Policy

Objectives

The Cumberland University intercollegiate athletic program is dedicated to:

  • Providing equal opportunity for intercollegiate participation for male and female student-athletes, and all minorities.

  • Supporting the satisfactory academic progress of each student-athlete.

  • Appropriately representing CU by maintaining sportsmanship and by displaying fair play in competition.

  • Holding student-athletes accountable to standards at or about the University's regulations on personal behavior.

  • Complying with the policies of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Mid- South Conference.

  • Providing equal access to financial assistance for all qualified student-athletes.

  • Ensuring the physical, emotional, and social welfare of each student-athlete.