Tag: Alumni

Little League® Alumni Prepared to Play in 2024 Men’s College World Series

The field is set for the 2024 Men’s College World Series (MCWS), and with eight teams from different regions of the country, there will be plenty of Little League® alumni […]

1974: The Year Little League® Changed Forever

When Carl Stotz created Little League® in 1939, it started out as a simple neighborhood league for his nephews to play organized baseball during the summer in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Nearly […]

Softball Reflections with Ryan Iamurri, a Women’s College World Series Champion

With the initials R.B.I, it seemed like Ryan Iamurri was destined from the start to spend her days at the softball field.   For many, the Little League® journey starts […]

Little League® Grads Hit the Diamond at the 2024 Women’s College World Series

With one of the most historic Summers of Softball officially underway, Little League® is excited to watch more than 25 of its alumnae take the field at the 2024 Women’s […]

Six Innings with Katie Reyes, 2009 Little League Baseball® World Series Graduate

In the top of the sixth inning of Canada’s third pool play game against Germany in the 2009 Little League Baseball® World Series (LLBWS), Katie Reyes, one of two Girls […]

Six Innings with Kelsie Whitmore, the First Female to Play Professional Baseball in The Atlantic League

During Opening Day of the 2022 Atlantic League season, the Staten Island FerryHawks were down 5-3 to the Charleston Dirty Birds in the 9th inning. With a late-inning rally underway, […]

Six Innings with Caroline Marks, Olympic Surfer and 2023 World Surf League Women’s Tour Champion

Barrel racing on horseback, soccer, softball, tennis, golf, and surfing – all sports that Caroline Marks, now a professional surfer, competed in as a young female athlete. A graduate of […]

Six Innings with Olivia Pichardo, the First NCAA Division I Baseball Girl with Game

When Olivia Pichardo stepped onto her first Little League Baseball® field at six years old, she went out there to have fun, but little did she know that she would […]

Two Little League® Graduates Named to 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame Class

The Baseball Hall of Fame will have two former Little Leaguers® earning their plaques in Cooperstown this July. Todd Helton, a graduate of Farragut Little League (Knoxville, Tenn.), and Joe […]

Little League® Graduates Celebrated in 2023 MLB Postseason Awards

Little League® alumni were in the spotlight during the 2023 MLB Postseason with more than 55 graduates playing in the 2023 MLB World Series and a group of graduates receiving […]