Division III Graduate School Transfer... Is it possible?

The D1 AD is correct. The only way to compete at a D3 school as a graduate student is if you graduated from that school. However, if your current AD is saying you can, at least have them look into it. Maybe they know a loop hole, which are plentiful in the NCAA manual.

Vin wrote:

The D1 AD is correct. The only way to compete at a D3 school as a graduate student is if you graduated from that school. However, if your current AD is saying you can, at least have them look into it. Maybe they know a loop hole, which are plentiful in the NCAA manual.

This seems like the best advice. I, too, believe that the only way you can compete as a grad student in a DIII school is by having taken an undergraduate degree at that school; otherwise, for instance, the UAA schools (e.g. NYU, Chicago), with their outstanding grad schools, would be ungodly and could really skew DIII competition at a national level.

But I could be wrong, so a close check of the rules (and/or a call to the NCAA itself) might be called for.

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In any case, if you're starting law school I recommend that you read "Planet Law School" beforehand (take it with a grain of salt), and that you attend a session of LEEWS.

Like other people have said, you can only run for the school if you haven't already graduated from another undergraduate school. The coach might let you train with the team and help out as an assistant coach, though, so you could look into that.

Is the eligibility clock for DIII the same as DI? I'm currently a junior, and have only used one year of my eligibility (freshman year). If I were to transfer to a DIII school my senior year, then attend graduate school, is it possible to compete past the 5th year of college?

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D3 is not the same as D1. In D3 you have 10 full-time semesters to compete your 4 seasons. If you've been full-time each semester so far, then you wouldn't be able to compete at the transfer school after your 5th year.

What Law School are you going to ? Does the school have a decent XC program at the DIII level.

There is a loophole to be able to compete, I know someone who can give you the details. Your AD is not completly correct.

What is the loophole???

No loophole.

NCAA Rule 14.1.9

You can only run in grad school in D3 if you graduated from that SAME SCHOOL. The loophole would have been to transfer to that D3 school before graduation, finish your degree there, enroll in grad school there, and run. (not so much a loophole as a plan)