Form 02-4a					Academic Year 2002-03

				Student-Athlete Affirmation of Eligibility  Division I
					
For:	Directors of athletics and head coaches	
Action:	Sign and keep with Student-Athlete Statements (Form 02-3a)	
Due date:	Before competition begins each year	
Required by:		NCAA Constitution 3.2.4.5 and NCAA Bylaw 14.1.3.1	
Purpose:	To assist in determining eligibility	

TO:  DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND HEAD COACH

Name of your institution:  ______________________________________________________

Use one of these forms for each sport at your institution.  Fill in below the names of the student-athletes who have completed and signed a Student-Athlete Statement (Form 02-3a) and a Drug-Testing Consent (Form 02-3d).  Then sign this form.

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TO:  HEAD COACH

By signing this form, you certify that you:

•	Reviewed each of the Student-Athlete Statements (Form 02-3a) for the student-athletes listed on this form.  To the best of your knowledge, each student-athlete is eligible to compete.
•	Are not aware of any additional information concerning the student-athletes that would result in any student-athlete being ineligible under NCAA regulations or that indicates that a student-athlete or your institution has violated regulations.

___________________________Date	_________________________________________________Signature of Head Coach	

TO:  DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

By signing this form, you certify that you (or your designee):

1.	Administered the Drug-Testing Consent (Form 02-3d):

•	In sports in which the Association conducts year-round drug testing, to each of the student-athletes listed on this form at the time the squad first reported for practice or before the Monday of your institution's fourth week of classes, whichever date occurred first; or

•	In sports in which the Association does not conduct year-round drug testing, to each student-athlete before the institution's first scheduled intercollegiate contest.

2.	Provided each student-athlete with a copy of the list of NCAA banned drugs (Attachment A of Form 02-3d).

3.	Administered the Student-Athlete Statement (Form 02-3a) to each of the student-athletes listed on this form before each first competed in the sport listed on this form.

4.	Gave each student-athlete a copy of the Summary of NCAA Regulations, an opportunity to ask questions about regulations and an opportunity to review the NCAA Division I Manual.

5.	Reviewed each of the Student-Athlete Statements for the student-athletes listed on this form.  To the best of your knowledge, each student-athlete is eligible to compete.

6.	Are not aware of any additional information concerning the student-athletes that would result in any student-athlete being ineligible under NCAA regulations or that indicates that a student-athlete or your institution has violated NCAA regulations.

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Date                                 			Signature of Director of Athletics

What to do with this form:  Keep it with the Student-Athlete Statements in the director of athletics' office for six years.