While many Little League Baseball and Softball graduates go on to have a successful career as a professional athlete, the majority of graduates go on to serve an important role in their community. From public officials and military service members to authors and Nobel laureates, there have been a number of Little League graduates who have become highly notable community leaders.
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Dave Barry
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Columnist/Author
Armonk (N.Y.) Little League
Don Beaver
North Carolina Businessman
Mooresville (N.C.) Little League (played in 1952 LLBWS)
Joseph R. Biden
President of the United States/Former Vice President and U.S. Senator
Green Ridge Little League (Scranton, Pa.)
Bill Bradley
Former U.S. Senator/Rhodes Scholar/Member of NBA Hall of Fame
Crystal City (Mo.) Little League
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States/Former Governor of Texas
Central Little League (Midland, Texas)
Michael Cammarata
NYC Firefighter who lost his life in 9/11
South Shore Little League (Staten Island, N.Y.) (played in 1991 LLBWS)
William Cohen
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense/Former U.S. Senator
Wilbert Davis
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant
Belmont Heights Little League (Tampa, Fla.) (played in 1975 LLBWS)
Nancy Dosreis
Police Detective
North Providence (R.I.) West Little League (played in the 1979 LLBWS)
Dr. Vincent Fortanasce
Board-Certified Psychiatrist and Neurologist/Professor/Author
Elmont Little League (Queens, N.Y.)
Rudolph Giuliani
Former Mayor of New York
Garden City South Little League (Long Island, N.Y.)
John Grisham
Best-Selling Author
Dirk Kempthorne
U.S. Senator (Idaho)/U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Ross McGinnis
Medal of Honor Recipient
Knox (Pa.) Little League
Robert Merton
Nobel Prize Laureate (Economics)
Hastings-on-Hudson (N.Y.) Little League
Dr. Story Musgrave
NASA Astronaut/Pilot/Hubble Space Telescope Repairer
Gen. Peter Pace
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/U.S. Marine Combat Veteran
Teaneck (N.J.) Southern Little League
Edward Prescott
Nobel Prize Laureate (Economics)
Glens Falls (N.Y.) Little League
Michael Pladus
National Principal of the Year
Shenandoah (Pa.) North Little League
Dan Quayle
Former U.S. Senator/Former Vice President
Hoosier Little League (Huntington, Ind.)
Ron Ricks
Executive Vice President of Southwest Airlines
Val Verde County Little League (Del Rio, Texas) (played in 1962 LLBWS)
Lee Scott
President and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Dr. Robert Sloan
Former President of Baylor University
Western Little League (Abilene, Texas)
Michael Smith
NASA Shuttle Pilot
Dr. Robert Stratta
Transplant Surgeon
North Roseland Little League (Chicago, Ill.) (played in 1967 LLBWS)
Donald Trump
45th President of the United States
Hilltop Little League (New York, N.Y.)
George Will
Political Analyst/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist/Author
Champaign (Ill.) Little League