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The NAIA has 50,000 student-athletes participating at nearly 300 member colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Divided into 14 regions, the NAIA offers 23 championships in 13
sports.
There are 95 NAIA Football
Teams.
Over the years, nearly 1200 NAIA college players have
went on to play in the NFL.
There are two NAIA teams in Florida:
Edward Waters (Jacksonville)
Webber International University (Babson Park)
Other NAIA football teams in the Southeast include:
Alabama: Faulkner University (AL) (starts Football in 2007)
Georgia:
Shorter College,
Virginia: Virginia-Wise
Kentucky:
Georgetown College ( 2000, 2001 Nat'l Champion);
University of the Cumberlands,
Union College,
Kentucky Wesleyan, Campbellsville.
Tennessee:
Bethel College, Lambuth University,
Cumberland University,
Mississippi:
Belhaven College,
Missouri:
Evangel University,
Linderwood,
William Jewel College,
Culver-Stockton,
Central Methodist,
Avila.
The following teams were in the 2005 NAIA Football Playoffs
Carroll (Mont) - National Champion (2003, 2004, 2005)
St. Francis (IN)
Morningside (IA)
Sioux Falls (SD) (Nat'l Champ in 1996)
Georgetown (KY) (Nat'l Champ in 2000, 2001, 1991)
Tabor (KS)
Evangel (MO)
Montana Tech (MT)
Pikeville College (KY)
Geneva College (PA)
St. Xavier University (IL)
McKendree College (IL)
St. Ambrose University (IA)
Dickinson State University (ND)
Graceland University (IA)
Azusa Pacific University (CA) (1998 Nat'l Champ)
NAIA Eligibility Regulations
(This info is from the NAIA site in July 2006. Note: As with all
information this important to your future, check with your guidance counselor,
head coach, the NAIA site and/or the school you wish to attend.)
The following is a short listing of criteria that needs to be met to be eligible to represent a member institution in any manner
(scrimmages, intercollegiate competitions). For more information on NAIA Eligibility Regulations, visit www.naia.org.
1. If an entering freshman* be a graduate of an accredited high school or be accepted as a regular student in good standing as defined
by the enrolling institution and meet two of the three entry level requirements.
* An entering freshman is defined as a student who upon becoming identified with an institution has not been previously identified
with an institution(s) of higher learning for two semesters or three quarters (or equivalent).
1A. Achieve a minimum of 18 on the Enhanced ACT or 860 on the SAT. The ACT/SAT test must be taken on a national or
international testing date and certified to the institution prior to the beginning of each term in which the student initially
participates (residual tests are not acceptable). The SAT score of 860 or higher must be achieved on the CRITICAL READING and MATH sections of the SAT.
Scores must be achieved on a single test.
Students diagnosed with a learning disability may use untimed ACT/SAT test results to meet freshman standards. The untimed test, though, must be arranged, approved, and conducted according to the procedure established by the ACT or SAT national office for the administration of such tests. A minimum score of 18 or 860 must still be achieved.
1B. Achieve a minimum overall high school grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale
A student must achieve an overall high school GPA of 2.000 on a 4.000 scale based on the student’s high school transcript which includes all course work taken through the term immediately prior to graduation. There are no core course requirements for the NAIA.
If the high school does not report GPA on a 4.000 scale, the institution’s registrar shall convert all high school grades to the 4.000 scale and establish the GPA. If the high school reports grades in percents then the NAIA institution is to receive high school’s percent grading scale. A student in the “C” range is considered to have met this requirement.
A student who has taken and passed the GED will be considered to have met the 2.000 requirement. The student must still meet the ACT/SAT requirement. A student who has been identified with a preparatory school for one full academic shall have the GPA achieved at the prep school combined with the overall high school GPA for application to the 2.000 requirement.
1C. Graduate in the top half of your high school graduating class.
A student must graduate in the upper half of their high school graduating class based on the student’s high school transcript which includes all course work taken through the term immediately prior to graduation. High schools that do not rank students may elect to certify on official high school letterhead signed by the high school principal, headmaster, or registrar that if the high school were to rank their graduating class this student would have graduated in the upper half of the graduating class.
A student who graduates the equivalent of 50 out of 100 (50 percentile) will be considered to have graduated in the upper half of the graduating class.
2. YOU MUST be making normal progress toward a recognized baccalaureate degree and maintain the grade points required to remain
a student in good standing, as defined by the institution you are attending.
3. YOU MUST be identified and enrolled in 12 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.
4. YOU MUST, if a second term freshman, have accumulated a minimum of nine institutional credit hours BEFORE identification for
the second term of attendance.
5. YOU MUST have accumulated a minimum of 24 institutional credit hours the two immediately previous terms of attendance. Up to
12 institutional credit hours earned during the summer and/or non-term may be applied to meet the 24-hour rule, provided such credit
is earned AFTER one of the two immediately previous terms of attendance.
However, if you are transferring from a two-year institution, and if you have not been identified with an institution of
higher learning for more than five semesters or seven quarters, have been identified with a four-year institution, and have
met graduation requirements for an associate degree from a junior college, you may be exempt from the 24-hour rule
for the first term you are enrolled at an NAIA member institution. You must have passed all hours required for graduation
and, in the last two terms of attendance, you must have needed fewer than 24 hours to complete graduation
requirements.
6. YOU MAY NOT count repeat courses previously passed in ANY term toward the 24 hour rule.
7. YOU MUST be eligible according to your affiliated conference standards.
8. YOU MUST, if a transfer student from a four-year institution, have eligibility remaining at the institution from which you are
transferring to be eligible for further intercollegiate competition. For eligibility purposes, the NAIA does not recognize the NCAA
“five year rule” or age-limitations regulations.
9. YOU MUST, if a transfer student having participated in intercollegiate athletics at a four-year institution, 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. Exceptions to the
16 calendar weeks’ residency will be explained by the institution’s faculty athletics representative.
10. YOU MUST be within your first 10 semesters, 12 trimesters, or 15 quarters of attendance as a regularly enrolled student.
Beginning August 1, 2004, a term of attendance is any semester, trimester, or quarter in which you enroll for 12 or more institutional
credit hours and attend any class. Summer sessions are not included, but night school, extension or correspondence courses are
applicable to this ruling.
11. YOU MUST, upon reaching junior academic standing as defined by the institution, have a cumulative grade point average of at
least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale as certified by the institutional registrar.
12. YOU MUST, to participate the second season of sport, have accumulated at least 24 semester/36 quarter institutional credit hours.
13. YOU MUST, to participate the third season in a sport, have accumulated at least 48 semester/72 quarter institutional credit hours.
14. YOU MUST, to participate the fourth season in a sport, have accumulated at least 72 semester/108 quarter institutional credit
hours. These hours must include at least 48 semester/72 quarter hours in general education and/or your major field of study.
15. YOU MUST, to participate the third and/or fourth season in a sport, have and maintain a total cumulative grade point average of at
least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
16. YOU MAY NOT participate for more than four seasons in any one sport. A season of competition is defined as participation in one
or more intercollegiate contests, whether as a freshman, junior varsity, or varsity participant or in any other athletic competition in
which the institution is represented during a sport season or participation in any competition or training for which the participant
receives compensation including renumeration for expenses after September 1 in the year of high school graduation or equivalent.
17. Should you participate for two different institutions in the same sport in the same academic year (example - basketball or fall golf
at a junior college and then transfer to an NAIA school and participate in basketball or spring golf), you shall be charged with two
seasons of competition in that sport, unless you earned an associate degree at a junior college in the term immediately preceding the
transfer.
18. YOU MUST be an amateur, as defined by the NAIA, in the sport(s) in which you participate. See your athletics director or faculty
athletics representative for all amateur regulations as printed in the NAIA Bylaws.
*Remember, athletes as well as member institutions are responsible for knowing and abiding by NAIA rules and regulations as outlined in the NAIA Official Handbook.
See your athletics director or faculty athletics representative for all NAIA rules and regulations.
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