Two years after Little League Softball® graduate, Caroline Marks, captured a Gold Medal in the women’s surfing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, more than 10 alumni are now looking to do the same in their respective winter sports at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.
Whether they are lacing up their skates and heading out onto the ice or tightening their boots and stepping into their skis, these former Little Leaguers® are ready to represent their country in northern Italy.
Curling
- Luc Violette – Granite Falls (Wash.) LL
Figure Skating
- Spencer Howe – Encino LL (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Speed Skating
- Cooper McLeod – Burlington Edison Youth (Wash.) LL
- Ethan Cepuran – Glenn Ellyn Youth Baseball (Ill.) LL
Freestyle Skiing
- Quinn Dehlinger – Anderson Township LL (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Chris Lillis – Pittsford (N.Y) LL and Brighton (N.Y) LL
Luge
- Marcus Mueller – Elmbrook National LL (Brookfield, Wis.)
Women’s Hockey
- Hannah Bilka – Corpus Christi National (Texas) LL
- Abbey Murphy – Evergreen Park Girls Softball (Ill.) LL
Men’s Hockey
- Auston Matthews – Cactus/Horizon (Ariz.) LL
- Jeremy Swayman – Abbot O Rabbit LL (Anchorage, Alaska)
NOTE: If you know of a notable Little League graduate missing from this list, please complete the above Little League Alumni Submission form.