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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 II 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.
Notice of such written policy must be filed with the NJCAA National Office prior to September 1 , each academic year. Alternate
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brackets can be obtained from the NJCAA National Office.
G. 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.
H. No umpire will be allowed to work more than two consecutive years at the Division II Championship. 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).
I. All districts with interregional play and national tournament games shall be played with a minimum of three officials.
J. Seeding will be done by the baseball committee at the completion of the District Tournaments. Seeding criteria will include: National
Poll, overall record, emphasis on record last 1/3 of the season, strength of schedule, quality of wins and losses vs ranked foes and
other teams qualifying for DII World Series, past history and results of participating school and district. In the case where a
committee member’s college qualifies for the World Series, they will be allowed to participate in the discussion of the teams but will
remove themselves from the actual voting. Each of the 10 qualifying coaches will be required to turn in a ranking of the ten teams at
a pre-determined time. The votes will be tabulated by the chair and cross checked by the vice-chair. In the event the chair’s school
qualifies, the vice-chair will tabulate. If both qualify, an eligible committee member will be selected.
Section 6. 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. A Coach of the Tournament Award shall be presented.
E. A Most Valuable Player Award shall be presented.
F. Pitcher of the Tournament will be presented.
G. Selection of a Division II Baseball All-Tournament Team will be made and awarded medals. 12 players shall be awarded medals
while the MVP is awarded a plaque. The MVP is not included on the All-Tournament Team.
Section 7. Finances
Each college shall pay its own expenses.
Section 8. All-Regional/District Ranking and All-American 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 9. 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. 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.
D. 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 10. 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 11. Open Wound Policy
Under circumstances when constant or profuse bleeding occurs, the participant may be attended by the appropriate team official
following NCAA Baseball Rules. Should bleeding not be controlled immediately, the player shall be removed from the game.
Section 12. 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 13. 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 14. 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
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.