Umpires Set for the 2025 Little League® Baseball and Softball Central Region Tournaments

2024 Central Region Umpires

Little League® International has announced the umpires who will volunteer their time at each of the Central Region tournaments across all divisions in 2025:

Little League Baseball® – Whitestown, Ind.

  • Ryan Gibson – Brownstown, Mich.
  • Mark Harvey – Lexington, Ky.
  • Jose Matamoros – Fredonia, Wis.*
  • Scott Rakowski – Lebanon, Ind.
  • Dave Rose – McCordsville, Ind.*
  • Rick Strache – Chicago Ridge, Ill.
  • Anthony Thornton – Hobe Sound, Fla.
  • Jason Wetherford – Alta Loma, Calif.

Little League Softball® – Whitestown, Ind.

  • Brian Ege – Peru, Ind.
  • Brian Hollowell – Goshen, Ind.
  • Mitchell Lemponen – Ashtabula, Ohio*
  • John Rosselott – Vicksburg, Mich.
  • Mark Saurer – Louisville, Ky.
  • Kevin Southall – South Point, Ohio*
  • Scott Strache – Chicago Ridge, Ill.
  • Seth Worland – Beech Grove, Ind.

Little League® Intermediate (50/70) Baseball – Ankeny, Iowa

  • Tyler Aven – Chesterton, Ind.
  • Matthew Gearhart – Huber Heights, Ohio
  • Trevor Harlow – Serena, Ill.
  • Michael Layher – Niles, Mich.
  • Adrian Herbst – Westland, Mich.
  • Aaron Nordling – Brooklyn Park, Minn.
  • Trey Sheeks – Ankeny, Iowa
  • David Snyder – Frankfort, Ky.

Junior League Baseball – Midland, Mich.

  • Michael Combs – New Whiteland, Ind.
  • Michael Kilroy – Macedonia, Ohio
  • Jeffrey Klinck – Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Luke Modrovsky – Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Rachael Pauwels – Moline, Ill.
  • Brandon Tunnell – Elwood, Ind.
  • Jimmy Vela – lowell, Ind.
  • Michael Wright – New Berlin, Wis.

Junior League Softball – Pendleton, Ind.

  • Benjamin DeMaris – Isanti, Minn.
  • Brian Doughty – Utica, Ill.
  • Paul Gave – Marine City, Mich.
  • Milford Hale – Merrillville, Ind.
  • Mike Morrell – Greenfield, Ind.
  • Amy Paeth – Bay City, Mich.
  • Jeffrey Schoettle – Lansing, Ill.
  • Scott Sharp – Dublin, Ind.

Senior League Baseball – Peru, Ill.

  • John Budnik – Holland, Mich.
  • Regan Cleves – Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Nathan DeVries – Dyer, Ind.
  • Christopher Ekstrom – Davenport, Iowa
  • Thomas Glynn – Olathe, Kan.
  • Jeremy Okuly – Huntington, Ind.
  • David Pemberton – Ironton, Ohio
  • Kyle Watson – Wabash, Ind.

Senior League Softball – Lawrenceburg, Ky.

  • William Ballard – Lebanon, Ky.
  • Scott Barnes – Mattawan, Mich.
  • Craig Bauer – Bay City, Mich.
  • Robert Flick – Highland, Ind.
  • Jack Kollar – South Bend, Ind.
  • Daniel Krueger – Hoffman Estates, Ill.
  • Jennifer Sims – Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • Michael Thomas – Franklin, Wis.

*Designates Crew Chiefs

To learn more about the Central Region tournaments, visit LittleLeague.org/Central.