NCAA BESR Certified Bats Web Site

This web page will be used to list all bats that have been submitted to the University at Massachusetts at Lowell Baseball Research Center (UMLBRC) for NCAA certification and have passed. All bats are tested per the NCAA Baseball Bat Certification Protocol. Table 1. summarizes the bats which have been submitted and run through the BESR certification process and passed.

Read a White Paper describing the BESR.

Limited Information

The UMLBRC has received numerous requests for specific batted-ball speeds. The UMLBRC is not at liberty to share such information. The only information that can be shared with parties outside the NCAA, respective bat company and the UMLBRC is that the bat PASSED the certification test. This web site will not get involved with the potential promoting of one bat over another based on lab-testing performances. Likewise, the bat companies are not suppose to be divulging any specifics on the test results.

Self-Certified Bats

While the UMLBRC was transitioning to the new certification method, companies had the option of self certifying bats up through May 2006.  Self certification is no longer an option. The list of self-certified bats can be seen on the NCAA web site.  These self-certified bats must now be tested for BESR compliance at the UMLBRC to remain allowed in games requiring BESR-certified bats.