NVCLL Family,
As the various spring baseball seasons are winding down, age-specific All-Star teams will be formed to represent NVCLL in tournaments against other teams in our Little League District, and hopefully then in Sectionals and beyond...
To clear up any confusion/misconceptions over the all-star process, here is a peek behind the curtain for exactly how the teams are chosen: First, a few members of the NVCLL Board of Directors will serve on the NVCLL All Star Committee. This committee leads the process in selecting managers and players.
Managers
All Star Managers for the 12, 11, 10, 9 and 8 year old teams will serve as representatives and ambassadors of our league at tournaments following the regular season in local tournaments and official Little League tournaments. Managers MUST be available for the entirety of their age level's tournaments, which is generally from about June 26 until the end of July.
All Star Managers are selected by the NVCLL All Star Committee based upon their baseball knowledge, ability to work with and communicate with kids, and suitability to be a representative of all of us and are then subject to general discussion, and approval, by the entire NVCLL Board of Directors.
Following the selection, the committee shall notify the selected persons of their selection. If the selected person accepts the selection, they shall be named as All Star manager. If the selected person declines the selection, the committee shall name an alternate selection.
Coaches for the 12, 11, 10, 9 and 8 year old teams may be suggested by the All Star Committee but the coaches shall be selected by the appropriate manager, provided, however, a coach or manager from at least 1 other NVCLL (Spring season) teams (for that age level) must be named to each All Star team’s coaching staff. Further, the All Star committee must approve all coaches.
Players
At some point during the spring baseball season, all the competitive division managers and coaches will give input on what players they think are most deserving of being named to any All Star team. Players shall be selected based solely on performance for the current season. Any prior All Star selection(s) and prior year performance shall have no bearing on selection to the All Star team for the current season.
With this information, the All Star Committee will select 15 player candidates for each All Star team. Of these candidates, 10 will be placed on each All Star team by the Committee. The All Star Managers will then be allowed to choose 2 players to be named to the team from the pool of 5 remaining candidates. Thus the All Star managers will have limited input on what players are placed on each team, while retaining some roster flexibility. Players will NOT be informed whether they were chosen by the All Star Committee or the All Star manager.
All Star teams may consist of players that Little League age as well as up to two years younger, except the 8 year old team which may consist ONLY of players that are 8 years old.
Once team lists are completed all players on an All Star teams will be informed they have been named to the team. If a player decides against playing for an All Star team, they may not at a later time decide to accept the selection. Instead, the Committee will immediately replace that player with another eligible player.
All players that accept a selection to an All Star team shall pay an All Star fee of $50.00 to mitigate the costs of the All Star tournaments and uniform costs. They also will need to furnish their ORIGINAL birth certificates and other proof of age and/or residency. The original birth certificate will be returned AFTER the all star tournaments are completed.
These players must also be available during the tournament times, if a player is not available an alternate player may be named to the team.
Tournaments
The All Star teams will play two tournaments during the months of June and July (8's will play one tournament) and details on any tournaments NVCLL is playing in will be posted when full information is available
8 Year Old All-Stars
Currently there has not been a decision made as to whether NVCLL will field an 8 year old team, that decision will be made based upon input from the Internationals Managers.
Should you have any questions about this process, please email me or talk to me at Liberty.
Christopher Bangs
2014-2016 NVCLL President
