the basic NCAA eligibility requirements are. Some schools have requirements that are more stringent. a) enrolled full time (generally 12+ hours per semester) b) making satisfactory progress (passing 24+ hours per year and maintaining a gpa of over 1.6 after first year of competition, 1.8 after two years, and 2.0 after 3 years of competition) c) in good academic standing (some schools define this as being eligible to register, otheres define it as not being on academic probation) cdash > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:33:32 -0500 > From: Brian Wilantowicz <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Coach Lucia > To: [log in to unmask] > > What exactly are the academic standards for college hockey > players/student athletes? Keep in mind there are standards at the high > school level as well and if you don't meet those standards you also are > not eligible to play. Not to mention there are standards for the the > tens (?) or hundreds (?) of thousands of other scolarship > recipients...not just student athletes. Welch was given an opportunity. > Unfortunately, he was unable to capitalize on it. I'm sure there are > many others who would have loved to have the chance that he had. And > this is not to say Welch won't be successful in college or in hocky in > the future. > charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] http://cs.uccs.edu/~cdash (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369