For current college athletes including:
- Student-Athletes who hope to transfer from any four-year college to an NCAA Division II athletic program,
- Current junior college athletes who were signed to an NJCAA Letter of Intent during the 2022-23 school year.
4-4 Transfers hoping to transfer to an NCAA D2 program:
For athletes currently at an NCAA school and who want to be eligible this Fall upon transfer to an NCAA D2 program:
- June 15 is the deadline that the athlete must provide written notification to their current school that they want to be entered into the NCAA Transfer Portal.
- If the student-athlete misses the June 15 deadline, they will lose out on the opportunity to be eligible for competition in their first year at an NCAA Division II program (unless a waiver is approved for the athlete to be eligible).
For 4-year college athletes who don’t have access to the NCAA Transfer Portal (such as current NAIA athletes):
- Student-athletes should make sure they request written permission from their current school to be allowed to contact NCAA Division II programs about a possible transfer no later than June 15. The request should be sent to their current athletic department via email so that the request date can be verified if it becomes an issue.
NJCAA Letter of Intent signees:
For athletes who attended an NJCAA two-year college during the 2022-23 academic year as a Letter of Intent signee:
- June 15 is the date by which notification of renewal of the athlete’s Letter of Intent for the 2023-24 academic year is supposed to be provided by their college.
- An NJCAA athlete who isn’t signed to a second-year scholarship by June 15 (which is supposed to be in the form of a new Letter of Intent) becomes recruitable by any other NJCAA college starting on June 16.
High School Recruits
NCAA Division I
June 15th is the first date when most coaches at NCAA Division I programs can place recruiting phone calls and send emails/messages to athletes who have just completed their sophomore year of high school.
The following Division I sports are the only ones that have a date other than June 15 as the earliest date for placing recruiting calls and sending emails/messages to prospects:
- Baseball – Sept. 1 of junior year
- Women’s Basketball – June 1 at conclusion of sophomore year
- Football – Sept. 1 of senior year except for one call from 4/15 to 5/31 of junior year
- Men’s Ice Hockey – Jan. 1 of sophomore year
- Lacrosse – Sept. 1 of junior year
- Softball – Sept. 1 of junior year
Football has an exception to the above date regarding emails sent to prospects. Those can be sent to prospects beginning September 1 of a prospect’s junior year in high school.
NCAA Division II
June 15th is the date when NCAA DII coaches in ALL sports can start to contact recruits who have completed their sophomore year of HS via phone, email, or direct messaging.
Division II coaches in all sports can also accept incoming calls and talk to prospects who call them at any time.
NOTE about the June 15 recruiting date: For any of you who may have requested and viewed our recruiting calendars for June and July, you’ll see change from June 14 to June 15 as to the classes of high school recruits who will be able to receive recruiting phone calls from NCAA Division I and Division II coaches.
Do you have questions or need objective advice?
For specific questions about the NCAA transfer or recruiting rules, or scholarship agreements and letters of intent, contact us by calling 913-766-1235 or send an email to rick@informedathlete.com.