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C. Diamond DI-PRO Low Seam Baseball is the official baseball of the NJCAA. Baseballs used in the NJCAA Baseball Tournament
shall be secured through the NJCAA National Office and shipped directly to the host.
D. The NJCAA Committee on Division I Baseball shall have jurisdiction over the technical aspects of the tournament and officials.
E. If a participating institution has a written policy against Sunday competition, the tournament schedule shall be adjusted to
accommodate that institution and such adjustment shall not require its team to play sooner than when it was originally scheduled.
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Notice of such written policy must be filed with the NJCAA National Office prior to September 1 , each academic year. Alternate
brackets may be obtained from the NJCAA National Office.
F. All NJCAA Baseball Tournament umpires must be recommended to the tournament umpire coordinator. Recommendations must
include a letter, resume’ and references. The coordinator shall check the references and assign acceptable prospects to the
available list. The coordinator will check specific availability prior to formal approval by the NJCAA.
G. No umpire will be allowed to work more than two consecutive years at the World Series. Each year a minimum of two umpires will
be rotated out of the tournament. Whenever possible no umpire will be allowed to work behind the plate while the district he is from
is playing. The assignment for the final two games will be at the discretion of the Tournament Executive Committee (including the
NJCAA Representative).
H. If there are three teams remaining at Game 18, the team with the most games played shall receive a bye to Game 19. If there is a
tie for the most games played, the team that won the head to head matchup in the tournament shall receive a bye to Game 19. If the
tie is still not able to be broken, the higher seed shall advance to Game 19
Section 5. Awards
A. Awards shall be given to the first and second place teams.
B. Each individual player on the first-place team shall receive an NJCAA gold medal. There shall be 37 medals.
C. Each individual player on the second-place team shall receive an NJCAA silver medal. There shall be 37 medals.
D. Most Valuable Player, Pitcher of the Tournament, and Coach of the Tournament as well as a 12 person All-Tournament team (the MVP
Is not part of the All-Tournament.
Section 6. Finances
A. Each college shall pay its own expenses and shall be reimbursed for travel on a prorated basis of total miles traveled by
participating teams with the money available.
B. Per DIEM expenses for meals and lodging shall be paid based on a total of not more than 30 players, coaches, etc. representing
each team. Per DIEM expenses begins on the first day of scheduled tournament games and runs through the day the team is
eliminated from the tournament.
Section 7. All Region Teams/District Ranking and All-American Team Nomination Guidelines
A. See procedure listed in the All-American Awards section of the NJCAA Handbook & Casebook.
B. All regions must submit an All-Region Team and an All-Region Gold Glove Team through the appropriate online nomination form by
the stated deadline in the All-American section.
Section 8. Miscellaneous Procedures
A. Only scheduled seven or nine inning games may be used in figuring team, individual statistics and overall record. Official games that
have been shortened as the result of weather conditions may also be included.
B. Conferences playing their official conference schedule during the fall season may petition the NJCAA National Office to include their
fall statistics in their official season records.
C. District Chairmen or their designated representative shall attend the District Tournament. The NJCAA National Office will reimburse
expenses from a total pool of $2,500. District Chairmen should contact the NJCAA Executive Director in advance to make
necessary travel arrangements.
D. A game or scrimmage shall consist of a maximum of nine innings of play (NCAA Baseball Rules-Rule 5 Section 6). Once a
game/scrimmage extends play past nine innings, for any reason other than a tie, the NJCAA will count that play as the start of a
second game/scrimmage.
E. For scheduled seven (7) inning games, Conferences or Regions may adopt a run rule of ten (10) runs after five (5) innings. For all
scheduled nine (9) inning games Conferences or Regions may adopt a run rule of ten (10) runs after five (5) innings and eight (8)
runs after seven (7) innings.
Section 9. Substance Use/Abuse
The use of all tobacco products by any coach, player, official or other individual involved in the conducting of any NJCAA sponsored
regular season or postseason play is prohibited within the confines of the playing area. Any individual not in compliance shall be
disqualified from further participation in that contest.
Section 10. Open Wound Policy
Under circumstances when constant or profuse bleeding occurs, the participant may be attended to by the appropriate team official
following NCAA Baseball Rules. Should bleeding not be controlled immediately, the player shall be removed from the game.
Section 11. Tournament Lodging
Should the Tournament Host/NJCAA National Office choose to assign lodging for this event, all participating colleges must honor that
assignment or pay for those rooms.
Section 12. Code of Conduct
All coaches, athletes and support personnel are expected to be familiar with and follow the NJCAA Code of Conduct. This code may
be found under Article XVI of the NJCAA bylaws.
Section 13. Dress Decorum
All players and official team personnel must be in full uniform when entering the playing field. All team personnel must wear a minimum
of dress casual when attending tournament functions. Violators of dress decorum will be asked by either the Tournament Director or the
NJCAA Representative to alter dress to comply with the stated dress decorum. If they don't comply, the incident will be referred to the
Standards and Ethics Committee for possible sanctions.