14.5.5.2.10 One-Time Transfer Exception. The student transfers to the certifying institution from another four-year collegiate institution, and all the following conditions are met (for postgraduate students, see Bylaw 14.6.1): (Revised: 1/16/93 effective 8/1/93, 1/11/94, 1/10/95, 1/9/96, 1/11/97, 11/1/00 effective 8/1/01, 4/26/01, 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, 4/27/06 effective 10/15/06, 12/15/06, 4/27/07 effective 8/1/08, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 4/22/11, 4/28/21 applicable to transfer student-athletes seeking eligibility during the 2021-22 academic year and thereafter, 8/31/22 Immediate; applicable to transfer student-athletes seeking eligibility during the 2023-24 academic year and thereafter., 9/21/22, 10/5/22)

(a) The student has not transferred previously from one four-year institution unless, in the previous transfer, the student-athlete received an exception per Bylaw 14.5.5.2.6 (discontinued/nonsponsored sport exception);

(b) At the time of transfer to the certifying institution (see Bylaw 14.5.2), the student would have been academically eligible had the student remained at the institution from which the student transferred, except that the student is not required to have fulfilled the necessary percentage-of-degree requirements at the previous institution;

(c) The head coach of the certifying institution and the student shall certify that no athletics staff member or other representative of the institution’s athletics interest communicated or made contact with the student-athlete, or any individual associated with the student (e.g., family member, scholastic or nonscholastic coach, advisor), directly or indirectly, without first obtaining authorization through the notification of transfer process (see Bylaw 13.1.1.3); and

(d) An undergraduate student must have provided written notification of transfer to the institution during a period specified for the applicable sport in Bylaw 13.1.1.3.1; and

(e) A student-athlete who will participate as postgraduate student at another institution must provide written notification of transfer to the institution by the following dates:

(1) Fall and winter sports: May 1, or by the end of the final period specified for the applicable sport in Bylaw 13.1.1.3.1, whichever occurs later.

(2) Spring sports: July 1, or by the end of the final period specified for the applicable sport in Bylaw 13.1.1.3.1, whichever occurs later.