MINUTES OF THE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE REVIEW/INTERPRETATIONS COMMITTEE

Conference Call No. 19 November 15, 2006

Participants:

Renee Baumgartner, University of Oregon

Brad Bertani, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Thomas Hickman, Winthrop University

James Klein, University of Toledo

Janet Lucas, California State University, Northridge

Shane Lyons, Atlantic Coast Conference

Don Oberhelman, University of Southern Mississippi

Tracy Shoemake, Texas State University – San Marcos, chair

Bo Kerin, NCAA

Wendy Walters, NCAA

Leeland Zeller, NCAA

Ray Shackelford, Bethune-Cookman College, Brad Hostetter, NCAA and Jay Jones, NCAA were unable to participate.

[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated “sense of the telephone conference”) in accordance with NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the committee’s agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]

The NCAA Division I Legislative Review/Interpretations Committee telephone conference was called to order at 3 p.m. All members were present as noted above.

1. Credit-Hour Requirement for a Student-Athlete Enrolled in Post-Baccalaureate or Graduate Program. (I) The committee determined that a student-athlete enrolled in a second baccalaureate degree or graduate program must successfully complete six degree-applicable hours in order to satisfy the requirement of completing six semester or quarter hours of academic credit during each regular academic term of full-time enrollment. Further, the committee confirmed that a nondegree-seeking graduate student may complete credits that would apply to any graduate-degree program offered by the certifying institution in order to satisfy the six-hour requirement. [Reference: NCAA Division I Bylaws 14.4.3.1-(c)