NJCAA DII Rawlings Gold Glove Procedures

Nominations • Regional Balloting/Voting • Team Selection

Rawlings Gold Glove

1. Nominations

• Who may nominate
  • Head Coaches of eligible NJCAA DII institutions who are active NFCA members.
    • Any institution, coach, or athlete in the process of moving from one division to another shall remain eligible for NFCA awards for the current year in the existing division they are competing. The NFCA may award athletes and/or coaches at these institutions even if the institution is prohibited from championship play or conference awards provided that the institution played the majority of their schedule at that particular division.
• Who may be nominated
  • Coaches may nominate up to three (3) players from their own team for the Rawlings Gold Glove.
  • Coaches may nominate more than one player for the same position.
  • A player may only be nominated for one position.
  • The nomination form must be filled out completely to be considered.
  • Only stats accrued v. NJCAA DII countable competition may be submitted for consideration.
• Criteria to be evaluated
  • Athletes will be evaluated on defensive statistics only. Defensive stats will include:
    • Fielding percentage
    • Put Outs
    • Assists
    • Errors
    • Passed Balls (catchers only)
    • Stolen Bases (catchers only)
    • Caught Stealing (catchers only)

2. Guidelines

• Pitchers
  • Must meet ONE of the following pieces of criteria to be nominated
    • Must have recorded 100 IP OR
    • Must have pitched 30% of the team's total innings pitched
      • For example, if a team has a total of 300 IP in the season, a pitcher must have recorded 90 IP to be eligible for a Rawlings Gold Glove nomination using this criteria op
• Catcher, 1B, 2B, 3B, & SS
  • Nominated athletes must have played at least 75% of the team’s total games at the position for which they are nominated.
• LF, CF, & RF
  • Nominated athletes must have played at least 75% of the team’s total games in the outfield, with a minimum of 51% of individual games played at the position for which they are nominated.

Rawlings Gold Glove Regional Balloting (Voting) Procedures

3. Eligibility

• Only NFCA member Head Coaches who have an active NFCA membership may vote for the Rawlings Gold Glove.
• Only one ballot per institution may be cast.
• If you did not have a competitive season this spring, you are still eligible to vote in the Rawlings Gold Glove
  • The expectation is that ALL voters take the time to be informed about the nominees before casting their ballot. If you were unable to watch play firsthand enough or at all, and thus do not feel comfortable voting, please note that in your response.

4. Procedures

• You must vote in order for your institution's nominees to remain eligible.
• Coaches cannot vote for their own players on the regional ballot.
• The voting ballot must be completely filled out. If all blanks are not filled in, then the ballot will not be counted. However, if less than three players are on the ballot for a particular position, it's permissible to vote for less.
• The voting ballot will only be counted if submitted by the deadline.
• The top vote-getter(s) from each region will then be considered for Rawlings Gold Glove recognition, as detailed below.
• The top (2) athletes per position, as determined by the regional vote from each region will be forwarded to the All-American Committee for consideration UNLESS one of the following two voting results occur:
  • One athlete receives greater than 60% of the regional vote in her nominated position. In this instance, only that athlete will be forwarded to the All-American committee and will represent that region at that position.
  • There are more than two athletes for a nominated position who each receives 30% or greater of the regional vote. In this instance, all athletes earning 30% or more of the vote will be forwarded to the All-American committee and will represent the region at that position.

5. Additional Requirements

• All nominations must include a high-resolution color headshot photograph of the nominee and must be uploaded directly within the nomination.
• Each nominating coach will also have the option to upload a video to be no longer than 60 seconds in duration and feature ONLY game footage of the nominated athlete. Although optional, uploading video is highly encouraged.

Rawlings Gold Glove Team Selection

6. Meeting

• In conjunction with NFCA All-American selections, the All-American Committee will review the regional selections as a group and determine the one athlete per position to be named to the Rawlings Gold Glove team.

7. Composition

• The Rawlings Gold Glove team is comprised of 9 players:
  • one pitcher, one catcher, one first base, one second base, one third base, one shortstop, one left fielder, one center fielder, and one right fielder.

8. Announcement of Rawlings Teams

• Rawlings Gold Glove Team will be announced on NFCA.org