College athletes. Use pages 6-9 for the eligibility form

Novice and Standard divisions

Must provide proof of full-time enrollment – SEE COLLEGE REGISTRAR FORM

Any FULL-TIME student is eligible for the 2024 Championships. This includes undergraduate and graduate students but the individual must not have competed in more than 4 NCJA Championships.

The 2024 NCJA College Championships is the first qualifier for the 2025 World University Games.  Individuals who qualify for the 2025 WUG must be a USA citizen and able to obtain a US Passport, be born between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2007, a shodan or higher and a USA Judo member. 

Student must meet the following criteria:

1. An athlete is eligible to compete on their own if there is not an existing college club/team.
2. Standard and Novice divisions – the student is a member in good standing with USA Judo (United States Judo Inc.). A copy of your current membership card is required at registration.
3. Is currently enrolled as a full-time student in an undergraduate or graduate program as defined by their institution. The undergraduate student must carry no less than 12 units (1 unit = 1 semester hour or 1 quarter hour). Graduate students must carry no less than 9 units.
4. An undergraduate student with eligibility in his/her final semester graduating at the end of term with less than 12 units is eligible for the championships.
5. A graduate student with eligibility in his/her final semester graduating at the end of term with less than 9 units is eligible for the championships.
6. All athletes must not have participated in more than 4 NCJA Regional or National Championships.
7. A student who graduated at the end of the first semester/term will be able to compete at the championships as long as they still have eligibility.
8. An individual student is eligible to compete on their own if there is not an existing club/team at the school.
9. Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 for undergraduate and 3.0 for graduate students - First year students may indicate "Incoming Freshman (IF)" under GPA requirement and will be considered eligible.

Ineligibility

The NCJA Eligibility Committee will judge all exceptions on merit with no guarantee of participation.

1. If the student does not meet the unit standards required, then he/she becomes ineligible for competition until the student meets the unit standards.
2. If it is determined that the student was ineligible prior to competition due to misrepresented or forged documents, then he/she will, at a minimum, forfeit any medal and ranking achieved by this championship and will lose one year of eligibility.

Applications that are received on or before March 7, 2024, will be reviewed by the NCJA Eligibility Committee. 

If an athlete is determined to be ineligible, he or she will be so informed. Applications received after March 20, 2024 will be reviewed by the NCJA Eligibility Committee, but there is no guarantee that the athlete will be notified in time if he/she is determined to be ineligible.

Restoration of Eligibility. Any student that has been declared ineligible due to grades or unit requirements must apply for reinstatement to the Eligibility Committee of the NCJA.

The NCJA Eligibility Committee will judge all exceptions on merit with no guarantee of participation.

Petitions for reinstatement of eligibility for any reason must be received in writing no less than four (4) weeks prior to the scheduled start of the Championship (for past notice of ineligibility) or immediately upon receiving notice of ineligibility from the Eligibility Committee (for current notice of ineligibility). To apply for restoration of eligibility, send documents to Kevin Oh [email protected] and Dan Gomez [email protected]