For many of the game’s top performers, Little League Softball® is where the love for the game first develops. This year, more than 25 Division I college athletes who got their start on a Little League® diamond will be taking the field in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in hopes of taking home the 2023 Womens College World Series […]
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Professional baseball players from all around the world are set to compete in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, with more than 35 of them getting their start on the baseball diamond back in Little League®. From March 7-21, a group of former Little Leaguers representing 12 different countries will take the field with hopes of […]
Four-time American League All–Star George Springer III found his passion for baseball well before he heard his name called with the 11th overall selection in the 2011 MLB Draft. Ever since his parents – George Jr. and Laura – ensured his participation in Little League® when he was growing up in Connecticut, George Springer […]
The Baseball Hall of Fame will see two inductees earn their plaques in Cooperstown this summer, both of whom got their starts on Little League® fields growing up. Scott Rolen, a graduate of Jasper (Ind.) National Little League, will join Fred McGriff of Forest Heights Little League (Tampa, Fla.) and West Tampa (Fla.) Little League […]
From the biggest moments throughout the playoffs, to hoisting the Commissioner’s Trophy, Little League® graduates shined in the spotlight during the 2022 MLB Postseason, including making their mark in the record books throughout the World Series. With the Houston Astros taking home the 2022 Commissioner’s Trophy, Dusty Baker made history as the oldest manager to […]
More than 80 former Little Leaguers® are set to help lead their team to try and take home the 2022 MLB Commissioner’s Trophy with the Postseason Picture officially set. Below are the Little League® graduates who are currently involved with each of the postseason clubs, including those on the 40-man roster and members of the […]
From professional athletes and entertainers to military personnel, entrepreneurs, and authors, the Little League® Hall of Excellence has honored incredible role models who have achieved success and continue to inspire future Little Leaguers® from all walks of life. Established in 1988, the Little League Hall of Excellence is the highest honor that Little League can […]
In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Little League Baseball® World Series this August, Little League® International is excited to welcome one of its most notable graduates, Todd Frazier, into the Little League Hall of Excellence. “More than 20 years since he helped lead the Toms River East Little League team to the 1998 […]
Little League® International is pleased to announce that Jenny Dalton-Hill will be enshrined into the Little League Hall of Excellence this August, becoming only the seventh woman to earn the highest honor that Little League can bestow. “Since her time on the Little League fields, to her incredible career as a baseball and softball player […]
For decades, Little League® has found a way to bring people together. Each summer, communities all around the world rally behind their local teams as they strive towards the dream of making it to the Little League World Series, offering support in both moments of heartbreak and triumph. But, most importantly, local leagues find […]