NCAA Division I Softball Recruiting Calendar

August 1, 2014 through July 31, 2015

(See NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.17.7 for Softball Calendar Formula)

(a)       August 1 through November 26, 2014 [except for (1) below]:*        Contact Period

(1)    November 10-13, 2014:                                                                  Dead Period

(b)   November 27, 2014 through January 1, 2015 [except for (1) below]:   Quiet Period

(1)    December 3 (12:01 a.m.) through December 7 (12:01 a.m.),        Dead Period

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(c)       January 2 through July 31, 2015 [except for (1) and (2) below]:      Contact Period

(1)        April 13-16, 2015:                                                                         Dead Period

(2)        May 26 through June 3 (noon), 2015:                                           Dead Period

(d)      During high school regional and state championship competition that does not occur during a dead period: (e)       The following state specific contact/evaluation periods are permissible: (1)        In Hawaii, contacts and evaluations shall be permissible between November 27, 2014, and January 1, 2015 [except for (a) below]. (a)   December 3 (12:01 a.m.) through December 7 (12:01 a.m.), 2014:** (2)        In those states that play high school softball season in the fall, evaluations shall be permissible during those seasons, except during dead periods. *      Each institution is limited to 50 evaluation days (August 1 through July 31) per Bylaw 13.02.7.2, which do not include employment of coaches in instructional camps/clinics or the observation of prospective student-athletes participating in high school softball competition. **    Dates are based on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Convention (December 3-6, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nevada). See entire schedule here

Evaluation Period Dead Period