Kennedy All-Stars

2010 All-Star Rosters - TBD

Past National Tournament Results

All-Star Selection Process

Each year Kennedy Little league sponsors a team of selected players to participate in the Little League National Tournament and other local tournaments in baseball and ASA tournaments in softball.  Those age groups are as follows, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, U10, U12 and U14. Kennedy Little League is a single charter Little League, that means we can have 1 team in each age group participate in the National tournament, West Madison for example has a double charter and is required to have 2 teams. Selection of Coaches A committee of 3 selects the coaches.  This committee is kept confidential except for the President of the League. The coaches must meet these selection criteria.             1.  They must want to be the coach.             2.  They must have demonstrated the ability to accomplish the job before them. The Head Coach makes all assistant coaches selections with approval by the committee. The selection of the coach is done around the June 1st each year to give the coaches enough time to witness as many league games as he/she can so a reasonable knowledge of the players can be obtained. Eligibility Players are eligible for All-Star teams corresponding to their age as of May 1st of the current year for baseball and Janurary 1st of the current year for softball. EXCEPTION: 12 year olds who participate in the Junior Baseball League are ONLY eligible for All-Star play with the 13 year old team. A younger player deemed exceptional may be invited to participate in the older team tryout within the league they have participated in throughout the season. Establish the players interested in participating on the All-Star team Prepare a Disclosure letter. This letter invites the player to participate in the tryout process, and explains the All-Star selection process and the responsibilities of an All-Star player and legal guardian. The Disclosure letter is also used to give families an advanced opportunity to communicate dates the player will not be available for All-Star competition. By Mid-Season, approximately May 15, establish the date, time and place the tryouts will be held for the 14’s, 13’s,  12’s, 11’s, and 10’s and insert these dates into the All-Star player Disclosure letter. These letters should be given to each eligible league’s managers to hand out to every player with a deadline date specified in the letter for return to the manager. Every player and legal guardian shall promptly sign and return the letter to their team manager indicating yes they wish to be considered for All-Star participation or not and any dates they will be gone during the all-star season. The managers must return all forms to the player agent by the deadline date specified for their players to be considered for All-Star participation. Based on the Disclosure letters received the player agent will assemble a tryout list for each of the age groups. Tryouts The league will schedule 3 hour time slots for the tryout process. All tryouts will be held on a single weekend, and all league Head and Assistant coaches are required to attend and participate in tryouts. A mandatory legal guardian/player meeting will be held at the beginning of the tryouts by the All-Star manager and the league president. The All-Star manager shall inform all of the tryout participants and their families of his/her expectations for the team.   All-Star coaches kids should participate in tryouts and are subject to the same voting process as all other players. Upon completion of the tryout each league head and assistant coach and each participant in the tryout will complete a ballot of the top 10 players they feel should make the team. The ballots will be collected by the player agent.  ***Any interested player who cannot tryout due to any reason deemed acceptable, may be selected by the managers or the All-Star manager, if not already selected by the players, to participate on the All-Star team. Final Selection Process Following the vote, the player agent and the All- Star coaching staff will compile the roster, based on the results of the voting. All ties in voting will be broken by the All-Star coaching staff during the meeting with the player agent.  ***Any younger player invited to tryout, but not selected for the older team will be eligible for selection on the younger team. Although these kids are not required to attend the second tryout, it is suggested that they attend both. ***Teams will be made up of 13 or 14 players selected; total number is the Head Coaches decision. Parents Responsibilities 1.  Parents are responsible for transportation of the players to all practices, games and tournaments that the player is participating. 2.  You are required to volunteer 3 hours at our Kennedy Invitational. You will have the option to be an official score keeper, griller or concession stand worker. If you do not fulfill your volunteer requirement of 3 hours your child will not be allowed to participate in the final tournament of the year. 3.  There is an additional cost for participation.  This cost is known to each team Head Coach and will be relayed to you at try-out.  The cost is simply the cost of all tournament entry fees and the uniform cost, divided by the number of players to be selected.  4.  Finally, there is information that needs to be gathered before your child can play.             1.  3 pieces of correspondence that proves you live where you do.  I.e. utility and credit card bills.  Black out all other information, we need just whom it came from and your address.             2.  Copy of the player’s birth certificate             3.  Medical release form 5. You also have a responsibility to our players and coaches;             1.  Set a good example of fan support and sportsmanship.  Be loud and proud, both in winning and losing.  Kennedy has a long deserved reputation of traveling in great numbers and being very supportive of not only our players but of good play by all teams.  Continue this tradition, it is one to be proud of.             2.  Remember that this is an All-Star team…just because you player was a pitcher or shortstop on their league team doesn’t mean that is where they will play in All-Stars.  ALL of the positions must be filled; playing out field is better than not playing at all.  Playing positions, playing time, and batting order is totally up to the coaches.  There are minimum playing time requirements. Player Notification Players will be informed of their selection to the teams by the Head Coaches, team rosters will be posted at the Park and on the website.