OYAA Fastpitch Softball League 2016 Playing Age Chart (Apr 30 cutoff date) How to use this chart: 1) Find the player’s birth month in the top row. 2) Find the player’s playing age in the far left or right column 3) Look down the column to the player’s birth year. 4) Match the playing age to the available division at the bottom of the page
What it all means: Example 1: Abbey turns 7 on 4/30/16. She will be placed in the 8U division. Example 2: Beth is 6 on 4/30/16, but turns 7 on 5/1/16. She will be placed in the 6U division. Example 3: Cindy turns 5 on 7/31/16, and is eligible to play in the 6U division for the 2016 Spring-Summer season. Example 4: Diana turns 5 on 8/1/16, and is ineligible to play during the 2016 Spring-Summer season Players may request to “play up” 1 year (not 1 division or age group). Example 2a: Beth is 6 on 4/30/16, but turns 7 on 5/1/16. She would have been placed in the 6U division, but she requested to “play up” as a 7 year old and will be placed in the 8U division. Example 3a: Cindy turns 5 on 7/31/16 and she requests to “play up.” She would then play as a 6 year old be placed in the 6U division. No requests to “play down” will be honored.
* - 4 year olds with birthdays before Aug 1, 2011
** - open to 15 year old HS freshmen who will be sophomores in the 2016/2017 school year