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Reece Roussel(Centenary College of Louisiana. Ryan Darrah(Arizona State University). Cody Kropp(Shelton State).
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Congratulations to all our players that have achieved their dreams of playing baseball at the collegiate level!
Congratulations to all our players that have achieved their dreams of playing baseball at the collegiate level!
December 18, 2024: By court ruling through an injuction. a D1 football player that played at the JUCO level prior to competing at the NCAA level, will NOT have his JUCO playing time count against his four years of NCAA playing eligibilty. Thus granting HIM and HIM only an additional year of playing eligibilty. Time and the courts will tell if ALL JUCO athletes that play college sports will retain all 4 years of NCAA eligibility, regardless if they played 1-2 years of JUCO or non NCAA sports. There are many working parts that still need to be figured out and ultimately the courts will determine what will and will not count against NCAA years of playing eligibility. STAY TUNED!!
December 23rd, 2024 Update: As of this time the NCAA has granted a waiver to permit student-athletes who attended and competed at a non NCAA school for one or more years to remain eligible and compete in 2025-26 academic year if those student-athletes would have otherwise used their final season of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. This is a TEMPORARY waiver that applies ONLY to those student-athletes that meet certain eligiblity and degree progress requirements.
This waiver is temporarily addressing the above mentioned injunction stating that any years of competing at a non NCAA institution will not count against the 5 years to play 4 at the NCAA level. So once again, time, the courts, and the NCAA will make a final determination.
Division 2 Eligibility Update
Effective August 1st, 2025: NCAA Division 2: A student-athlete representing a Division 2 institution, in their initiall year of collegiate enrollment, may participate in up to 30% of the maximum permissible number of contests or dates of competition set forth in ByLaw 17 (playing and practices seasons) without using a season of competition.
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The much talked about changes regarding college sports and in particular college baseball are now upon us. From the transfer portal, to the new roster sizes and maximum number of allowed scholarships at the D1 level, college baseball at all levels has changed in many different ways.
When changes are made within any industry's highest level, there will always be a trickle down effect. College baseball is no different. The impact of all these changes over the last few years has dramatically changed how recruiting is approached. Players and families, now more than ever, need to be properly informed and educated about how to navigate this new era in college baseball.
The NCAA Division 1 Council eliminated the National Letter of Intent program for high school student-athletes on Wednesday October 9th, 2024. The changes will go into effect beginning with the 2025 recruiting class.
So what does this mean? Individul schools and student-athletes will now sign financial aid and scholarship agreements. The process essentially, has removed an outdated program, and now become more streamlined. It has now basically become more of a contract between the institutions and the players.
In July 2024 the NCAA has approved changes that drastically change the current college baseball scholarship model. Division 1 schools are now permitted to full scholarship up to 34 players. In doing so, the NCAA has now set a roster restriction size limit to 34 players. Thus allowing for the entire roster of 34 players to be on a full scholarship. Schools are not required to provide full scholarships to all 34 rostered players, as this is an individual school decision. It is widely believed that the major P4 Conferences and their member institutions will all offer the maximum of 34 full scholarships. This does come at a price of an overall roster reduction size of 6 less players. Amongst just the P4 Conference baseball playing schools that is approximately 336 less rostered players. That is not including all the other D1 programs and their roster reductions as well. These players will ultimately trickle down to the mid major D1 programs, D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO. Playing college baseball at any level just became harder as there are now fewer playing opportunities with these overall roster reductions at the D1 level. These changes will begin with 2025-2026 academic year.
While there is a lot of current speculation about what the complete fallout will be from these sweeping and drastic changes at the D1 level, nobody really knows with absolute certainty what they all will be. Players and families need to be properly informed and educated as the college baseball landscape is more fluid than ever.
*January 2025 UPDATE*- A PROPOSAL was made at the January 2025 ABCA Convention to have a Fall roster size limit of 38. The roster would then be reduced to the new mandated 34 by December 1st.
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