Eligibility

This section provides information on how student-athletes can comply with NCAA bylaws in order to compete in intercollegiate athletics. It includes information on what high-school students need to do to be eligible to compete their first year in college, as well as guidelines that coaches and prospects must follow during the recruiting process.

Eligibility

This section provides information on becoming and remaining eligible to compete in intercollegiate athletics. It includes information on the Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse, as well as guidelines for students who are foreign, home-schooled or disabled. It also contains links to resources that will help high-school students locate colleges and universities that sponsor their sport and compare graduation rates of schools they are considering.

 

Initial-Eligibility Clearninghouse

All high-school athletes wishing to compete in college must register with the Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. Information about the Clearinghouse can be found in the Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete. The NCAA national office does not handle initial-eligibility certifications. Please do not contact the NCAA national office with inquiries regarding an individual's initial eligibility status, including whether transcripts, student release forms, etc., were received or about when you will be cleared. The Clearinghouse maintains and processes all of the initial-eligibility certifications.

 
Amateurism Certification Clearinghouse

Beginning fall 2006, the NCAA Amateurism Certification Clearinghouse will be the processing center for determining the amateurism eligibility of domestic and international freshman and transfer prospective student-athletes for initial athletics participation at NCAA Divisions I and II member institutions.

Recruiting

This section provides information for student-athletes and coaches on recruiting rules and regulations. It includes links to convenient sport-specific calendars as well as definitions of key recruiting-related terminology. Also included is a guide for student-athletes interested in transferring to another college or university.

 Recruiting Resources

General Information

NCAA Division I Softball Recruiting Calendar

August 1, 2006 - July 31, 2007

(See NCAA Bylaw 30.11.4 for softball calendar formula)

The dates in this calendar reflect the application of Bylaw 30.11 at the time of publication
but are subject to change per Constitution 5.2.3.1 or if certain dates (e.g., National Letter of Intent signing dates
are altered).

(a)     August 1 through November 22, 2006:*
          [except for (1) below]:		Contact/Evaluation Period
     
          (1)    November 6-9, 2006:
Dead Period

(b)     November 23, 2006, through January 1, 2007, 
          [except for (1) below]:
Quiet Period
     
          (1)    December 6 (12:01 a.m.) through December 10 (12:01 a.m.)
Dead Period

(c)     January 2 through July 31, 2007,* [except
          for (1) and  (2) below]:
Contact/Evaluation Period
      
          (1)    April 9-12, 2007:
Dead Period
    
          (2)    May 29 (noon) through June 7, 2007, (noon):
Dead Period

(d)     During high school regional and state championship competition
          that does not occur during a dead period:

(e)     In Hawaii, between November 23, 2006, through January 1, 2007,
          [except for (1) below]:

          (1)    December 6 (12:01 a.m.) through December 10, 2006; (12:01
                   a.m.): 


Evaluation Period


Contact/Evaluation Period


Dead Period


*Each institution is limited to 50 evaluation days (August 1 - July 31) per Bylaw 13.02.6.2, which do not include employment of coaches in instructional camps/clinics or the observation of prospects participating in high school softball competition.