61 year old collegiate golfer

[Wally Fairway]

Playing for Bellevue University in Nebraska

@iacas - maybe you could find someone from TST with some eligibility remaining ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/22005266/espn-golf-nebraska-college-recruits-61-year-old-golf-team

 

Edited January 10, 2018 by Wally Fairway

[iacas]

2 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

Playing for Bellevue University in Nebraska

@iacas - maybe you could find someone from TST with some eligibility remaining ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nice!

We had about a 35-year old guy competing last fall against us for one of the conference colleges. He had eligibility because he went into the military right out of high school.

You get four years of eligibility in all sports.

[nevets88]

Dumb question, if you graduated university, that means you're not eligible?

[HJJ003]

3 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Dumb question, if you graduated university, that means you're not eligible?

You get 5 years from the time of enrollement in a College or University. 4 years of competitve experience, with 1 year of possible redshirting. They do make exceptions for an additional year of redshirting, though typically only for advanced medical reasons. 

So you have to be enrolled in the university to compete. I competed after my undergrad was complete because I had one year of eligibility left, but I had to be enrolled so I got my masters degree. 

Edited January 10, 2018 by HJJ003
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[Golfingdad]

44 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Dumb question, if you graduated university, that means you're not eligible?

I think no, because I feel like I've heard lots of stories of athletes that have graduated.  Presumably they have to be in grad school though.

41 minutes ago, HJJ003 said:

You get 5 years from the time of enrollement in a College or University. 4 years of competitve experience, with 1 year of possible redshirting. They do make exceptions for an additional year of redshirting, though typically only for advanced medical reasons. 

So you have to be enrolled in the university to compete. I competed after my undergrad was complete because I had one year of eligibility left, but I had to be enrolled so I got my masters degree. 

 

This is what I understood as well, but it doesn't jive with the OP because he went to college a long time ago as well.  I googled it and it looks like these are NCAA rules, and NAIA is slightly different.

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There is an age limit for NCAA Division I and II sports. The NCAA allows a one year grace period after high school graduation for DI and II schools. One year after your high school class graduates is when your eligibility will start to be affected in all sports except for hockey, skiing and tennis. The eligibility clock does not start for hockey players and skiers until after their 21st birthday. Tennis players start losing eligibility 6 months after they graduate high school.

The NCAA gives you 5 years to compete in 4 seasons athletically, with the fifth year being a red-shirt year. A red-shirt year gives athletes the opportunity to sit out a year of competition (for reasons such as injury or competition for playing time) and still be allowed to compete in all four years athletically.

The NAIA does not have an age restriction; however they do take away seasons of competition for any participation in sports at a comparable level of competition after September 1st of your high school graduation year.

NCAA Division III schools do not follow the same eligibility guidelines as Division I and II. Each school and conference determines eligibility standards at the DIII level.

 

Edited January 10, 2018 by Golfingdad

[HJJ003]

6 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

I think no, because I feel like I've heard lots of stories of athletes that have graduated.  Presumably they have to be in grad school though.

This is what I understood as well, but it doesn't jive with the OP because he went to college a long time ago.  I googled it and it looks like these are NCAA rules, and NAIA is slightly different.

 

Ah good catch. I should have read NAIA and didn't. I was in the NCAA so was not familiar with the NAIA rules...good find.