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STUDENT-

ATHLETE

TRANSFERS

from

2018-2019
through

2022-2023.

Full Eligibility

Limited Eligibility

Ineligible

Students who receive limited eligibility, or
15,115 (92.12%) are denied eligibility are only ineligible in
15,000 the sport they played in the previous year.
14,000 The ruling does not apply to other sports.
A Strong Success Rate More than nine times out of 13,000 This is one of 26 changes to the bylaws
12,000
for a Decade 11,000 over the past 10 years designed to find a
10, the Association grants 10,000 path to eligibility.
IHSAA transfer bylaws are not arbitrary 9,000
dictates. They’re democratic decisions shaped student-athletes permission 8,000
by the collective wisdom of the membership to 7,000 From 2018–19 through 2022-23, there
ensure that competition remains pure. In fact, for full eligibility. 6,000 have been a total of 16,408 student-athlete
within the last decade, the IHSAA has offered 5,000 transfers. During those school years, 15,115
nine new pathways to eligibility. This success rate has been maintained for a 4,000 student-athletes received full eligibility while
decade because transfer bylaws are written 3,0000 1,164 of them received limited eligibility. Only
That’s because the IHSAA never wants to in the best interest of all individuals, all 2,000 1,164 (7.09%) 129 student-athletes were deemed ineligible.
deny eligibility for student-athletes. And it student-athletes, and all school communities 1,000 That’s less than 1 percent of all transfers over
rarely does. and their supporters. 0 129 (0.79%) the past six years.

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