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Parent/Guardian Resources

Arcadia Athletics is committed to providing student-athletes a quality experience and assisting them in being successful academically and athletically. Parents and guardians play an important role in a student-athlete's experience at Arcadia. To that end, we are providing the following information to serve as a resource for parents and guardians of current Arcadia student-athletes.

Parents and guardians of prospective student-athletes are encouraged to direct all communications to the respective sport head coach or Enrollment Management throughout the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact Yerami Jimenez, the Assistant to the Director of Athletics, by phone at 215-572-2955 or email jimenezy@arcadia.edu.

Academic Calendar Academic Eligibility
  • Full-time enrollment – Undergraduate student-athletes must be enrolled full-time and taking a minimum of 12 credits. Exceptions exist in the case of an education-impacting disability or for those students in their final semester who are taking the required courses to graduate. Graduate student-athletes need to be enrolled full-time in order to be eligible. A student-athlete who drops or withdraws from a class must notify their head coach prior to doing so.
  • Satisfactory progress – Determined by the academic officials at the university. This may involve progress toward graduation, number of dropped/withdrawn courses, GPA within major, and other institutional standards. In addition to GPA, students will be reviewed by the Academic Standing Committee if they have an excessive number of course withdrawals and/or failures for two consecutive semesters. Excessive number of course withdrawals is defined as 50 percent or greater of the student's course load. 
  • Good academic standing – The NCAA does not dictate GPA requirements. This is done by each school. Academic eligibility is checked after each semester. Student-athletes placed on Academic Notice are not eligible to participate in athletics during their semester on notice. The required GPA to remain in good academic standing is based on the number of credits a student has completed (including credits transferred into Arcadia)
  • 1-32 credits completed: Must maintain above a 1.75 cumulative and semester GPA
  • 33-60 credits completed: Must maintain above a 1.89 cumulative GPA
  • 60+ credits completed: Must maintain above a 2.00 cumulative GPA
Admission Fee to Athletic Contests
  • Admission is charged for all home soccer, field hockey, basketball, lacrosse, ice hockey, volleyball, and wrestling competitions.
  • For ticket prices, click here. Cash is the only acceptable form of payment.
  • Arcadia student-athletes are provided a virtual pass to share with family and friends for free admission to home events. The pass does not apply to away contests, and should be shown at the gate at home events to offer entry into the venue
  • There are no complimentary tickets to any postseason game (MAC or NCAA).
  • When attending events on other campuses, parents and guardians are to abide by that school's game admission and/or parking fees.
Athletic Clearances
  • Student-athletes must complete a series of steps in order to be cleared to participate in any practices/games or conditioning activities.
  • For a complete list of required clearance steps, please click here.
Athletics Staff Directory Counseling Services for Students Fast Facts about Arcadia University Glenside Area & Local Hotels Medical Information, Insurance, & Athletic Injuries
  • For a complete list of required athletic training forms and information concerning athletic insurance requirements, please click here.
  • Due to HIPAA regulations and privacy laws, Athletics medical staff members are not permitted to discuss student-athlete injuries with parents or guardians unless given permission by the injured student-athlete. If permission is granted, all communications should be directed to the Arcadia Athletic Training staff. A student-athlete may revoke authorization/consent at any time, by notifying the Head Athletic Trainer in writing.
  • In the event that emergency medical care is needed, individuals will typically be directed to Abington Memorial Hospital (1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001) or Chestnut Hill Hospital ( 8835 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118 )
Parking on Campus
  • First-year resident students are not permitted to have a vehicle on campus for any period of time without written permission from the Department of Public Safety.
  • For more information, please click here.
Pets
  • Pets are permitted at Jean Lenox West Field, Blankley Field, and Skip Wilson Field as long as they are restrained and kept off the playing surface.
Social Media & Live Stats
  • Arcadia Athletics is active on many different social media platforms. Follow @Arcadia_Knights on Instagram, X, and TikTok, and 'Like' Arcadia Knights on Facebook.
  • To watch games online through Live Stats or video streaming, please click here for a complete calendar of events.
Sports Photography
  • Parents and guardians are permitted to take pictures and use them for their own purpose.
  • Parents and guardians are not permitted onto the playing surface to take pictures during competition.
  • Athletic Communications manages sports photography for the department. Those photos will be given to sport head coaches.
  • Parents may request photos from the sport head coach. Please do not contact Athletic Communications.
Student Employment
  • Students interested in a job within Athletics should contact Brett Mariani at (215)-572-2951 or marianib@arcadia.edu regarding opportunities.
  • Preference will be given to students with Federal Work-Study; however, select positions are available (i.e. lifeguarding, athletic communications, etc.) for students without FWS.
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