SUMMER BASEBALL OFFERINGS
12U WILLIAMSPORT ALL-STAR TEAM
Wellesley’s Williamsport All-Star Team is selected annually to compete in the Little League World Series Tournament and is the flagship team representing our Little League Program. Our established process is intended to be thorough, considerate, objective, and transparent. To help educate our Little League community of the Williamsport process, relevant details and expectations for the community’s understanding can be found here.
8U - 12U SUMMER TRAVEL BASEBALL
8U
Wellesley will continue to participate in the Friendship League. The Friendship League is designed for baseball players of all skill levels, where the principles of good-sportsmanship and fair play are emphasized over game results. The season introduces young players to travel baseball and allows them to develop their skills in a competitive, but friendly environment.
9U • 10U • 11U • 12U
Wellesley will once again participate in the Tondorf Tournament hosted by Medway, and new this year, the Sizzler Tournament hosted by Hopkinton. The Tondorf Tournament runs from June 13t through mid-July with the very last possible game taking place on July 18. The Sizzler follows a similar schedule. Both tournaments typically have games on the weekends and one game during the week, taking the July 4th weekend off. In order to enter a team in any tournament, we will need at least 11 – 12 fully committed players in each age group.
Note: If you are interested in being considered for or playing on the Williamsport All-Star team, you should still register for summer baseball. If selected to the team, your registration will be transferred and adjusted as such. If you are not and still want to play summer baseball, you will then be placed appropriately on a summer team per the standard placement process.
SUMMER BASEBALL SELECTION PROCESS
Summer baseball for our 9U – 12U group is a competitive program where we look to field a team of our top 12 – 14 players at each age to compete in the Tondorf Tournament. The WYBS Baseball Selection Committee utilizes Spring coach evaluation data, evaluation day rankings and feedback from our independent evaluators to rank players by age cohort following the Spring season. From there, the top 12 players who have registered for summer baseball will be placed on the Tondorf Tournament team for each age group. If there are 11 or more players remaining who have registered to play summer baseball, those 11- 14 players will be placed on the Sizzler Tournament roster. If enough players are registered, up to 2 Sizzler Tournament teams of 12 – 14 players may be established. All players will be notified no later than June 1 of the team they’ve been selected to.
A similar process will be followed for our 8U players. However, if we have enough players interested in playing, we will look to field up to 2 teams in the Friendship League, which we will balance instead of creating and A/B team structure.
SUMMER BASEBALL FAQS: CLICK HERE