institution may be eligible to participate immediately in U SPORTS competition as long as certain conditions are met. Please see U SPORTS Policies and Procedures Policy number 40.10.5.7.3 for further information or visit en.usports.ca.
NAIA
IMPORTANT!
NAIA Eligibility rules and regulations are subject to change.
Please refer to https://play.mynaia.org/ for the most up to date version of the NAIA Eligibility Rules. Eligibility for all UBC student-athletes must be confirmed by the Varsity Office.
If you have any questions regarding your status as a varsity student-athlete, please email student.varsity@ubc.ca . We can only confirm eligibility for current student athletes and confirmed prospective student athletes. If you’re a prospective student athlete and have questions about your potential eligibility, please connect with your recruiting coach to initiate this request.
As a student-athlete competing in the NAIA, it is your responsibility to be aware of and abide by the Eligibility Regulations.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding eligibility status please discuss with your coach and the Manager, Athlete Services & Compliance, or Coordinator of Compliance & Eligibility. To be eligible to represent UBC in any manner, you must be eligible according to the following regulations:
1. ACADEMIC REGULATIONS
1.
Freshman (1st year)
As a student-athlete entering directly from high school can become eligible by achieving an overall high school grade point average of 2.30 or higher on a 4.00 scale.
2.
Course Load Requirements
You must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 institutionally approved or required credit hours at the time of participation. Should participation take place between terms, you must have been identified with the institution the term immediately preceding the date of participation.
3.
Second Term Freshman
As a second-term freshman, you must have accumulated a minimum total of nine (9) institutional or required credit hours before identification for the second term of attendance.
4.
Continuing Eligibility
To participate in your sport during a term, you must have accumulated a minimum total of twenty-four (24) institutional or required credit hours the two immediately previous Terms of Attendance (TOA). Up to 12 institution credit hours earned during the summer and/or non-term may be applied to meet the 24/36-hour rule, provided such credit is earned after one of the two immediately previous terms of attendance and only in certain instances toward the 12-hour enrolment rule.
A Term of Attendance (TOA) is any term (not including Summer) where a student is enrolled in 12 or more credits, is enrolled in a co-op term, or any term where a student consumes eligibility.
To participate in your second, third, and fourth season in a sport you must have and maintain a total cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on a 4.00 scale.
To participate in the 2
nd season in a sport, you must have accumulated at least 24 semester institutional credit hours.
To participate in the 3
rd season in a sport, you must have accumulated at least 48 semester institutional credit hours.
To participate in the 3rd season in a sport, you must have accumulated at least 72 semester institutional credit hours. These hours must include at least 48 semester hours in general education and/or your major field of study.
*If you are a transfer student, only courses transferred to UBC will count towards the 24/48/72 semester institutional credit hours needed.
5.
General Academic Requirements
5.1 You may not count repeat courses previously passed in any term toward the 24 credit-hour rule.
5.2 A student may participate 4 seasons in one sport in 10 semester, 12 trimesters or 15 quarters of attendance.
5.3 A season of competition is defined as participation on one or more intercollegiate contests, whether as a freshman, junior varsity or varsity participant, or in any other athletic competition in which the institution, as such, is represented during a sport season.
You must be an amateur as defined by the NAIA, in the sport in which you participate.
6.
Transferring
If transferring from a four-year institution, you must have eligibility remaining at the institution from which you are transferring to be eligible for further intercollegiate competition.
If you have ever participated in intercollegiate athletes at a four-year institution, you must reside for 16 consecutive calendar weeks (112 calendar days), not including summer sessions, at the transferred institution before becoming eligible for intercollegiate competition in any sport in which you participated while attending the previous four-year institution.
