Academic Eligibility For Students
Participating In Athletics

An athlete must be academically eligible to participate in sports. The Ohio High School Athletic Association by-law states that an athlete must have passing grades in a minimum of five one-credit courses in the immediately preceding grading period to participate in sports. An athlete who did not pass five one-credit courses at the end of the previous school year shall be ineligible to play for the first quarter of the following school year.

A Badin athlete who takes four or five one-credit courses must pass all of them. An athlete who takes more than five one-credit courses must pass five from the previous quarter to participate in sports. The academic eligibility of an athlete will be checked biweekly during a sport's season. An athlete must maintain passing grades in five of his/her one-credit courses to be eligible to continue playing. An athlete who fails to meet this requirement will be benched for one week. The athlete will practice during that time. After one week the grades will be checked and eligibility predetermined. The grade the student receives biweekly will reflect the grade the student would receive in that class should the student withdraw from school at that point.

According to the Ohio High School Athletic Association, for eligibility purposes, summer school grades may not be used to substitute for failing grades received in the final grading period of the regular school year or for the lack of enough courses taken the preceding grading period.

NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse

If you are planning to enroll in college as a freshman and you wish to participate in Division I or Division II athletics, you must be certified by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse was established by the NCAA member institutions in January, 1993. The Clearinghouse ensures consistent application of NCAA initial-eligibility requirements for all prospective student athletes at all member institutions.

To be certified by the Clearinghouse, you must:

1. Graduate from high school

You should apply for certification before graduation if you are sure you wish to participate in athletics as a freshman at the college to which you will be admitted.

2. Earn a grade-point average of at least 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale)

in a core curriculum of at least 13 academic courses which were successfully completed during grades 9 through 12. Only courses that satisfy the NCAA definition of a core course can be used to calculate your NCAA GPA. No special values are allowed for + or - grades. The chart below shows what your core courses must include at a minimum.

CORE UNITS REQUIRED FOR NCAA CERTIFICATION

3. Earn a sum of scores of at least 68 on the ACT or a combined score of at least 820 on the re centered SAT (or 700 on the nonrecentered SAT) on a national test date.

The NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse has approve the following courses for use in establishing the certification status of student athletes from Badin High School. NOTE: Division 1 mathematics requirements for students attending college after August 1, 1996, stipulates at least one unit of mathematics must be at level 2.