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Member schools include:
Blue Division(8)
Red Division(6)
East Lansing
DeWitt
Eastern
Fowlerville
Everett
Haslett
Grand Ledge
Ionia
Holt
Owosso
Jackson
St. Johns
Okemos
Sexton
Gold Division(7)
Charlotte
Eaton Rapids
Lumen Christi
Mason
Northwest
Parma Western
Waverly
White Division(6)
Corunna
Lakewood
Lansing Catholic
Portland
Stockbridge
Williamston
D. MHSAA Essential Eligibility Requirements for Senior High School Students
To be eligible for interscholastic athletics - a high school student must meet the following
state regulations:
1. AGE - High school students become ineligible if they reach their nineteenth *(19)
birthday before September 1 of a current school year.* As per MHSAA 2013-14
Handbook, PG 29, SECTION 2 (B) —The Executive Committee may consider an
exception to the maximum age limitation for up to one year only (student not to exceed age
20 prior to Sept. 1) for students (1) who, following medical documentation sufficient to
establish that they had a disability as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act
and/or the Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act, were delayed in their education
progress prior to their initial enrollment in the 9th grade in any school solely by reason of
such disability. See Appendix XI for the entire MHSAA 2013-2014 Handbook language
for the complete wording on this age topic.
2. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION - Students must have on file, in the school’s office, a
physician’s statement for the current school year (after April 15) certifying that she/he is
physically able to compete in athletic tryouts, practices and contests.
3. ENROLLMENT - Students must be enrolled in school prior to the fourth Friday after
Labor Day (1st semester) or the fourth Friday of February (2nd semester). A student must
be enrolled in the school for which he or she competes.
4. SEMESTERS OF ENROLLMENT - Students cannot be eligible in high school for
more than eight semesters and the seventh and eighth semesters must be consecutive.
5. SEMESTER RECORDS - Students must have passed at least 66% of full credit load
subjects in the previous semester of enrollment, and must be passing 66% of full credit
courses. Academic checks must take place at the 10 week mark of the seme