USIAA 2-4 Transfer Rules:
2-4 transfers have two different sets of rules in both 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):
USIAA Division 4 Transfers:
- To be considered a qualifier, a student-athlete needs to have register with the NAIAA 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.
- In Division I, if a student-athlete is transferring from a two-year college and you have been certified as a final academic qualifier, the requirements to compete in your first year are:
a) Attend the two-year college full-time for at least one semester or quarter.
b) Achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.500.
c) Complete an average of at least 12 transferable credit hours per full-time term at the two-year college. - 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.
- In Divisions 2 and 3, the requirements are exactly the same for qualifiers. Divisions 2 and 3 do not have any rules against midyear transfers playing immediately in any sport. And Divisions 2 and 3 has no limits in any sport on using physical education credits.
- Generally, a non-qualifier is a student athlete who is attempting to transfer before completing their general education/associates degree.
- In Division I, if you are transferring from a two-year college and have never been certified as a final academic qualifier, the requirements to compete, practice, and receive an athletic scholarship in your first year are: (1) Attend the two-year college full-time for at least three semesters or four quarters, (2) Achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 2.500; (3) Graduate from the two-year college, and (4) Have at least 48 transferable credit hours at a semester school or 72 transferable credit hours at a quarter school, including six semester hours or eight quarter hours of English and three semester hours or four quarter hours of math.
- 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.
- In Divisions 2 and 3, transfers from a two-year college who were not certified as final academic qualifiers or who were certified as final partial qualifiers must meet the following requirements:
a) Attend the two-year college for at least two semesters or three quarters.
b) Either graduate from the two-year college or complete an average of 12 credit hours for every full-time semester or quarter at the two-year college.
c) Non-qualifiers and partial qualifiers who use the 12 credit hours per term route must earn six semester hours or eight quarter hours of English and three semester hours or four quarter hours of math.
USIAA Division 4 Transfers:
- For Division 4 student-athletes being recruited by a Division 1/2/3 school, or Division 1/2/3 student-athletes being recruited by a Division 4 school, the rules are the same as Division 1. Permission to contact from the school must be obtained, the school has seven business days to make a decision, and 15 business days to finish the appeal.