KNOW YOUR DATES & GATES

NCAA RECRUITING CALENDAR

Maximize your recruiting potential! Understanding the NCAA calendar is vital for high school athletes and parents. Stay informed about key dates and rules to navigate your journey to college sports success.

PLAYERS & PARENTS:

DON'T GET FRUSTRATED

GET INFORMED!

I hear it all the time, "The coach is not writing me back. They've moved on." Or, "I didnt get any calls the last few weeks, they don't think I'm good enough." While it is hard to read some coaches, it is not hard to read a calendar! Often times the coach IS still interested, he just is not allowed to contact student athlete due to the NCAA rules.

Understanding the dates and the rules is critical to your mental health and perception as you go through the process. Here is you need to know:

Understanding NCAA Recruiting Periods

Quiet Period:
During this time, coaches can only interact with recruits in-person on their own college campuses. Any off-campus in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations are not allowed.

Dead Period:
This is a phase where in-person recruiting interactions, both on and off-campus, are prohibited. Prospective student-athletes are also not permitted to visit the college campus officially or unofficially.

Evaluation Period:
This period allows authorized staff from the athletics department to conduct off-campus activities to assess recruits' academic and athletic capabilities. However, they are not permitted to make any in-person recruiting contacts with the prospective student-athletes during these evaluations.

2023 - 2024 NCAA Baseball Recruiting Rules and Calendar

DIVISION I

August 1st - 20th

- Contact Period

August 21st - September 14th

- Quiet Period

September 15 - October 8th

- Contact Period

October 9th - February 2024 (Quiet Period)

- Dead Period, November 6th - 9th

- Recruiting Period, November 21st - December 27th

- Dead Period, January 4th - 7th

March 1st - July 31st (Contact Period)

- May 27th - June 3rd

- June 15th - 17th

- July 3rd - 5th

DIVISION II

Freshman/Sophomore

RECRUITING MATERIALS: Questionnaires, camp brochures, NCAA materials and nonathletics recruiting publications only

After June 15th - Immediately Preceding Junior Year

OFFICIAL VISITS: After June 15, immediately preceding prospective student-athlete’s junior year in high school. There are no limits on the following recruiting functions for prospective student-athletes entering their junior year:

1. Athletically related recruiting materials.

2. Electronic media and transmissions (e.g., email, text messaging, instant messages, etc.).

3. Telephone calls.

4. In-person, off-campus recruiting contacts.

Two-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes

OFFICIAL VISITS: At any time during an appropriate recruiting period. If prospective student-athlete has previously visited the institution, a second visit may not occur until Sept. 1 following prospective student-athlete’s completion of high school. There are no limits on the number or frequency of the following recruiting functions for two-year college transfers:

1. Athletically related recruiting materials.

2. Electronic media and transmissions (e.g., email, text messaging, instant messages, etc.).

3. Telephone calls.

4. In-person, off-campus recruiting contacts.

DIVISION III

NCAA Division 3 baseball recruiting rules

In comparison to Division 1 and Division 2 schools, Division 3 schools have the most relaxed NCAA baseball recruiting rules.

Student-athletes can get recruiting materials at any time.College coaches are allowed to make unlimited calls to student-athletes.College coaches may start off-campus communications after an athlete’s sophomore year.Unofficial visits are not limited. Athletes and their parents can make as many as they want.After Jan. 1 of junior year: Athletes can begin taking official visits.

Division 3 baseball recruiting calendar

For D3 schools, there are no dead periods. The contact period is effectively year-round.

NAIA and JUNIOR COLLEGE (JUCO)

NAIA and junior college recruiting calendar and rules

The NAIA and junior colleges do not regulate contact and communication for coaches. There is no recruiting calendar for either.

NAIA baseball recruiting rules

Unlike the NCAA, the NAIA does not regulate or limit the contact and communication between a coach and a current high school athlete, nor does it regulate campus visits and tryouts.

Junior college baseball recruiting rules

Junior college coaches are free to contact prospective student-athletes at any time provided they have not signed a junior college letter of intent. There is no baseball recruiting calendar.