Baseball Officials & Judges
Click on links below for more information on each subject.
• Renewals are due July 1st. Renewal after July 1st will result in an additional $20.00 fee. Deadline for registrations and renewals are the last clinic date for each sport. No registrations will be accepted after the last clinic date in each sport.
• All officials must have MVP accounts with current email addresses. Communication will be done through email to the address you have used for your MVP account.
• Officials are not registered until fees have been received and processed by NDHSAA.
• Officials are not eligible to officiate until all fees are received and processed by NDHSAA.
• Any NONREGISTERED official who officiates an NDHSAA contest may be declared ineligible.
• Any official who uses tobacco at the site of the contest or consumes alcohol the day of and prior to a contest shall be suspended.
• Any out-of-state official, who officiates a contest in North Dakota and does not have reciprocity, may be declared ineligible.
CLINIC: ALL officials must complete the NDHSAA online rules clinic each year.
To take clinic: Log in to MVP - Click My Profile - Click Officials Registration - Click Online Baseball Rules Clinic
CLICK HERE to log in to MVP or set up an MVP account
Clinic Window: March 11 - April 1, 2013
EXAM: ALL officials must take the online exam each year. Grading will be Pass/Fail. You must obtain 75% to pass.
CLICK HERE to access testing.
Testing window: April 9 - April 15, 2013
Baseball Rules Clinic (Online ONLY)
March 11 - April 1, 2013
Rules clinics attendance/completion is mandatory each year for all football, volleyball, soccer, tennis, cross country, softball, swimming, hockey, gymnastics, basketball, wrestling, baseball, track & field officials and head coaches.
Officials and coaches may also fulfill attendance requirements by attending any official rules clinic conducted by any of the state associations and having their attendance card sent to the NDHSAA office for credit. There are no make-up rules clinics.
A coach/official must attend/complete one of the clinics or camps/workshops per sport listed in this schedule.
Penalty for failure to fulfill a mandatory clinic requirement shall result in a $50 fine to the school. Fines must be paid prior to being permitted to participate in NDHSAA post season activities to which the fine applies.
To complete the online rules clinic:
• Log in to MVP
• Click on My Profile on the bottom left side of the page
• Click on the Officials Registration tab that appears on the grey menu bar
• Click on the blue Baseball Rules Clinic link that appears above the rules clinic schedule
• You must complete the rules clinic including all quizzes to gain credit for the clinic
• After each quiz, you must click the SUBMIT button and the FINISH button before continuing
• Upon completion of the rules clinic for officials, credit
will be automatically be given within their MVP account. You will
see verification of your completion on the screen.
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Verification lists will be posted on Mondays during clinic windows on
each main sport/activity page. Coaches & officials are responsible
for verifying their completion within the clinic window.
Online Exam Window
April 9 - April 15, 2013
Officials and head coaches of baseball, basketball, football,
gymnastics, hockey, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, volleyball
and wrestling must take an open book test in the sport(s) in which
he/she is a head coach/official. Grading will be Pass/Fail. Officials must obtain 75% to pass.
The test will be available on-line only and must be completed and submitted within the applicable window.
There will not be a late testing window.
All coaches must have MVP approved roles as coach of their
sport(s) before they will be able to access testing. All officials must
be registered through MVP to officiate and NDHSAA must have
processed registration fees before any online exams may be taken. You
must allow for mailing time.
CLICK HERE to access online testing
Workshops
The NDHSAA Board of Directors approved the recommendation of the Officials Committee to schedule workshops for NDOA registered baseball umpires of high school baseball.
Attendance at one of these workshops is mandatory for umpires as well as attending a rules clinic and taking the on-line rules test.
Click HERE for baseball workshop pages.
For questions regarding baseball, please contact Matt Fetsch, NDHSAA Assistant to the Executive Secretary.
Updated 6/22/2012