MILL will hold tryouts for each all-star team no earlier than June 1st (per LL rules). The manager of each team selects the players based on the player’s performance during the regular season and their performance during tryouts. Per LL rules, each team must be between 11 and 14 players. The manager will decide how many players to select.
Players can only play for one all-star team in a given year.
Invitations to all-star tryouts are managed differently for each division.
Majors (10/11/12)
Players are selected for the Majors all-star tryout based on voting by Majors players and coaches. There are three paths to a nomination:
1) 9 players are nominated based on the results of player voting. Ballots are distributed by the MIBCG to Majors managers and coaches prior to the first game of the MILL Tournament and collected from the coaches after the first game of the tournament. Ballots include names of all league age 11 and 12 year-olds. All Majors players are allowed to vote for their peers. Players are not allowed to vote for kids on their own team. MIBGC collects and tallies the votes, and the top 9 vote getters are nominated to tryouts.
2) An additional 6 to 9 players are selected based on voting by coaches. Majors coaches will vote for 12 players on the ballot for the Majors all-star team. Two coaches ballot for each team (manager and one coach). If only one ballot is returned, the votes on that ballot will count as two votes for each kid. Managers and coaches may not vote for players on their own Little League team. MIBGC collects and tallies the votes, and the top 6-9 players who were not already selected by the player voting are nominated to tryouts.
3) The Majors all-star manager may make discretionary nominations to tryouts after discussion with other managers in Majors. A Manager may appoint his son/daughter only if he/she was in the top 20 vote getters in the coaches voting for the relevant team. Also, if the son/daughter is 11, they must also be in the top 5 vote getters of all 11-year-olds to receive an appointment to the 11-12 team.
9/10/11
On Mercer Island, league age 9 and 10 year-olds are not eligible for the 9/10/11 all-star team, so this team is comprised entirely of league age 11 year-olds. 11 year-olds are eligible to play on either the Majors or the 9/10/11 teams. 11's trying out for the Majors team can be considered for appointment to the lower team if they are not selected to the Majors final roster. Majors tryouts happen first so that kids can attend both.
Players are selected for the 9/10/11 tryout based on voting by Majors coaches and nominations from Coast managers. There are four paths to a nomination:
1) Any league age 11 year-old who is nominated for Majors all-star tryouts (according to the process above) is automatically nominated for the 9/10/11 tryout as well.
2) In addition to 11 year-olds nominated to the Majors tryouts, 12 additional kids are nominated based on voting by Majors coaches. Each Majors team has two coach's ballots, one for the manager and one for one coach. If only one ballot is returned, the votes on that ballot will count as two votes for each kid. Coaches cannot vote for players on their own team. Coaches must vote for exactly 12 players on each ballot. The top 12 vote getters not already nominated for the Majors team are nominated for the 9/10/11 tryouts. MIBGC will collect, maintain control, and tally ballots before sending results to the BASC.
3) Coast managers are allowed to nominate the top two players on their team. If one or both of those players are league age 11, those players are automatically invited to tryouts.
4) The 9/10/11 Manager may make discretionary nominations to tryouts after discussion with other managers in Majors. A Manager may appoint his son/daughter only if he/she was in the top 20 vote getters in the coaches voting for the relevant team. Also, if the son/daughter is 11, they must also be in the top 5 vote getters of all 11-year-olds to receive an appointment to the 11-12 team.
8/9/10
Any league age 9 or 10 year old playing in Majors (rare) is automatically nominated for tryouts. League age 8, 9, and 10 year-olds playing in the Coast division are nominated to the all-star tryout by Coast managers. Each Coast manager nominates two players from his/her team. Additional players can be submitted for consideration by the 8/9/10 Manager and the BASC. The 8/9/10 Manager can nominate additional players subject to approval from the BASC.