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Academic Center Expectations for Wolf Pack Student-Athletes

-HONESTY -We can only help support your academic career if we really know what is going on.
-RESPECT - For all of those around you.  Academic staff, fellow student-athletes, and visitors.
-BE ON TIME AND PREPARED – For all meetings and appointments; have your check-in sheets, syllabi, due dates, notes, etc.
-COMMUNICATE – With your advisor, with your coaches, with faculty.  No one wants to be surprised by grades or by absences.
-BE ACCOUNTABLE – For your choices and for your actions.  Your academic integrity, eligibility, and the work you get done in study hall all depend on you.
-USE STUDY HALL TIME APPROPRIATELY – This is your chance to get work done.  Don’t spend it watching videos, texting, or talking.
-FOOD IN THE ATRIUM ONLY – We know you may need time to eat, but throw away your own trash, and do not bring food to the computer lab or study rooms.  Help keep the building clean for other student-athletes.
-SHOWER BEFORE YOU ARRIVE – Otherwise, not only are you an olfactory nightmare, you also risk the spread of MRSA and other illnesses.
-IF YOU SEE OR HEAR QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES – Let a staff member know as soon as possible.  Everyone shares responsibility for protecting the integrity and the reputation of our programs.
-GO TO CLASS! – If you do not attend class, no tutor or advisor can help you.  Nothing is more important to your academic success.

Continuing Athletics & Academic Eligibility

12-Hour Rule:
To be eligible for practice, competition and financial aid, you must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours during the fall and spring semesters. If you have a diagnosed learning disability permitting you to have accommodations for less than 12 hours of enrollment, a waiver must be filed and granted by the NCAA in order for you to be eligible for practice and competition. If you are in your last semester of school and your audit indicates that you need fewer than 12 credit hours to graduate, you may enroll in only these final hours and still be eligible for practice, competition and financial aid. Graduate students who have eligibility remaining must be enrolled in at least nine credit hours to be considered full-time students.
 
Progress toward Degree Requirements:
To maintain your eligibility, you must:

• Complete 24 hours of academic credit prior to your second year of enrollment.
• Earn 18 hours of academic credit during the traditional academic year (i.e., fall and spring, not including summer).
• Earn six hours of academic credit in the previous regular academic term of full-time enrollment.
• Declare a major no later than the beginning of your fifth semester or third year of enrollment. Once you declare a degree, all academic credit used to fulfill NCAA requirements must be degree applicable.
• Complete 40%, 60%, and 80% of your degree requirements before the beginning of your third, fourth and fifth years of enrollment, respectively.
• Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA that is 90% of minimum GPA required to graduate (at least 1.8) at the beginning of your second year, 95% of the minimum GPA (1.9) at the beginning of the third year and 100% of the minimum GPA (2.0) in both the fourth and fifth years.
• Football ONLY: Complete nine hours of academic credit during the fall term and earn the Academic Progress Rate eligibility point for the fall term. Student-athletes failing to meet these requirements are not eligible for the first four contests of the following season.

To Maintain Your Athletic Eligibility, You Must . . .
Be academically eligible to attend the University of Nevada. This means you must maintain a GPA that places you in good academic standing at UNR.
 
The Six-Hour Rule:
To be eligible to compete in a postseason event (e.g., conference tournament, bowl game, National Invitation Tournament, NCAA Championship) between regular academic terms (including summer) or in regular season competition in the next term, a student-athlete must satisfactorily complete six semester hours of academic credit the preceding regular academic term of full-time enrollment. The University of Nevada has 14 business days after the date of the last scheduled examination for the term that is ending to certify completion of the six semester hours of academic credit. If the postseason event occurs prior to the conclusion of the 14 business days, eligibility is determined by using grades from either the preceding regular academic term or from the most recent regular academic term for which grades have been posted.
 
Graduate Students:
Graduate students must maintain good academic standing in accordance with institutional and conference rules. Additionally, a graduate student must earn six credit hours per term to be eligible to compete and must be eligible to enroll the next term in order to be eligible to compete between terms.
 
Five-Year Clock:
The NCAA states that you have five calendar years in which to complete four seasons of competition in a sport. This five-year clock begins when you become a full-time student at any collegiate institution. These five years are continuous. If you are not enrolled in school at any time during these five years, you do not regain that time. In special cases, you may be granted an extension of the five-year eligibility clock.