Athletic Aid

Degree Completion Awards / Fifth-year Aid

The athletic department provides student-athletes with an opportunity to compete for financial assistance after completing their eligibility. Awards will be equal to the cost of in-state tuition, fees and potentially books.

All students in the Degree Completion Program will be assigned an internship in the Athletics Department with the number of hours to be determined by the amount of the grant (approximately 75-150 hours per semester). In addition, you will also need to attend Senior Excellence classes two times a month for an hour and a half throughout the term of your scholarship. The time you spend in the Senior Excellence classes will count toward your overall intern hours needed to meet your scholarship, adding approximately ten hours. These classes are designed to enhance the transition to "life after sports", by providing education on the skills necessary to succeed outside of the classroom and field of sports.

In order to be eligible for consideration for the Degree Completion Program, the student-athlete must:
1. Have or will file a Request to Graduate;
2. Be making satisfactory progress and be within one year (30 units) of completing the requirements for a bachelor's degree;
3. Have exhausted eligibility within five years of the initial date of full-time enrollment and not received more than four years of athletic financial aid;
4. Have a 2.0 LBSU cumulative GPA and not be on athletic or academic probation;
5. Have completed 24 units toward satisfactory progress during the final year of eligibility, including summer school;
6. Enroll in at least 12 units but not more than 18 units each semester of the award unless he/she is in the final semester;
7. Have competed two (2) years at LBSU; and
8. Have no eligibility remaining in his/her major sport and will not be competing in a second intercollegiate sport.

Application Process

Submit a Degree Completion Program application to the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Services with (1) your academic plan signed by your BAC advisor, (2) one letter of recommendation from a coach or BAC advisor, (3) a personal statement.

Application deadline is February 15 for fall semester and September 15 for spring semester.

Your application will be reviewed by the Athletic Academic Committee. Applications recommended by the committee will be forwarded to the Director of Athletics for final approval.

Notification of approval or denial will be made by April 1 for fall semester and November 1 for the spring semester.

  • Degree Completion Application
  • Degree Completion Form

    Summer School Athletic Aid

    For the student athlete whose sport or athletic department pays for summer school, in order to receive athletic aid, you must follow these guidelines:

    1. Advance-register for classes during Advance Registration in April
    2. Work with the BAC to determine what class is necessary for summer school.
    3. Notify the BAC of any changes in schedule, housing, attendance, etc.
    4. For each summer class you do receive athletic aid, you will be responsible for 5 hours of study lab per week. (See the Athletic Academic Coordinator to work out a schedule for your study hours.)
    5. Complete the summer course work (for each class) with a grade of "C" or better*.

      *If you fail to fulfill all of the above Summer School obligation(s) by:
    • Not completing the study lab requirements; or
    • Not completing the summer semester with a grad of "C" or better; or
    • Not completing the class (drop or withdrawal)

    Then you will be responsible for reimbursing the University for any Athletic Aid that was awarded for the summer semester.

    Special Assistance Fund

    This fund helps student-athletes pay for clothing and shoe expenses; expendable course supplies; medical and dental costs not covered by insurance; and costs related to family emergencies.

    You must be a student-athlete who is receiving a Federal Pell Grant or athletic aid and who demonstrates financial need (as long as funds remain available for the year). You must complete a FAFSA to determine if you demonstrate financial need. International students must have their financial need determined by the International Student Scholar Services Office.

    Contact: Mary Ann Tripodi
    (562) 985-8947
    mtripodi@csulb.edu