D3 to Graduate School

lady

can you share the website regarding d III's? thanks.

Marina....not good at postings URL's...but will give it one more try.....

http://odac.bridgewater.edu/div3base/baseball.htm

If you go to the "Division III baseball discussion list"...it's a message board.....

Just like this site....lots of good info...but just for D3.....let me know if it works....

...except....much to my surprise....I've received answers to my question there....first.....think the HSwebsters are just napping!

LadyNMom,
Iheard something earlier this year, I think the rule has been changed for DIII, in order to be eligible you must go to the same DIII school. I think that is what I heard, but I can't be certain, I'll see what I can dig up!

Thank you VJC.....and it looks as if we might meet up 2/17 at Hampden-Sydney....provided the weather cooperates, and my son doesn't fall getting out of his bunkbed again!

I think this is a very complicated question that might not possibly be answered on a messege board.
All NCAA students are allowed 5 years of eligibility and 4 years to compete. Those that have taken a redshirt and can complete their bachelor's degree in 4 years are allowed to take credits as a grad student and still play fifth year.
Since there are many qualifications for entering grad school, you might be best served by going to an academic advisor with questions. I also am not sure if there are any rules regarding this governed by the NCAA. So you might want to give them a call as well.
The only stumbling block may be that there are, I would assume, very few coaches that will take on a 5th year first time player.
It may be best to consider an early transfer to a school where there is a graduate program, however very often credits are lost in the transfer process. The good part is that he would be able to use all of his eligibility remaining.
These are complicated questions, I would seek the advice of an experienced school advisor.

Thank you for all the information.....appreciated!

Hopefully this year we can keep the snow away to...I still don't understand that Friday it was 82 and sunny, then Sat morning 9 am it started to snow...Go figure, I only thought that happened north of DC :-)

I know this is late but I just saw this thread. From the NCAA website:

Graduate Student Eligibility
A student-athlete who is enrolled in a graduate or professional school of the college or university which he/she previously attended as an undergraduate student may participate in intercollegiate athletics, provided he/she has eligibility remaining and is within five calendar years of initial full-time collegiate enrollment for Division I and within the first ten full-time semesters of collegiate enrollment for Divisions II and III.

A student-athlete who has eligibility remaining and is within the specified five-year or ten-semester period also may participate while enrolled in a graduate or professional school at a Division I or II college or university other than the institution at which he/she completed an undergraduate degree, provided he/she meets the criteria of the one-time transfer exception to the general transfer residence requirement. That exception is as follows:

The student-athlete must be seeking to participate in a sport other than Division I football, basketball and men's ice hockey, except that a student-athlete who seeks to participate in Division I-AA football may use this exception only if transferring from a Division I-A program.
The student-athlete may not have transferred previously from another four-year institution unless he/she transferred previously and received an exception to the transfer residence requirement because his/her institution either discontinued the sport or did not sponsor the sport in which the student-athlete is a participant.
The student must have been in good academic standing and eligible to compete had he/she decided to remain at the previous institution.
The student-athlete's previous institution must certify in writing that it has no objection to the student-athlete being granted an exception to the transfer residence requirement.
NOTE: This exception does not apply to a student-athlete who attends a Division III institution for graduate school, unless the student-athlete is attending the same institution at which he/she was an undergraduate.

NOTE: If the student-athlete transfers to the certifying institution from a Division III member institution and meets the above-mentioned conditions, he or she may be eligible to compete but may not receive athletically related financial aid during that year.

Please contact the certifying institution or conference for additional information. You also may contact the NCAA membership services staff at 317/917-6222 if you have further questions.

Krace4...thank you! Your post answers all my questions.....and while we certainly don't expect son to walk onto a D1 field...or any other for that matter..... and play....it's good to know that if the opportunity presents itself....he can go for it....

This happened just a few years ago:

A wrestler enrolled at Penn State (where he was an All-American) and graduated in 4 years. However, he redshirted for 1 of those years. After graduation he transfered to UVA to attend graduate school and competed for 1 season, where he also was an All-American. That gave the young man 4 years of athletic eligibility during a 5 year period. The NCAA may have a rule that you must complete your undergraduate studies and graduate before you are eligible at another school.

Cbg, thanks for the background info....son loves his school, and plans on remaining there until graduation. One of the main reasons he picked the school was a strong feeling that he would play all four years....then he broke his wrist....last season, freshman year.....his strength is at the plate....so if all goes well.....there may be some small graduate schools who would welcome a DH....time, fortune and fate will tell....but in the meantime.... it's good to know the rules.....

LadynMom,

Thanks for the D III web site info. Sometimes it's hard to find info on anything thast isn't D I, and it's a great loking site.

Hokieone.....the '07 schedule is now posted for H-SC and I see that we face CNU twice this coming season....maybe we will finally get to meet you....my husband and I are moving to Durham.....so we should be able to take in a few games....and yes, it is a very good site......

I look forward to it. I'll be one of the two CNU fathers with two sons on the roster.

Welcome to the South!

H-1