Spring Valley Academy offers a variety of inter-scholastic sports, including volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, and baseball.  SVA also offers a unique performance gymnastics team that combines elements of gymnastics and acrobatics.  Our cheerleaders spread school spirit throughout SVA.

SVA employs an Athletic Director who provides our teams rigorous schedules with other Christian schools, smaller public schools, and other club teams.  Our teams are led by volunteer coaches who provide excellent skill and character development opportunities to our students.   Because SVA is a relatively small school, our older athletes mentor our younger ones and unique bonds are created on and off the athletic field.

Our Athletic Program's Mission is squarely within SVA's Mission:  Christian Athletics inspiring students to know, follow, and share Jesus.   In our Athletic Program, we honor Jesus, win or lose.

ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY & STUDENT ATHLETE PROBATION

Student athlete eligibility is essential to uphold the integrity of an athletic department.  Athletics should be used as a learning tool for life skills and responsibility.  Students' academics are to be held as a priority over sports at all times.  However, athletics has much to offer in the development of life experiences for students.  Athletica should be used  as an academic motivator.  An academic eligibility program requires check points. 

Student athletes must have a quarter grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 with no more than one D and no F grades.  This standard is enforced both each quarter and at the mid-term of each quarter.  Quarter grades are based on a nine week period.  Student athletes that do not have a GPA of 2.0 or have more than one D and at least one F are made ineligible to play in games, receive a uniform or travel to games as a team member.  These student athletes may attend and participate in practices and tryouts as long as OHSAA eligibility requirements are met (1.6 quarter GPA, no F grades and no more than one D).  Students who do not meet OHSAA eligibility requirements will not be afforded the opportunity to tryout for a sports team until they meet OHASS and SVA standards. 

Student athletes who meet OHSAA eligibility requirements but do not meet the requirements set forth by Spring Valley Academy will be placed on student athlete Primary Probation.   Student athletes who find themselves under primary probation will not participate in games, will not travel to away games and will not receive a uniform.  They will be given the opportunity to tryout and practice with that team.  They will remain on Primary Probation as a non-playing member until mid-term grades are available.  Full eligibility will be reinstated if the student does not receive any F grades or more than one D.  The student athlete will be ineligible for the remainder of the quarter, until the next quarter grades are issued, if an F or more than one D is received.

Student athletes who meet OHSAA eligibility requirements and those set forth by Spring Valley Academy will be eligible to participate in extracurricular athletic team sports.  If at mid-term, a student athlete receives an F, or more than one D and is not currently on Primary Probation, they will be placed on  student athlete Secondary Probation.   Students on Secondary Probation have a mandatory two week suspension to bring themselves out of Secondary Probation status.  During Secondary Probation, student athletes will not have the opportunity to participate in any games and will not travel to away games.   Student athletes will be considered non-playing team members, therefore, team expectations and team rules still apply.  At the end of the two week period of Secondary Probation, student athletes will be required to either schedule appointments with the teacher of each class where grades were unacceptable or bring the athletic director (AD) a RenWeb printout of current grades.  Teachers must provide the student athlete a written note indicating the current grade in their class which the student must provide to the AD.  The AD will then inform the student athlete and coach of their eligibility status.  Students who do not meet the academic requirements at the end of the two week period will remain on Secondary Probation until the next quarter grades are issued.  All eligibility is removed if the student athlete does not meet academic requirements when the next quarter grades are issued.

A student athlete can be placed on Primary Probation one time within one sports season.  Student athletes can be placed on Secondary Probation twice in one sports season.  Student athletes must be enrolled in five one credit classes.  All classes for which a student athlete is enrolled will be used in determining eligibility.  A student athlete must fall below a 1.6 GPA, have an F or more than one D at the previous quarter  in order  to  be ineligible for Primary Probation.  Students receiving an incomplete are placed on suspension until the grade change is received by the Registrar.  Team fees will be paid by student athletes that are on probation.   If, at any time, a student athlete is made ineligible because of their grade status, no refund of sport fees will be applicable.