The category placements are based on the previous year’s season results. Freshman student-athletes with no prior race history, by default, are placed in the Freshman race category.
Spring
- Florida – Posted August 16th, 2021
- NorCal North / NorCal South – Posted August 8th, 2018
- North Carolina High School / North Carolina Middle School – Posted October 17th, 2019
- SoCal High School / SoCal Middle School – Posted October 9th, 2018
- Texas High School / Texas Middle School – Posted September 9th, 2021
- New York – Posted August 31st, 2021
- Alabama High School / Alabama Middle School – Posted September 9th, 2021
- New Jersey High School / New Jersey Middle School – Posted August 25th, 2021
- Nevada South – Posted July 23, 2021
Fall
- Arizona – Posted March 17th, 2021
- Arkansas – Posted April 1st, 2021
- Idaho – Posted March 27th, 2019
- Indiana – Posted March 30th, 2021
- Kansas – Posted September 9th, 2021
- Kentucky – April 5th, 2021
- Maryland High School / Maryland Middle School – Posted March 30th, 2021
- Minnesota – Posted July 23rd, 2018
- Montana High School / Montana Middle School – Posted March 22, 2021
- Nevada North – Posted July 13th, 2018
- Oregon – Posted March 23rd, 2021
- Pennsylvania High School / Pennsylvania Middle School – Posted March 31st, 2021
- Tennessee – Posted March 11, 2021
- Virginia High School – Posted March 24th, 2021
- West Virginia High School / West Virginia Middle School – Posted March 18th, 2021
- Wisconsin – Posted March 31st, 2021
- Utah North / Utah South – Posted April 28th, 2017
- All other Leagues see NICA Rules and Guidelines.
For further information about how categories were calculated see the NICA Handbook (PDF) (2020)
If you would like to petition to a different category please work with your coach to fill out the Petition for Exemption found on your League website.