aCademiC reqUirements
student-athletes must maintain certain academic standards to be eligible for competition. in addition
to NCAA rules that require student-athletes to maintain "progress toward a degree," Notre Dame holds
its student-athletes to increased academic standards. To be eligible under NCAA rules, your son must
be enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies (i.e., 12 credit hours) and must pass 6 credit
hours each semester. As student-athletes progress through each semester, they are required to meet
additional NCAA academic requirements.
Pursuant to Notre Dame's Academic Code, your son must maintain a 1.7 GPA during the first semester
of his first year, a 1.85 GPA during the second semester of his first year, and a 2.0 GPA in each semester
thereafter. failure to meet those GPA requirements will land your son on academic probation. Although
academic probation normally renders a student ineligible to compete during the following semester,
student-athletes who end the spring semester on academic probation may regain their eligibility for
fall by achieving certain grades during the summer session. it is also important to note that Notre
Dame's Academic Code calls for automatic academic dismissal from Notre Dame if your son has
two consecutive or three non-consecutive semesters on academic probation.
Academic eligibility rules are complex. The Compliance office partners with Academic services for
student-Athletes to ensure that your son is tracking on all of the requirements. feel free to co
