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NCAA CALENDAR AND RULES<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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NCAA regulates when the college coaches can recruit athletes throughout the year. The better you understand the NCAA baseball recruiting rules, the better you can execute your recruiting game plan. For example, you will want to avoid planning a campus visit during a dead period, as the coach will not be able to meet with you during that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When can college baseball coaches contact recruits?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When a college baseball can speak with you, depends on the division level and the NCAA regulations\/rules. The NCAA recently implemented new recruiting rules that prohibit any communication between Division 1 coaches and potential recruits before August 1 of their junior year. Phone calls, texts and emails from Division 2 coaches can begin June 15 after the athlete\u2019s sophomore year. There are no restrictions regarding phone calls from coaches at the Division 3, NAIA and NJCAA levels, but typically they wait until an athlete\u2019s junior year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Division 1 Rules on Contacting Players<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Contacting<\/strong> Players<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Effective starting June 2023, the NCAA prohibits any communication or Official visits with Division 1 coaches, potential recruits, and anyone speaking on behalf of the athlete before August 1 of their junior year. This new rule was established to combat the rise in early recruiting and were made to give prospective student-athletes more time to consider their college choice and avoid the pressures of early recruitment. The goal is for students to concentrate on their grades, take their ACTs or SATs, continue to grow as an athlete, research their target schools and maximize their high school experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Official Visits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Student-athletes can begin taking official visits beginning August 1 of their high school junior year. Previously, official visits were not allowed until the recruit\u2019s senior year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Unofficial Visits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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College athletic departments including coaches are not permitted to be involved in a student athlete\u2019s unofficial visits prior to September 1 of their high school junior year. Before the rule change, underclassmen could take advantage of an unofficial visit to possibly get an early verbal scholarship offer. Under the current rules, should a recruit happen to come into contact with a coach on campus during an unofficial visit, no recruiting conversations can take place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recruiting conversations are forbidden between recruits and college coaches during camps prior to September 1 of the athlete\u2019s junior year of high school. Before this new rule, coaches and underclassmen were not prohibited from talking about recruiting. There was nothing to stop coaches from extending a verbal scholarship offer to recruits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How have the new Division 1 baseball rules changed recruiting?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 rule change hasn\u2019t impacted the recruiting process for baseball players very much. The new rules make it clear the student-athlete must stay proactive in their recruiting journey and do their research up front. We strongly recommend that by August 1 of the their high school junior year, recruits create a list of target schools, build a Recruiting Profile, produce a skills video and begin reaching out to college coaches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recruiting Rules By Division<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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NCAA Division 1<\/strong><\/a>NCAA Division 2 <\/strong><\/a>NCAA Division 3<\/strong><\/a>NAIA<\/a>Junior College<\/a><\/div>
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The NCAA baseball recruiting rules for Division 1 schools are the most regulated and strict of the college division levels. Specific forms of communication from coaches are allowed depending on your year in high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1 of junior year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n