NCAA Elgilbility

That's a good question, but his scenerio doesn't mean that he wouldn't be a qualifier out of HS. Qualifying is dependant on the courses taken, his GPA, SAT/ACT scores the HS diploma, which these days one can do in 3 years in HS. My son, on a blocked schedule in HS, had met most of the required classes abd grad requirments by end of his junior year.

But I think that this move was done so that he could enter the draft early, I do not think that they are worried about his NCAA eligibilty, though I am sure all bases were covered if that doesn't happen. If he qualified when he entered JUCO, he can transfer to a D1 NCAA school.

Maybe someone else can explain it better.

If he isn't a qualifier, it only means he'd have to stay 2 years at the JUCO and obtain an AA degree before transferring. Of course he'd have to meet Progress to Degree requirements as well.

A student can be a qualifier if at the time he has completed 6 semesters of high school, he has 13 core units and a 3.0 GPA with 1000 SAT. (14.3.1.1.1)

He can (ala Robert Stock) get the Early Admission waiver (14.3.1.4). Needs 3.5GPA and upper 20% of class, not graduated from high school, only missing 4th year of English, completed junior year.

Any player may be granted a Initial-Eligibility waiver by the Academics Cabinet. (14.3.1.5)

Bryce Harper's case is unusual in that he is skipping both junior and senior year. I think this means that he would have to get an AA degree in order to transfer to a D1.

From what I've read the purpose of going to a JC early is to make Harper eligible for the draft a year sooner so D1 eligibility is probably not an issue.

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Originally posted by 32Fastball:
Does an associates degree supercede core class requirements for the NCAA?

yes

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Originally posted by 3FingeredGlove:
A student can be a qualifier if at the time he has completed 6 semesters of high school, he has 13 core units and a 3.0 GPA with 1000 SAT. (14.3.1.1.1)

He can (ala Robert Stock) get the Early Admission waiver (14.3.1.4). Needs 3.5GPA and upper 20% of class, not graduated from high school, only missing 4th year of English, completed junior year.

Any player may be granted a Initial-Eligibility waiver by the Academics Cabinet. (14.3.1.5)

Bryce Harper's case is unusual in that he is skipping both junior and senior year. I think this means that he would have to get an AA degree in order to transfer to a D1.

3 Finger, say the student goes to a Juco, does he qualify to tranfer to a D1 after his first year or does he need to complete his AA?

Well, a player can transfer at any time. The issue is whether he is eligible for competition immediately or if he has to sit a year (or perhaps more if he isn't making progress toward a degree).

It all depends on his status as a qualifier or non-qualifier at the time he entered the first collegiate institition. If he was a qualifier then he only needs to have attended JC for a term, have a 2.0, and have taken 12 hours per term. If he wasn't a qualifier, he needs to have attended the JC for 3 semesters, graduated from the JC, have a 2.0GPA, 12 hours per semester, and 48 hours of transferrable credit toward a degree program at the D1 school including 6 hours of English, and 3 hours of math.

Note that graduating from a JC cures the non-qualifier status, but doesn't necessarily ensure that all of the academic progress requirements have been met, especially the 48 transferrable hours.