Athlete Eligibility Requirements

NWAC Rules

Athletes must be registered in a minimum of 12 credit hours.
Athletes must have passed a minimum of 10 credit hours the last quarter you were enrolled in college.
Athletes may not participate in one sport more than two seasons.
Athletes must be registered within 20 days from the beginning of the quarter.
To qualify for eligibility to participate in a second (2nd) season of any sport, you must have earned a minimum of 36 credit hours and maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.00 during any quarter of participation.
Athletes must be a high school graduate or the class of which you were a member has graduated.
ANY TIME you participate in a regularly scheduled game, match or contest, you will be charged with one year of eligibility in that sport.
Athletes may be declared ineligible if during the sport season you represent any club, organization or team other than your college team.
If you are a athletic-transfer from another community college that is a member of the NWAC, you become eligible for athletic competition after a time lapse of three quarters, exclusive of summer school, after separation from the athletic program. It is the athlete's responsibility to submit a Tracer Report and official academic transcripts to RCC. Please ask your coach for details.
If convicted for the use or sale of legend drugs, including anabolic steroids, you will be disqualified from participation in a NWAC sponsored athletic event or activity for a period of one year

For more information please visit the Northwest Athletics Conference (NWAC) at https://www.nwacsports.org/navbar-compliance