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Continuing the Little League® tradition of making it “safer for the kids.”

Granada Little League out of Livermore, California was recognized during this year’s Little League Baseball® World Series as the 2017 National Safety Winner for the A Safety Awareness Program (ASAP)

October 2017 • Volume 24/Number 4To view past issues of the ASAP Newsletter, please visit LittleLeague.org/ASAPNews

Representing the West Region, the safety program for Granada Little League from California, stood out for several reasons. For example, outlining rules and expectations on speed limits in the parking lots and respecting the rules of the posted signs around the park. But, the league also paid close attention to taking identification badges, and training, to the next level. “One of the things we’ve been focusing on over the last several years, is trying to do a better screening and identification of volunteers,” League President Steve Wilde said. “Just

trying to be a little more intentional with anticipating, not just the expected safety concerns with player safety and injuries, which we try to be intentional with that, but also some of the larger issues that could go overlooked.”

Mr. Wilde says that one of their secrets for success is simple: pay attention to what other leagues are doing.

“We unapologetically looked to what other leagues had done in the past, what other leagues that had great safety plans had done in the past. We tried to take some of that and improve upon it,” Mr. Wilde said.

Additionally, the league has focused on training the individuals involved with Granada Little League.

“We’re trying to equip our adults, our coaches, our parents. How do we expand the intentionality we have to training the folks who are at the practices, at the games, those first responders, to some of the minor injuries that take place,” Mr. Wilde said.

Safety Officer Rick Seely credited the support of the entire league for making their safety plan a reality.

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“We’re fortunate to have a very dedicated board, as well as coaching members of the organization, who really stepped up to the plate and followed through. Without that additional support, it doesn’t happen,” Mr. Seely said.

Mr. Wilde and the board credit ASAP for allowing them to stay on top of their game when it comes to safety.

“The impact for us is it’s an articulation of an intention that you’re held accountable to. We’ve really benefitted from that. Every year the ASAP program has been that catalyst that has got us to think about how do we do better safety for our players, for our umpires, for our coaches, and for our facilities. The ASAP program, provides great direction, and resources. But, in some ways, the greatest contribution is that catalyst to

every year get us to think about how do we do better than we did last year,” Mr. Wilde said.

As the national safety winner, Granada Little League will receive a free LED lighting system for a 200-foot field.

Congratulations to Granada Little League on a great safety plan and for helping make the game safer for the children and volunteers!

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2017 ASAP REGIONAL WINNERSCENTRAL

SOUTHWEST

WESTERN

SOUTHEAST

EASTERN

West Duluth Little LeagueDuluth, Minnesota

High Plains Little LeaguePeyton, Colorado

Bristol Little LeagueBristol, Tennessee

Huntington Tri VillageLittle League

Huntington, New York

Granada Little LeagueLivermore, California

NATIONAL WINNER

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Central increases safety to 87%

Central RegionDis. Administrator 2015 2016 2017 No. Name % % % ILLINOIS 88% 1 Scott Tolliver 60 66 83 2 Jim Butler 70 66 72 5 Greg Raisbeck 100 88 87 6 Sandy Ducat 71 85 70 7 Dan Garza Dela 50 88 57 8 Roger Petrick 75 75 50 9 Nicholas Gianacakos 100 100 100 10 Joseph McMillan 62 67 10011 LindaSanfilippo 100 100 100 12 Carlton Jones 67 100 91 13 Phil Rizzo 88 94 93 15 Edwin Plys 100 100 100 17 Ryon Mcneff* 61 75 86 19 Christopher Davis 100 100 75 20 Timothy Trevier 100 100 100 INDIANA 91% 1 Rich Arndt* 78 92 100 2 Paula Grede 100 100 100 3 Steve Smith* 83 100 75 4 Brent Poole 100 100 71 5 Shelly Gaither 100 87 100 6 Jim Kemp* 100 90 90 7 Derek Lisby 100 100 100 8 Mark Commons 100 100 100 9 William Futrell 75 100 100 10 Gary Gable 56 100 84 11 Kevin Weinberg 100 100 100 12 James Cruser 100 100 100 13 Troy Baize 100 75 70 14 Marlin Culp 100 100 100 IOWA 92% 1 Kevin Beaman 66 66 0 2 GaryMayfield 100 100 100

3 Chris Chadd* 100 100 100 4 Jeff Hegwood 66 58 91 5 Jim Stockbauer 85 100 100 6 Mike Malenosky 85 85 100 7 Chad Larue 26 45 63 KANSAS 100% 2 Wayne Metcalf 40 50 100 KENTUCKY 84% 1 John Roll 100 100 88 2 Tammy Mckinney* 57 67 70 3 W O Bradley 62 75 62 4 Franklin Stivers 64 76 87 5 John Edwards 100 50 62 6 Scott Shaffer 100 100 100 7 Arnold Wheeler 100 100 100 MICHIGAN 91% 1 Mark Hillabrand 73 100 94 2 Bruce Scheck 91 100 100 3 Pamela Bildner 100 100 100 4 Steve Fogle 58 100 100 5 Sharon Mayer 100 92 92 6 William Crandall* 92 100 100 7 Mark Davidson 100 100 100 8 Dorine Britton 100 100 100 9 John Edgerle 96 100 100 10 Don Howes 80 100 90 11 Mark Pantti 75 62 50 12 Brian Chesebro 38 40 33 13 David Haselhuhn 100 100 88 14 Randy Madison 94 94 93 15 Joanne Willson 80 100 100 16 Larry Fix 100 100 100 MINNESOTA 77% 1 Mike Norling 100 100 100 2 Jim Warnest 60 60 75

In 2017, 88 percent of all Little Leaguessubmitted safety plans, helping toavoid more than 90,000 injuries since theprogram began in 1995. In 2017, leagues with approved plans received an award based on 15 percent of their AIG Accident Insurance premium. In July, leagues received $452,092 in ASAP awards and District Administrators received $54,950 in incentives. The following pages list participation numbers by region, state, and district.

CENTRAL REGION

LegendLeague Involvement100% Participation90-99% Participation75-89% Participation50-74% Participation25-49% Participation0-24% Participation

* Indicates new District Administrator in 2017.

77%71%

0%/100%

100%/100%

81% 70% 91%

94%92%/80%

100%/50%63%62%

88%

86%

91%

95%

91%

86%84%82%

South Dakota

North Dakota

Nebraska

Kansas Missouri

Iowa

MinnesotaWisconsin

Illinois Indiana

Kentucky

Michigan

Ohio

Safety Plans in the

Central Region:87%/86%2017/2016

43%/62%

Safety Plans in the

Central Region: 87%/86% 2017/2016

3 Henry Chruscielski 50 50 50 4 Robert Olson 16 40 50 MISSOURI 63% 1 Tom Wegener 57 33 42 2 Mike Greninger 40 40 33 3 Mark Manley* 66 100 88 4 Ron Graves 60 66 100 NEBRASKA 100% 3 David Arkfeld 92 100 100 NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA 43% 1 Jason McGough 25 62 43 OHIO 91% 1 Todd Tulino* 100 100 100 2 Chet Cooper* 55 63 70 3 Chris Tompkins* 66 83 90 4 Tom Meder 56 100 90 5 Dana Carley 80 89 100 6 Steve Bohman 70 40 80 7 David Worster* 75 100 100 8 Shannon Walker 100 100 100 9 Kevin Carey 100 92 100 10 Ron Hoag 83 40 40 11 Donald Rawlins 100 100 100 WISCONSIN 81% 1 Carmelo Puglisi 100 100 100 2 Jerry Cook* 0 67 75 3 Jennifer Hauck* 33 42 60 4 Jeff Wolfe 54 45 63 5 Robert Stasney 50 50 62 6 David Douglas 66 88 100

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East RegionDis. Administrator 2015 2016 2017 No. Name % % % CONNECTICUT 87% 1 Perry Pierce 83 83 90 2 Lou Bleggi 66 58 54 3 Wendle Stiber 66 41 58 4 Jocelyn Chang 93 86 80 5 Susan Kloss* 100 100 100 6 Michael Mentone 92 92 100 7 Bill Howard 72 72 72 8 Joe McAuliffe 84 84 78 9 Rick Quirk* 81 81 93 10 Robert Lee 100 100 100 11 Brian Hanlon 100 100 100 12 Brian Hanlon 91 100 90 DELAWARE 90% 1 Robert Newnam 100 100 100 2 Darryl Dorr* 100 100 100 3 Andy Lewis* 81 90 70 MAINE 88% 1 Robert Dorr 100 100 100 2 Dana Verge 100 100 100 3 Michael Brooker* 52 64 88 4 Erin Davies* 56 43 60 5 Scott Edwards 100 100 100 6 Stephen Cole 100 100 100 MARYLAND 98% 1 Larry Hammond 100 100 100 2 Gregg Quedeweit 100 100 100 3 Gregory Roberts 100 100 100 4 Jeffrey D Smith 66 100 75 5 Martin Thompson 100 100 100 6 Frankie Bennett 100 100 100 7 Don Tomlinson 100 87 100 8 Leo Ehrisman 90 90 100 MASSACHUSETTS 86% 1 Bryon Sherman* 100 80 80 2 Steve DePalma 90 77 77 3 Gretchen Haibon 88 100 100 4 Linda McGill 100 100 100 5 Dave Obuchowski 100 100 100 6 Jeffrey Silvia 100 100 87 7 Robert Stearns 86 80 84 8 Donald Whitman 70 88 93 9 Edward Greatorex 71 71 42 10 Ellen Brown-Lipoma 100 75 87 11 Phil Albert 27 55 55 12 Bernard Colbert 100 100 100 13 John Berardi 91 92 85 14 Frank Flanagan 60 50 44 15 William Lowd 100 100 100 16 Joseph Baglieri 100 100 100

NEW HAMPSHIRE 100% 1 Sally Dreckmann 94 94 100 2 Jeff Lewis 88 100 100 NEW JERSEY 95% 1 Christopher Graham 100 94 100 2 Michael Phillips 100 100 100 3 Tom McCarville 100 100 100 4 Cesare Papetti 82 76 88 5 Ron Teel 100 100 100 6 Jeffery Ware 90 100 100 7 Carmine Conti 92 75 100 8 Skip Mofsenson 68 58 66 10 Gary Giackette 100 100 100 11 Anthony Richardson 92 84 84 12 David Koehler 100 100 100 13 Joe Rigler 100 100 100 14 Jerry Murphy 86 86 100 15 Clifford Meeks* 100 94 84 16 Joe Fussner 100 100 94 18 Frank Trenkle* 100 92 100 19 Buddy Coates 93 86 100 20 David Poe 64 80 86 21 Joe Romanelli 83 83 100 NEW YORK 72% 1 John Godfrey 100 100 100 2 John Day* 100 100 100 3 Jay Caccamise 50 50 50 4 Ken Liesegang 37 41 52 5 Mike Kelsey 100 100 100 6 Richard Kelley 100 90 90 7 Ryan Vaughan 9 9 27 8 Dan Cavallo 93 96 100 9 Patrick Hetherington 100 100 100 10 Ron Wehrle 70 75 70 11 Daniel DeCelle 60 50 83 12 Charles Fitzpatrick 64 64 58 13 Leonard Ricchiuti Jr. 100 100 100 14 Gary Krill 100 100 100 15 Guy Madsen 100 100 90 16 Kim Caunitz 100 100 100 17 Fred Cantor 93 92 92 18 Bob Jordan 92 92 92 19 George Serrano 78 73 80 20 Robert Candrea 68 68 68 21 Michael Mattesi 33 33 33 22 Chris Amarosa 38 57 46 23 James Nolan 23 25 25 24 William Panzella 100 100 100 25 Dan Cavanagh 0 0 0 26 Abe Miller 20 20 0 27 Ed Chrzastek 25 42 25

28 Al D’Elia 62 66 66 29 James McDaniels 63 70 60 30 Don Urban 27 67 45 31 Edward Felsch 75 85 85 32 Todd Koehler 50 25 50 33 Peter Pennelle 35 35 41 34 Marilyn Maccio 80 95 90 35 Carol Kollmer* 100 100 88 36 Paul Guido 37 37 31 37 Dan Salmon 88 88 88 38 Marv Cummings 67 46 58 PENNSYLVANIA 87% 1 Bill Dithrich 58 69 83 2 Bob Rodenbaugh 84 92 92 3 Brian Fife* 33 50 70 4 Anita Connelly 100 100 100 5 Frank Germino 68 68 66 6 Bob Loncar 66 62 87 7 Joseph Walkovich 87 87 57 8 Christopher Robinson* 100 90 89 9 Robert Swope Sr. 100 100 100 10 Glen Fiebig 53 53 69 11 Mario Adore 40 43 50 12 Scott Leinbach 100 94 94 13 Greg Brouse 100 100 100 14 Peter Kline 86 93 93 15 William Serfass 95 100 100 16 Robert Bertoni 100 100 100 17 Michael Serino 100 100 100 18 James Burns 80 73 83 19 Duke Nasino 53 41 53 20 Tim Butenuth 61 61 76 21 Heather Fechtenburg 80 90 77 22 Bob Ryan 25 23 44 23 Jennie Todd 100 100 100 24 Kevin Shellhammer 81 90 95 25 Robert Wilson 100 100 100 26 Doug Talmadge 81 80 100 27 Bob Herman* 91 100 100 28 David Harvey 92 100 100 29 Bernard Kozen 100 100 100 30 Howard Lemonick 100 88 77 31 Robert Bertoni 100 100 100 32 Michael Serino 100 100 100 RHODE ISLAND 89% 1 John Pesaturo 100 100 90 2 Robert Walker Jr. 80 86 73 3 Beverly Kenney 100 100 100 4 Ron Lopes 100 100 100 VERMONT 63% 1 CharlesSchifilliti 61 50 91 2 George Roberge 100 100 66 3 Jeremy Read 53 53 38 4 Gary Royer 44 75 62

East drives safety to 85% EAST REGION

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LegendLeague Involvement100% Participation90-99% Participation75-89% Participation50-74% Participation25-49% Participation0-24% Participation

Southeast holds strong at 97%SOUTHEAST REGION

Southeast Region Dis. Administrator 2015 2016 2017 No. Name % % % ALABAMA 60% 3 Paul Fleming 100 50 0 4 Steve Patterson* 100 100 100 8 Chris Cianciola 100 100 45 FLORIDA 98% 1 Ron Covey 100 100 100 2 Mike Succio 100 100 100 3 Kim Davies 100 100 100 4 Danna Neely 100 100 100 5 Michelle Jones 88 100 85 6 Terry Thompson 100 88 88 7 John Knapp 100 100 100 8 Michael Bramblett 80 100 100 9 Fred Burson* 100 100 100 10 Brian Johnson 100 100 100 11 Marty Martin 100 100 100 12 Eric Pearson 92 100 100 13 Christine K Webb 100 100 100 14 Debbie Dobbs 100 100 100 15 Frederick Lorentsen 100 100 100 16 Tim Donohue* 100 100 100 17 Dewey Hudman 100 100 100 18 Lisa Holton* 100 100 100 19 David Viers 100 100 100 20 Gary Gentry 100 100 80 21 JonathanDuffield 100 67 67 22 Joseph LeBlanc 100 100 100 23 Brendan Sullivan 100 100 100 24 Denise Sprenkle 100 100 100 25 Sue Carrigan 100 100 100

26 Beth Vanvranken 100 100 100 27 Marcia Montz 100 100 100 GEORGIA 97% 1 Thomas Gooch 100 100 100 2 Jeff Colwell 100 100 100 3 Horace Beaty 100 100 100 4 Linda North 100 100 100 5 Roman Jones 100 100 100 6 Vince Fernandez 100 100 100 7 Jeremy Haley 100 100 100 8 Richard Bryant 100 77 87 10 Robin Scott 100 100 100 NORTH CAROLINA 94% 1 Donnie S Mccraw 100 100 100 2 Vince Scanlon 100 100 100 3 Gray Little 100 100 100 4 Terry Lee Giles 81 77 87 5 Shane Melton 63 50 85 6 Bill Lindsey 90 100 100 7 Joe Cook 100 60 80 SOUTH CAROLINA 96% 1 Greg Goodell 100 100 100 2 Travis Ellis 100 100 50 3 Brian Weseman 100 100 100 5 Patrick Dottellis 100 100 100 7 Chris Posey 100 100 100 8 Jamie Bennett 100 83 100 TENNESSEE 91% 1 Keith Wish 77 75 66 2 Ray Eidson 100 100 100 4 Lowell Easterly 90 100 100 5 Philip Winters 100 100 88 6 Glenn Coggin* 100 100 100

* Indicates new District Administrator in 2017.

Safety Plans in the

East Region:85%/82%

2017/2016

Safety Plans in the

Southeast Region: 97%/97% 2017/2016

7 Robert Douglas Jr. 100 100 100 8 Curtis Jackson 100 88 100 9 Tommy Shelton 100 100 77 VIRGINIA 99% 1 Ricky Compton 100 100 100 2 Dwayne Tuggle 100 80 100 3 Michael Thompson* 100 100 100 4 Ellen Witherow 100 100 100 5 Devon Corrigan 100 100 100 6 Jean Albertson 100 100 100 7 Bob Sherrill 100 100 100 8 Andrew Adler 100 100 100 9 John Donaldson 100 100 100 10 Bob Sottile 100 100 100 11 Robert Huff 100 100 100 12 Fred Corbett 100 100 83 13 Allen Couch 100 100 100 14 Jimmie Straley 100 100 100 15 Jim Roberts 100 100 100 16 Lamott Smith 100 100 100 17 Wanda Vannoy* 0 0 0 WEST VIRGINIA 99% 1 Greg Adkins 70 100 100 2 Mike Vickers 100 100 100 3 Ernest Jones 100 100 94 4 Paul Flanagan 100 100 100 5 Donna Haynes 100 100 100 6 Nevin Kilmer* 92 100 100 8 Denver McFoy* 100 100 100

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West Region Dis. Administrator 2015 2016 2017 No. Name % % % ALASKA 66% 1 David Gemmell 70 56 62 2 Duane Bell 83 83 80 ARIZONA 88% 1 Kevin Mullaney 100 100 100 2 Michelle Kell 81 93 85 3 Mark Lane 91 91 90 4 Arlene Diaz-Gonzalez 50 88 77 5 Carl Thompson 92 100 100 6 Irwin Altman 100 88 88 7 Mark Yarbrough 40 30 55 8 Brooks Bishop 100 90 80 9 Leigh Pitts 100 100 100 10 Socorro Coco Minner 100 100 100 11 Lee Ann Saiz-Mares 100 85 100 12 Cindy Snow 69 100 100 13 Joe Diaz 16 50 50 14 Carl Gagey 91 75 83 CALIFORNIA 95% 1 Richard Jamerson* 69 69 69 2 Tom McKinney 100 100 100 3 Ned White 75 100 100 4 Ted Boet 100 100 100 5 Norman Fuller 100 100 100 6 Wayne Del Nero 87 85 100 7 Dianne Cardona 100 88 100 8 Deanna Martinez 76 92 90 9 Ramon Valenzuela 83 83 83 10 Mike Gentry 100 100 100 11 Stephen B. Smith 100 100 100 12 Jenice Condie 100 100 100 13 Roger Lazar 100 100 100 14 Reggie Torres 100 100 100 15 Jeanne Thompson 87 100 100 16 Scott Moro 100 100 100 17 Rick Caldwell 100 100 100 18 Milan Mrakich 100 100 100 19 Jerry Curcio 100 100 100 20 Kitti Golden 77 77 77 21 Gary Mendoza 83 100 100 22 Salvador Munoz 100 90 77 23 Alan Fitzgerald 100 100 100 24 Chris White 100 100 100

25 Marty Hoy 84 90 100 26 Bill Morrow 87 71 100 27 Jimmie Timms 71 85 50 28 Tim Underdown 100 100 100 29 Carolyn Johnson 100 100 100 30 Denny Curran 100 100 100 31 Roberta Moore 100 100 100 32 Lisa Lapage 100 91 100 33 Clay Berry 100 100 100 34 Rodney Blaco 100 100 100 35 Donald Goodman 100 100 100 36 Dennis Drag 100 100 100 37 Jerry Flory 100 100 100 38 Bob McKittrick 100 100 100 39 Gene Carlisle 100 100 100 40 Domenic Iadevaia 100 100 90 41 Kim Mowrey 88 100 93 42 Ernie Lucero 88 100 88 43 John Johnson 100 90 100 44 Sharon Zolezzi* 100 100 100 45 Jeannette Frederick 100 100 100 46 Robert Bonelli 100 100 100 47 Stan Read 100 100 100 48 Beckie Lewis* 60 60 60 49 Martin Hoover 100 100 100 51 Jeff Ahrens 100 94 83 52 Douglas Rebert 86 93 80 53 Jim Spering 100 100 100 54 Bob Fogle 100 100 100 55 Tamara Alexander 100 100 100 56 Richard Michal 100 100 100 57 David Wetmore 100 100 100 58 Howard Reeves 88 100 100 59 Debbie Narvaes 100 100 100 61 Josh Bryant 66 75 100 62 Mark Groh 100 100 100 63 Francine Mackey 70 80 70 64 Michael Pappa 81 100 100 65 Butch Carter 100 100 100 66 Rolland Slade 100 100 100 67 Paul Zwickey 20 20 60 68 Ezio Petrella 100 100 100 70 Mike Ratermann 100 100 100 71 Doug Morris 100 100 90 72 Kevin Mensen* 100 37 71 73 Tony Lema Sr. 100 100 100

HAWAII 85% 1 Carole Ota 80 80 80 3 Ernest Delima 100 100 100 4 Eugene Narimatsu 100 83 100 6 Mary Ciacci 100 100 66 7 Derek Kajiwara 100 100 71 IDAHO 95% 1 Tami Delgado 100 100 100 2 Chuck Lawrence 80 90 90 MONTANA 87% 1 Jim Sommerville 60 73 73 2 Keith Miller 100 100 100 NEVADA 95% 1 Tom Lawson* 100 100 100 2 Robert Fleming 100 100 100 3 Sam Sandoval 83 75 83 4 Michael Aker 90 100 100 OREGON 92% 1 Robert Hudlow 100 88 88 2 Georgia Herr 100 100 100 3 David Hicks 83 91 66 4 Gary Rowell 100 94 94 5 Elizabeth Hisatake 100 100 100 6 Derin Jones 100 100 100 7 Carl Buchholz 100 100 93 8 Kim Douglas 100 100 100 UTAH 30% 1 Nathan Giles 25 25 30 WASHINGTON 93% 1 Ed Lundberg 100 100 100 2 Patrick Ryan 100 86 100 3 Glen Dickason 90 90 90 4 Mike Ray 90 100 100 5 Archie Taylor 80 80 66 6 Thomas Dent 70 90 100 7 Will Stedman 87 87 100 8 Gilbert Nilson 100 100 84 9 Bob Toigo 100 100 100 10 Charlie Frampton 100 100 100 11 Sean Rafferty* 100 85 100 12 Kim Betzsold 50 70 66 13 George Kinney 86 100 85 WYOMING 100% 1 William Sedlacek 100 90 100 2 Verdon Hoopes 100 100 100

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26 Tim Ersch 100 100 100 34 David Rivera 50 55 62 35 Gerald McCrary 100 100 100 37 Dexter Nichols 60 80 50 38 Bobbie Brown 93 85 100 EAST TEXAS 92% 10 Michael Farrel 100 100 100 11 Ricky Duncum 36 27 36 12 Charles Boykin 100 79 83 13 Keith Herring* 84 100 100 14 Charlie Sweetin 77 76 92 15 Myrna Flores 100 90 100 16 Kelly Campbell 100 100 100 17 Tom Edge 100 100 88 18 Gary Pate 100 100 100 25 George Hernandez 100 100 100 27 Danny Kotzur 92 92 100 28 Sam Yaeger 83 100 100 29 Jayme Royal 81 93 82 30 Nancy Garza* 66 100 100 31 Joe Patterson 81 100 100 32 Jerry Mcinnis 100 100 100 33 Damon Slaydon* 100 87 83

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5 Anthony Faulo 100 100 100 6 Bruce Chitwood* 60 80 100 7 William Villines* 83 100 83 8 Carlos Garcia* 100 100 100 9 Pamela Marie Stanley 85 100 100 10 Sam Gomez 100 100 100 OKLAHOMA 100% 1 Stephen Skocik 100 50 100 TEXAS 87% WEST TEXAS 75% 1 Jeffery Cummins 33 33 17 2 Rusty Weir 40 55 85 3 Kelly Clary* 10 30 88 4 Cathy Baughn 75 87 71 5 Shane Deel 42 64 64 6 Cody Hughes 0 0 0 7 Thomas Leferink 75 75 83 8 Michael Lucky 100 100 85 9 Eddie Burns 69 61 50 19 Richard Buckelew 100 100 100 21 Barbara Lestourgeon 90 85 95 22 Joel Resendez 100 91 100 23 Rick Reyes 83 83 83 24 David Tobias 76 84 91

LegendLeague Involvement100% Participation90-99% Participation75-89% Participation50-74% Participation25-49% Participation0-24% Participation

Southwest jumps to 88%SOUTHWEST REGION

* Indicates new District Administrator in 2017.

Safety Plans in the

Southwest Region:

88%/84%2017/2016

Safety Plansin the

West Region:92%/92%

2017/2016

Southwest Region Dis. Administrator 2015 2016 2017 No. Name % % % ARKANSAS 77% 1 Mike Volz 50 50 66 3 Travis Young 100 100 83 COLORADO 84% 1 Dana Palmer 100 100 100 2 David Penney 69 53 54 4 Lisa Greene 100 100 100 5 Mike Sedillos 100 100 100 LOUISIANA 90% 1 Val Domingue 100 100 100 2 Michelle Sigrest-Lewis 100 100 100 3 Michael Marler 100 100 100 4 Richard L Mitchell 100 66 66 5 Brent Shuff 33 50 50 6 Ronald Turner* 75 100 100 MISSISSIPPI 57% 1 Clif Marshall 50 43 57 NEW MEXICO 98% 1 Francisco Guerra 100 100 100 2 Troy Grant 87 87 100 3 Bobby Light* 75 75 100 4 Jim Frambro 100 85 100

Common Sense from the FieldTrack all injuries and near misses in order to identify injury trends.

– Several leagues and districts

All injuries are reported by telephone to the Safety Officer on the date of injury. Injury/incident written report must be submitted to the Safety Officer within 48 hours.

– Crystal Lake Am. LL, Illinois

All Little League Baseball/Softball participant’s ages 8-12 must attend player evaluations.

– Continental Ranch LL, Arizona

No Catcher’s Chatter – Catchers are not allowed to talk to opposing batters during a pitch.

– San Mateo National LL, California

ASAP is presented to managers on draft night.

– Middlebury LL, Indiana

During the season, we had a safety poster contest. Each division had the opportunity to have one winner. Each winning team received a free pizza party. This contest was held to push safety awareness.

– North Anaheim LL, California

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“Each year most of our leagues develop a ‘coaches’ package.” As part of this, we’ve developed the Ten Commandments of Safety.”

– District 4, Virginia

To submit ideas for Common Sense,email us at asap@musco.com.

TIPS FROM LITTLE LEAGUE®

All Board of Directors, managers, coaches and any other persons, volunteers or hired workers, who provide regular service to the league and/or have repetitive access to, or contact with, players or teams must annually complete/submit a Little League Volunteer Application. The league must also conduct a background check on all personnel listed above in accordance with Regulations I (c) 8 and 9.

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