IHSAA ELIGIBILITY RULES
Individual Eligibility Rules (Grades 9 through 12)
ATTENTION ATHLETE: Your school is a member of the IHSAA and follows established rules. To be eligible to represent your school in
interschool athletics, you:
1.
must be a regular bona fide student in good standing in the school you represent; must have enrolled not later than the fifteenth
day of the current semester.
2.
must have completed 10 separate days of organized practice in said sport under the direct supervision of the high school
coaching staff preceding date of participation in interschool contests. (Excluding Girls Golf – See Rule 101)
3.
must have received passing grades at the end of their last grading period in school in at least seventy percent (70%) of the
maximum number of full credit subjects (or the equivalent) that a student can take and must be currently enrolled in at least
seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit subjects (or the equivalent) that a student can take. Semester
grades take precedence.
4.
must not have reached your twentieth birthday prior to or on the scheduled date of the IHSAA State Finals in a sport.
5.
must have been enrolled in your present high school last semester or at a junior high school from which your high school
receives its students . . .
. . . unless you are entering the ninth grade for the first time.
. . . unless you are transferring from a school district or territory with a corresponding bona fide move on the part of your
parents.
. . . unless you are a ward of a court; you are an orphan, you reside with a parent, your former school closed, your former
school is not accredited by the state accrediting agency in the state where the school is located, your transfer was
pursuant to school board mandate, you attended in error a wrong school, you transferred from a correctional school, you
are emancipated, you are a foreign exchange student under an approved CSIET program. You must have been eligible
from the school from which you transferred.
6.
must not have been enrolled in more than eight consecutive semesters beginning with grade 9.
7.
must be an amateur (have not participated under an assumed name, have not accepted money or merchandise directly or
indirectly for athletic participation, have not accepted awards, gifts, or honors from colleges or their alumni, have not signed
a professional contract).
8.
must have had a physical examination between May 1 and your first practice and filed with your principal your completed
Consent and Release Certificate.
9.
must not have transferred from one school to another for athletic reasons as a result of undue influence or persuasion by any
person or group.
10. must not have received in recognition of your athletic ability, any award not approved by your principal or the IHSAA.
11. must not accept awards in the form of merchandise, meals, cash, etc.
12. must not participate in an athletic contest during the IHSAA authorized contest season for that sport as an individual or on
any team other than your school team. (See Rule 15-1a) (Exception for outstanding student-athlete – See Rule 15-1b)
13. must not reflect discredit upon your school nor create a disruptive influence on the discipline, good order, moral or
educational environment in your school.
14. students with remaining eligibility must not participate in tryouts or demonstrations of athletic ability in that sport as a
prospective post-secondary school student-athlete. Graduates should refer to college rules and regulations before
participating.
15. must not participate with a student enrolled below grade 9.
16. must not, while on a grade 9 junior high team, participate with or against a student enrolled in grade 11 or 12.
17. must, if absent five or more days due to illness or injury, present to your principal a written verification from a physician
licensed to practice medicine, stating you may participate again. (See Rule 3-11 and 9-14.)
18. must not participate in camps, clinics or schools during the IHSAA authorized contest season. Consult your high school
principal for regulations regarding out-of-season and summer.
19. girls shall not be permitted to participate in an IHSAA tournament program for boys where there is an IHSAA tournament
program for girls in that sport in which they can qualify as a girls tournament entrant.
This is only a summary of the rules.
Contact your school officials for further information and before participating outside of your school.
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