– The NCAA has set specific periods for contacting and recruiting student-athletes in the Division I Baseball category from August 1, 2023, to July 31, 2024.
– Contact periods are times when athletics staff members are allowed to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations.
– Quiet periods allow in-person recruiting contacts only on the institution’s campus, with no off-campus contacts or evaluations permitted.
– Dead periods prohibit any in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations, on or off-campus, and do not allow prospective student-athletes to visit the campus.
– The specific periods for each category are as follows:
– August 1-20, 2023: Contact period
– August 21 to September 14, 2023: Quiet period
– October 9 to February 29, 2024, with exceptions: Contact period, except for November 6-9 (quiet period), November 21-26, and December 22-27 (recruiting shutdown), and January 4-7 (dead period)
– March 1 to July 31, 2024, with exceptions: Contact period, except for May 27-June 3, June 15-17, and July 3-5 (dead periods)
– A recruiting shutdown is a complete stop of all recruiting activities during a specified period, including contacts, evaluations, visits, and communication.
