Important Dates

January 10, 2024

Deadline to submit 2024 legislative proposals. See details below.

January 15, 2024

The NAIA national office, eligibility center, and InCred offices will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Week of January 16, 2024

2024 NAIA National Convention registration opens.

January 31, 2024

Winter sport (basketball, competitive cheer & dance, swimming & diving, wrestling, bowling) scholar-athlete nominations due in SIDHelp. For more information on the award and nominations, click here.

February 1, 2024

2023-24 inter-session transcripts required for EC determinations, please see the January Eligibility Edge for details.

News

Champions of Character^® Core Report Training

Over the next several weeks there will be multiple live training opportunities where NAIA staff and Champions of Character Advisory Committee (CoCAC) members share details about the Core Report including changes, updates and new requirements regarding Teachable Moments. Please join us for one of the available sessions.

January 18, 12-1PM CST with CoCAC member and Tabor College Associate Athletic Director Dr. Karol Hunt and NAIA Staff Sara Eckinger
January 23, 1-2PM CST with CoCAC member and William Penn Athletic Director Nik Rule and NAIA Staff Sara Eckinger
January 30, 3-4pm CST with CoCAC member and President of Bushnell University Dr. Joe Womack and NAIA Staff Sara Eckinger

Zoom Link is the same for all three sessions:

https://naia-org.zoom.us/j/81698299657

Meeting ID: 816 9829 9657

NAIA-ADA Convention Stipend Applications

The NAIA Athletics Directors Association (NAIA-ADA) is pleased to announce the stipend program that will provide assistance to the NACDA & NAIA Conventions.

The purpose of the NAIA-ADA Convention Stipends is to provide assistance to athletics director members to attend in person. The NAIA Convention will take place April 5- 9 in Kansas City, Missouri and the NACDA Convention will take place June 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

CLICK HERE to apply for the 2024 Stipend Program. The deadline to apply is Friday, February 2, 2024. Please contact Nick Strah with any questions.

Return on Athletics^®

ROA Insights

Provisional data for the 2022-23 academic year is available in ROA Insight s. Finalized data, currently undergoing a validation process, will be available soon. If you have questions, please contact ROA director Alan Grosbach.

Did you know?

Contest Dates and Eligibility Determinations

Did you know you can now submit all your sport schedules to the eligibility center at once to get your students eligible on time? In fall 2023, 92% of students whose contest dates were in PlayNAIA received their determination by that date. We updated this feature based directly on your feedback so that your administrators don't have to send this information individually for each student.

Do you want to check on your spring schedules? Go to the "Contest Dates“ tab in PlayNAIA to see if your schedule is already on file. If you want to submit new or additional dates, please fill out this file and send it to ECinfo@naia.org.

Legislative Services

NAIA Bylaws, Policies, and Sport Rules

Legislative Services has published a new article - NAIA Bylaws, Policies, and Sport Rules - which provides a comprehensive overview of the the different rules and regulations that govern NAIA members and student-athletes and the different avenues to go about requesting a change within each area.

Today is the Deadline for 2024 Legislative Proposals

This is a reminder that all proposed amendments to the NAIA Constitution or Bylaws must be submitted to the NAIA national office by January 10, 2024. Proposed amendments will be voted on at the national convention in April 2024.

Authorized sponsors include:

NAIA council
NAIA standing committee
NAIA affiliated conference**
NAIA association**

** A proposed amendment sponsored by an NAIA-affiliated conference or an NAIA association must have a minimum of one additional co-sponsor. Co-sponsorship by an NAIA coaches association will not satisfy this requirement when the primary sponsor is another NAIA coaches association.

Requirements for submitting a legislative proposal:

Note the specific constitution or bylaw provision that you would like to amend, and the intent of the change in your proposal.
Email proposals to legislative@naia.org no later than January 10, 2024. The national office will contact you to confirm receipt of your proposal.

Partners

Burlington VTest and Wilberforce University Link Up for Students in Uganda

Burlington VTest, the Official English Proficiency Prep of the NAIA, and NAIA member Wilberforce University recently participated in an Education USA webinar with student-athletes from Uganda. Close to 100 students joined the webinar, where Burlington VTest and Wilberforce provided an overview of the NAIA and explained the benefits of attending an NAIA institution.

Eligibility

January Eligibility Edge

Check out the most recent issue of the Eligibility Edge, a newsletter dedicated exclusively to NAIA eligibility topics. For questions regarding newsletter distribution or to add someone to the email list before the February issue, please contact Jen Saab.