The BBCOR decertification process has been implemented for:

• Marucci CAT5 33-inch model

• Reebok Vector TLS 32-inch model

• Reebok Vector TLS 33-inch model
  

2013 Decertified Non-Wood Baseball Bat List

Currently, there are three (3) non-wood baseball bats that the NFHS has decertified for use in high school competition. This short list is subject to change. Additional non-wood baseball bats could possibly be added to this list. The decertified bats are the following:

• Marucci Cat 52 33" non-wood baseball bat (Decertification notice date: February 21, 2012) 
• Reebok Vector TLS 32" non-wood baseball bat (Decertification notice date: March 26, 2012) 
• Reebok Vector TLS 33" non-wood baseball bat (Decertification notice date: March 26, 2012)

These bats should be considered non-compliant and subject to NFHS Baseball Rules 4-1-3b and 7-4-1a. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact B. Elliot Hopkins, NFHS Baseball Rules Editor/National Interpreter at (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or (317) 822-6900, extension 5757.

Please share this information with your coaches and officials. Thank you in advance for your immediate attention to this matter.

Decertified non-wood baseball bat

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has advised us that the BBCOR decertification process has been implemented for the Marucci CAT5 33-inch model.

Effective immediately and until further notice, this bat (Marucci CAT5 33" length) should be considered a non-compliant bat and subject to NFHS Baseball Rules 4-1-3b and 7-4-1a. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your local state association statewide baseball rules interpreter.

Decertification of 32-inch Reebok Vector TLS non-wood baseball bat

Please be advised that the BBCOR decertification process has been implemented for the Reebok Vector TLS 32-inch model.

Effective immediately and until further notice, this bat (Reebok Vector TLS 32" length) should be considered a non-compliant bat and subject to NFHS Baseball Rules 4-1-3b and 7-4-1a.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Elliot Hopkins, NFHS Baseball Rules Editor/National Interpreter at (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Thank you in advance for your immediate attention to this matter.