Eligibility Overview
- Players must be residents of NC or a state that borders NC.
- Teams may have a maximum of three cross-boundary (out-of-state) athletes.
- All teams must have an AAU club membership (register at aausports.org).
- All players and coaches must have individual AAU memberships (register at aausports.org).
- Players who live in one state and go to school in another, can choose to designate the school state as their state of residence.
- Players can play in three age divisions for which they qualify, but they must play with teams from the same club.
- A player becomes “attached” to a club when he plays in a sanctioned AAU event for a team in that club.
- After a player becomes attached, he cannot switch clubs until; a) he sits out 60 days or b) if his team has not qualified for nationals, and the state championships have occurred, he can be “picked up” by a team that has qualified for nationals.
- Players must be male.
- Grade exception; teams 8/u through 14/u can have a maximum of three grade exceptions. 15/u – 19/u have no limit on the number of grade exceptions.
- Age/Grade Group: Competition is in the following age/grade groups.
| AGE/GRADE |
MUST BE BORN ON OR AFTER: |
A GRADE EXCEPTION BORN ON OR AFTER - IF IN |
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| 8u | Sept. 1, 2001 | Sept. 1, 2000 | 2nd grade | |
| 9u | Sept. 1, 2000 | Sept. 1, 1999 | 3rd grade | |
| 10u | Sept. 1, 1999 | Sept. 1, 1998 | 4th grade | |
| 11u | Sept. 1, 1998 | Sept. 1, 1997 | 5th grade | |
| 12u | Sept. 1, 1997 | Sept. 1, 1996 | 6th grade | |
| 13u | Sept. 1, 1996 | Sept. 1, 1995 | 7th grade | |
| 14u | Sept. 1. 1995 | Sept. 1, 1994 | 8th grade | |
| 15u | Sept. 1, 1994 | Sept. 1, 1993 | 9th grade | |
| 16u | Sept. 1, 1993 | Sept. 1, 1992 | 10th grade | |
| 17u JR | Sept. 1, 1992 | Sept. 1, 1991 | 11th grade | |
| 19u SR | Sept. 1, 1990 | |||
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Last Updated (Tuesday, 06 October 2009 12:22)


