Page 178 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

Section 7. 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 25 medals.
C. Each individual player on the second-place team shall receive an NJCAA silver medal. There shall be 25 medals.
D. A Coach of the Tournament Award shall be presented.
E. The Most Valuable Player Award shall be presented.
F. An All-Tournament Team consisting of 12 players will be presented an appropriate award.
G. Awards given by the Coaches Association must reflect the places earned.
Section 8. Finances
A. Each college shall pay its own team expenses.
Section 9. Procedures for National Poll
A. In order for teams to be considered for weekly national rankings, all scores from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA
PrestoSports Stats System by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of each week.
a. All statistics from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 2:00 PM ET on Monday
of each week.
B. The preseason rankings will be conducted at the discretion of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee. Poll will be released
the second Tuesday of August. The first regular season poll will be voted on the first Monday in September. The last poll will be voted
on during the first Monday in November.
C. The NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Poll will be released Monday of each week unless the Monday is a national holiday where the
poll will be released on Tuesday.
D. Each team’s performance from the previous week will be compiled in a report through the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
a. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee.
b. A first-place vote receives 20 points and 20th-place vote receives 1 point.
E. Poll Criteria
a. Overall body of work
i. Record against NJCAA Division I opponents for the season
ii. Record against NJCAA Division I top 20 teams for the season
iii. Overall record vs. NJCAA teams
b. Strength of schedule
i. Number of games against ranked opponents
c. Strength of conference/region
i. Previous national tournament finish
F. The poll voters will submit their top-20 rankings to the NJCAA National Office online system by 1:00 PM ET on Mondays, unless the
Monday prior is a national holiday where votes will be due on Tuesday. The National Office will compile the votes for each team and
release the final rankings Monday afternoon.
G. Poll Dates: August 19^, Sept. 3*, 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4
^Preseason poll
*Poll is released Tuesday due to a federal holiday
Section 10. Substance Abuse Policy
The use of tobacco products by any coach, player, official or other individual involved in the conducting of any NJCAA sanctioned or
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 shall be immediately removed from the contest by the
official and cannot return until the bleeding has been stopped. Once ready to return, the player may do so at the next stoppage of play.
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
A. Game attire for all bench personnel, other than uniformed players, must be a college issued warm-up suit or business casual
apparel. In the case of inclement weather, appropriate attire may include non-college apparel. Jeans and non-college issued hats
and sweats are prohibited. Teams at the event, but not participating, must be in appropriate attire. This may include college issued
warm-up suits, shorts, t-shirts and athletic footwear.
B. All teams attending the banquet must be in business casual attire, unless other attire is designated appropriate (informal banquet,
theme banquet).
C. 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.
Section 15. All-American Nomination Guidelines
See procedure listed in the All-American Awards section of the NJCAA Handbook & Casebook.