Please view this WIAA document for the start date for each sport.

Co-Curricular Handbook

If you were unable to attend our Sports Code Meeting, please watch this video, and then complete the sign-in form.  While it is not possible to reproduce all of the learning and discussion points from the live presentation, all families are expected to carefully review and will be held accountable to all of the expectations shared.

All student-athletes should continually strive to achieve their full potential in areas of academic performance and school attendance. In order to participate in the athletic program, a student must perform in the classroom first! You must be a full-time student as defined by the member school responsible for programming 100% of the student’s day. A student is eligible for like or similar awards, privileges and services as all other students and meets all obligations and responsibilities as other students, without exception. A student will be ineligible for a minimum of 7 school days and nights if he/she has earned one failing grade in a grading period and ineligible for a minimum of 15 school days and nights if he/she has earned more than one failing grade in a grading period. The OASD uses the second grade reporting period of the first semester, first semester, the second grade reporting period of the second semester and second semester grades to determine academic eligibility. A student must also attend every class during the school day and be a “student in good standing” in order to participate in practice or competition. Any unexcused absences must be cleared up before the student-athlete can participate. The easiest way to be successful in the classroom is to be in class everyday.

Important WIAA Updates (please read this information if you are the parents of a student-athlete).  

If you have any questions about the information below please contact Kel Van Sistine at kelly.vansistine@oshkosh.k12.wi.us or (920) 424-4090 ext. 3014. 

WIAA NIL Information

*NCAA Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) - recent changes which allow NCAA athletes to profit from NIL do NOT apply to WIAA student athletes.  As we begin the school year, our office will provide further guidance for schools to share with students.  Student athletes have already begun to receive DM’s on their social media accounts from those looking to solicit their business.  For now, the most important piece of information for member schools to have is that this is NOT allowed in education-based athletics and would result in a CAREER-ending violation for a WIAA high school student athlete. 

Training and Competing

The WIAA recognizes a distinction between training and competing. Students must pay 100% of their own expenses, including transportation, to any non-school (out-of-season) camps, clinics, or specialized training. Schools may pay expenses and provide transportation to similar in season activities in that sport and during the five unrestricted contact days in the summer.  

** Students may not fundraise in order to cover the cost of these activities – use of GoFundMe pages, for example, to cover non-school camp or clinic fees would violate this rule.

A student may be reimbursed actual and necessary costs associated with competing. This may include transportation, food, lodging and entry fees.

Amateur status rule.  The amateur status lists of acceptable and unacceptable items has been updated.  School mementos (i.e.: rings, sweatshirts, t-shirts, event hats, etc. ) are allowed if not more than $200 and awards valued at less than $100 retail value are allowed in school and non-school competition.  In addition, athletes may receive and retain items of apparel that are worn as part of a team uniform in non-school athletic competitions. Notice, apparel doesn’t include backpacks, duffel bags, equipment (helmets, shin guards, gloves, mitts, etc.), and implements (bats, poles, hockey sticks, etc.).

Non-School Participation Information

It is the philosophy of this Association that a student owes loyalty and allegiance to the school and team of which he/she is a member during the season of a given sport. Athletes may compete in not more than two non-school competitions with school approval during each regular sport season. The contest(s) will not count against the individual maximum for the athlete in that sport. Non-school competition will not be allowed during the respective WIAA tournament series in a sport. Administrative approval is required BEFORE any non-school competition.

A student becomes ineligible in a sport for the remainder of the season for competing in more than two non-school games, meets, or contests in the same sport during the season of practice and competition established by the school. The penalty may be reduced upon request of a school on the basis of documented extenuating circumstances.

Note: With the approval of school administration, a student may be allowed to participate as an individual (not part of a team) in contests which isolate separate sport skills outside the traditional competition setting, e.g., shooting, passing, kicking contests. Such skill contests/events may not include physical contact with another participant or contain similar risks for serious injury or extreme fatigue as the actual sport competition. There can be no school coach involvement. The approval of the school may be granted on the basis that such participation will not impair or alter the student's eligibility (ie: Amateur status) or other membership rules.