MEMORANDUM
February 17, 2012
TO: Head Baseball Coaches, Conference Commissioners, Compliance Officers
and Coordinators of Umpires.
FROM: Jeff Hurd, chair
Baseball Rules Committee.
SUBJECT: Decertification of 33-inch Marucci CAT5 bat.
This memo serves as the NCAA’s official notice that the decertification process has been triggered for the Marucci CAT5 33-inch model. Effective immediately and until further notice, these bats will not be allowed for use in any NCAA baseball competition.
Team representatives are asked to check your team’s stock of bats and withhold these bats if your team is in possession of any. Conference administrators are asked to share this information with your umpires as well. If this bat is attempted to be used during competition, it should be considered an illegal bat and subject to NCAA Baseball Rule 1-12-b, (see the penalty section for procedures).
For any questions on this decision, please contact Ty Halpin (Playing Rules, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Cameron Schuh (Public and Media Relations, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) at the NCAA.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.