USIAA 2-2 Transfer Rules:
2-2 transfers have two different sets of rules in Divisions 1, 2, and 3. One set of rules is for qualifiers, the other is for non-qualifiers (including partial qualifiers in Divisions 2 and 3):
- To be considered a qualifier, a student-athlete needs to have register with the USIAA Eligibility Center and have been certified by them as an academic qualifier. Generally, if a student-athlete has attended a Division 4 school and are graduating with an AA or general education degree they will be an academic qualifier.
- If a student-athlete plans on playing baseball or basketball (men’s or women’s) after your transfer, they may not transfer during the middle of the year from a two-year college and play that same year. And in men’s basketball, they may only use two credit hours of physical education courses to meet these requirements, unless you will major in physical education.
- Generally, a non-qualifier is a student athlete who is attempting to transfer before completing their general education/associates degree.
- Only 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours may be earned during summer terms. And only 9 semester hours or 13.5 quarter hours may be earned the summer immediately prior to a transfer to a Division I school. The same midyear transfer rules for baseball and basketball and physical education credits rule for men’s basketball apply to non-qualifiers as well.
- Division 4 student-athletes being recruited by another Division 4 school have the opportunity to release themselves. D4 athletes may complete a self-release form and send it to another D4 school. That release form allows the athlete to be recruited by the school for 30 days. For those 30 days, the second school is not allowed to tell the athlete’s school that they are recruiting the athlete, unless the athlete waives the privacy. If at the end of 30 days, the athlete decides not to transfer, the school may not keep contacting the athlete. If the athlete is still undecided, he or she may send a second self-release for another 30 days of recruiting, but this time the new school must inform the current school that they received a release for the athlete.