Continuing Eligibility - Troy University Athletics

(For those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution as a full-time student on or after August 1, 2003):

If you are entering an institution for the first time on or after August 1, 2003, your eligibility for competition shall be based upon satisfactory completion of at least:

24 – 18 HOUR RULE

Have successfully completed 24-semester hours of academic credit prior to the start of the institution's third semester following the student-athlete's initial full-time enrollment;
Have successfully completed 18-semester hours of academic credit since the beginning of the previous fall term or since the beginning of the certifying institu?tion's preceding regular two semesters (hours earned during the summer may not be used to fulfill this requirement); and

6 HOUR RULE

Six-semester hours of academic credit the preceding regular academic term (e.g., fall semester) in which the student-athlete has been enrolled at any collegiate institution.
Nine hours must be passed by football student-athlete during the fall semester.

DECLARATION OF MAJOR RULE

You must choose a major that leads to a specific baccalaureate degree by the beginning of your third year of enrollment. (This includes transfer students who have not yet com?pleted an academic year in residence or used one season of eligibility in a sport at their current institution.) [Bylaw 14.4.3.1.5]

PERCENTAGE OF DEGREE AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE RULE

If you are entering your second year of collegiate enrollment, you must present a cumula?tive grade-point average that equals at least 90 percent of the institutions overall cumula?tive grade-point average required for graduation (based on a 4.00 scale). [Bylaw 14.4.3.3.1].
If you are entering your third year of collegiate enrollment, you must have completed successfully at least 40 percent of the course requirements in your specific degree pro?gram and you must present a cumulative minimum grade-point average (based on a 4.00 scale) that equals at least 95 percent of the institution's overall cumulative grade-point average required for graduation. For this purpose, a student-athlete's grade-point average will be certified on a term-by-term basis. [Bylaw 14.4.3.3.1].
If you are entering your fourth year of collegiate enrollment, you must have completed successfully at least 60 percent of the course requirements in your specific degree pro?gram and you must present a cumulative grade-point average (based on a 4.00 scale) that equals at least 100 percent of the institution's overall cumulative grade-point average re?quired for graduation. For this purpose, a student-athlete's grade-point average will be certified on a term-by-term basis. [Bylaw 14.4.3.3.1].
If you are entering your fifth year of collegiate enrollment, you must have completed successfully at least 80 percent of the course requirements in your specific degree pro?gram and you must present a cumulative grade-point average (based on a 4.00 scale) that equals at least 100 percent of the institution's overall cumulative grade-point average re?quired for graduation. For this purpose, a student-athlete's grade-point average will be certified on a term-by-term basis. [Bylaw 14.4.3.3.1] .
Football players must pass nine credit hours each fall or sit out the first four games of the next season (2010 59-C).