According to the NCAA, all freshman are required to have a thing called “study hall”. This is where you are given a certain amount of time, along with a quiet place to do any work that you may need done. In order to get out of study hall as a student athlete, you must contain at least a 3.2 GPA. Your freshman year is probably one of your most important semesters because that is when you are able to start a fresh, clean slate of grades. For those of you who do not focus your freshman year and slack off, you will most likely end up in a deep hole that will be hard to get out of. However, if you start out strong, the likelihood that you will drop your GPA is a lot less likely. Having a strong semester also gives you that cushion for that hard class that you take in your upper level courses.
Life of a Student Athlete 