GENERAL LCPS ELIGIBILITY OF ATHLETES

In order for a student to participate on a Loudoun County Public School athletic team, each athlete must have satisfied all of the scholastic eligibility requirements prior to participation.  These regulations state that athletes:

• • Cannot receive money or awards for playing

  • Cannot sign a contract to play professional sports while they still maintain high school eligibility

  • Cannot be 19 on or before August 1st of the current year

  • Must pass five courses the previous semester and be currently taking five courses

  • Must not repeat courses for eligibility purposes for which credit has been previously awarded

  • Must attend school the day of the game, and

  • Must be in school by no later than 15 minutes after the first bell to begin the school day and must remain in school that entire day. Exceptions may be made for a doctor or dental appointment or reasons excused by the principal. 

  • Eighth-grade students who become 14 years of age by August 1st are eligible for sub-varsity athletics at the high school they would attend.

Any student academically ineligible for the winter sports tryouts will remain ineligible for the entire winter season. 

• • Students must complete and turn in the following forms before trying out for a sports team:

  • Virginia High School League Physical Form

  • Emergency Medical Form

  • Acknowledgement of Risk/Parent Consent Form/Insurance Notification

  • LCPS Athletic Training Rules/Acknowledgement of Athletic Handbook Rules and Regulations

  • Concussion Protocol/ImPAct Testing Signature Page