Is it true if you compete on a team in d3 you can't transfer to another d3 and compete for them?
Is it true if you compete on a team in d3 you can't transfer to another d3 and compete for them?
I know someone that transferred D3 to D3 and still competed.
did he compete at both schools?
In d-3 you can usually transfer to another school and compete right away. The only catch is if you are transfering within the same conference and the conference has a rule that you have to sit out a year, which several conferences have in place. Otherwise, I believe you are eligible at the next school as long as you leave your current one in good academic standing. Double check with an athletic administrator at your school or the other one.
also, you may not be asking about this, but if you graduate with eligibilty left you can't use it at another d3 school.
when did that happen? I've never heard that rule, though I"ve heard of people graduating and going on to compete at another DIII school after graduation because they still had eligibility.
I have transferred from D3 to D3 and was able to compete immediately, and so has my teammate from high school. No need to worry.
I suggest double checking all of this stuff with the Athletic Directors of both your current school and your transfer school.
midwesta wrote:
when did that happen? I've never heard that rule, though I"ve heard of people graduating and going on to compete at another DIII school after graduation because they still had eligibility.
Okay--unless the rules have changed in the last ~10 years, you can't do this.
Using additional DIII eligibility in grad school is restricted to the grad school of the college from which you were graduated--unless things have changed, which they could have.
It also depends if your switching conferences... in the wiac, if you run 2 seasons with one team and transfer to another team within the conference, you must sit out one season, if its out of the conference it doesn't matter or transfering into the conference it doesn't matter.
I guess the D3 rules are different from the others. A runner from my high school graduated from Northern Iowa, and because she has one year of indoor and outdoor eligibility still is running for Utah this spring in grad school.
sc runner wrote:
I guess the D3 rules are different from the others. A runner from my high school graduated from Northern Iowa, and because she has one year of indoor and outdoor eligibility still is running for Utah this spring in grad school.
yes, you can use eligibility at a d1 or d2 grad grad school no matter what your undergrad division was. d3 is the only division you can't compete in grad school unless you went to the same school for undergrad.