Little League® International remembers former 2017 Little League Baseball® World Series United States Champion, Lance Modisette, from Lufkin (Texas) Little League. He was 18. Lance was a member of the Lufkin Little League team that represented the Southwest Region in the 2017 Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Lufkin Little League won the […]
Category: In Memoriam
Little League® International honors the memory of Ron Wagner, former Pennsylvania District 12 Administrator and longtime Little League Baseball® World Series Team Host. He was 90. Mr. Wagner, a native of Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, and graduate of Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) High School attended Bloomsburg State Teachers College before enlisting in the United States Navy. After four years […]
Little League® International remembers Don Goodman, former California District 35 Administrator and longtime Little League Baseball® World Series volunteer. He was 83. A 60-year resident of Cloverdale, California, Mr. Goodman began his service to the Little League program with Cloverdale Little League in 1971 as a coach, and later as, League President. After years of […]
Monya Lee Stotz Adkins, 86, the first daughter of the late Carl E. Stotz, Little League Founder, and his late wife, Grayce, has passed away. Little League® International President and CEO Stephen D. Keener offers heart-felt condolences on behalf of the entire Little League program and its millions of volunteers, players, and fans. “Through my […]
Little League® International honors the memory of Jeffrey Silvia, former Massachusetts District 6 Administrator. He was 60. Mr. Silvia, a native of Fall River, Massachusetts, began his service to the Little League program with Fall River Federal Little League, volunteering for more than 45 years. During that time, Mr. Silvia held the titles of coach, […]
Little League® International remembers Robert “Bob” Ryan, Sr., former Pennsylvania District 22 Administrator. He was 64. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Ryan was a resident of Colmar, Pennsylvania, at the time of his passing. He began his service to the Little League program with Hatfield Little League. After years of volunteering on the local […]
Little League® International pays its everlasting respects to Little League Baseball® World Series groundskeeper Donald Fowler. He was 86. Mr. Fowler was a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, and resident of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, at the time of his passing. Among Mr. Fowler’s many personal credits was the 20 years of dedicated service he provided as coordinator […]
Little League® International mourns the passing of Everett Demers, Connecticut District 11 Administrator. He was 49. Mr. Demers was a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, but spent his formative years in Daytona beach, Florida. In 2011, he relocated to Coventry, Connecticut. Professionally, he worked in the aircraft technologies manufacturing industry for the Abel Womack company as […]
On Monday, February 13, 2023, Michigan State University students and former Little League® players, Brian Fraser and Alexandria Verner, tragically lost their lives as the result of gun violence. They were just 20 years old. Brian played several seasons in Grosse Pointe Park (Michigan) Little League, and Alexandria played in the Clawson (Michigan) Youth Baseball and […]
Little League® International honors the life and dedication of Paul Guido, New York District 36 Administrator. He was 76. Mr. Guido, who resided in Sound Beach, New York, at the time of his death, was a Little League volunteer for 50 years and served as New York District 36 Administrator for nearly 40 years. A […]