We are excited to invite both players and coaches to sign up for our 2023 Select Baseball Program. 

Player registration is now open and available at: https://westlinnbaseball.sportngin.com/register/form/959954641. 

We also invite interested coaching candidates to register at the following link: https://westlinnbaseball.sportngin.com/register/form/915905835

A frequently asked questions (FAQ) document for the Select Program is attached below (via the link), please read through as it should answer most questions about the program. If you have questions about the program after reading the FAQ document, please feel free to email our Select Baseball Coordinator, Seamus Barron, at westlinnselectbaseball@gmail.com for further information.

Looking forward to seeing you on the baseball field!

SR BALL TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

I want to start by saying that we had an amazing turnout for a Senior Ball Tryouts!  This year we had 49 kids out there.  That’s a whole lot of kids who’ve been having fun playing ball and love to compete.  Thanks to all involved in making it happen this year, including our High School Baseball staff, lead by Head Coach Joe Monahan.  Once again, the coaches ran a smooth and thorough process, and we are blessed to have them so invested in our youth program.

From these tryouts, 3 teams have been formed. I was planning on holding off this announcement until we solidify the 3rd coach, as we are closing in on the “right guy”, but I know kids are very anxious, and I felt it would be better for the peace in all our houses if we name the teams now.  Teams are as follows:

14U GREEN 

Head Coach: Steve Witt

• 1401
• 1402
• 1405
• 1409
• 1411
• 1412
• 1413
• 1415
• 1416
• 1418
• 1421
• 1422

13U GREEN

Head Coach: Jack Hibner

• 1301
• 1302
• 1303
• 1304
• 1306
• 1312
• 1313
• 1314
• 1317
• 1321
• 1322
• 1326

13/14 GOLD

Head Coach: TBD - We are interviewing a very strong candidate Friday

• 1403
• 1406
• 1407
• 1419
• 1420
• 1307
• 1308
• 1309
• 1310
• 1311
• 1315
• 1318

SENIOR NATIONAL

All other players will be placed on the Senior National level team(s).

There will be more information soon on how to register for your team (including National) through SportsEngine.  

GO LIONS!

Steve Sundholm

seniorball@westlinnbaseball.org

As a Babe Ruth organization, we are bound by rules in the Babe Ruth Inc Rulebook.  Part of these rules define the boundaries on where we can draw kids to form our teams.  This boundary is defined by our Oregon Commissioner, and is defined as the WLWV school district - minus the section dedicated to Wilsonville.

We are committed to following these guidelines, as it could affect our teams who play in Regional Tournaments and World Series games, and also could affect our league overall.  Additionally, we are partnering some of our 14U teams in a high school summer league, and having kids in our program out of our area could affect the WLHS program. 

OSAA rules prohibit recruiting into the high school program for athletics, and kids coming into our program from outside our area could be categorized as “undue influence” - which would have consequences for WLHS.

In order to make sure we are doing the right thing - this year we will require proof of residence in the WLWV school district at tryouts.  We will require 2 pieces of proof which can be 2 utility bills with name and address, or 1 utility bill and a Drivers License with current address.  Utility bills need to be with in last 3 months.

This seems excessive, but I don’t want our program or the HS to be in jeopardy because of kids coming from outside areas to play in West Linn. We are a West Linn community program, made for kids who live in West Linn, and attend local schools. We are not trying to exclude anybody - but these are the rules we must follow for our league.

Sean Sullivan
WLBA President

West Linn Baseball needs your help! 

We are a community-based program and our board members are all volunteers. Many of our board members had young children in the program when they joined and now have served multiple terms and are ready to move on and hand the responsibility over to new community volunteers. In order for us to continue as a strong community baseball program we need new members of our West Linn community to step in and help fill our open board positions.  If we are unable to fill these positions, baseball will continue, but there will be some implications if we have open positions - and unfortunately would result in increased registration fees to keep our league running.. 

Please see below for open positions and how an empty spot will affect next season:

Tournament Director (open now)

• Plan, organize, oversee 5-6 local tournaments per year.

Communication Director (open in October)

• Manage league website, social media, and email communication to WLBA league membership.

Secretary (open in October)

• Run all administration of the league, including interaction with Babe Ruth, rostering players, coach admin, etc.

Umpire Coordinator (open in October)

• Train, organize and schedule umpires for local games.

President (open in October)

• Oversee board and ensure smooth operation of spring, summer and fall baseball. Organize and run monthly board meetings. Ensure league tasks get accomplished.

The West Linn Baseball Association’s mission is to foster, promote and teach baseball in West Linn and to provide maximum opportunity for all individuals to participate in a healthy, positive and safe environment with a strong focus on moral conduct, sportsmanship and teamwork. Current and past WLBA board members have given their time in support of this mission. Now, given the unique challenges our youth has faced over recent years, it is even more important for our community to have quality sports programs available to our youth. Involvement of new community members, especially those with young children in the program, will continue to ensure that West Linn is able to provide a quality community-based baseball program.

We have all thoroughly enjoyed serving our community and creating and sustaining a strong league, and hope we can convince more community members to join the board and continue to give our youth a place to play baseball..

Sorry for the long note, but please reach out to me if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Sean Sullivan - WLBA President - brickf15@gmail.com

This year we are planning a few tournaments and want to be sure if you are interested - you have the steps to navigate to the page to sign up.

Please see the graphic to the side on how to navigate to the page - if you have any questions about our hosted tournaments, please email tournamentdirector@westlinnbaseball.org.

WLBA Families,

Please consider following/reading the below link about Noah Shockley.  Noah is a WLBA alumni, played rec baseball in our league, and is now a Junior in high school.  He and his family need help from our Community.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/loving-on-the-shockleys?qid=d1aa1ac15e8a3f8fb5369a1a2c33e36e

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