Pleasanton Little League - All Star Selection/Voting Process

Pleasanton Little League actively participates in post-season All Star and Tournament Team activity after the end of the regular season.

Pleasanton Little League formulates the following teams:

12 year old District All Star team	12 year old Tournament team
11 year old District All Star team	11 year old Tournament team
10 year old District All Star team	10 year old Tournament team
9 year old All Star Team  (9a)	9 year old Tournament team (9b)

 

The selection and voting process for each team:

12 Year Old District All Star Team

From each Majors team, the Manager, 2 coaches and all players will cast votes from all eligible Majors players (11/12 year olds), not on their current team.  If more than 10 players are selected on the ballot, the entire ballot will be invalid. 
The top 6 vote getters from the total tally of all votes will automatically be placed on the All Star team. 
The remaining 7 players will be selected by the Majors Managers exclusively. 
The Managers will attend a meeting to complete the All Star roster. 
While overall ability is often the deciding factor, other tangibles come in to play, i.e. needed positions, attitude, availability, etc.. 

11 Year Old District All Star Team

From each Majors team, the Manager, 2 coaches and all players will cast votes from all eligible Majors players (11 year olds), not on their current team.  If more than 10 players are selected on the ballot, the entire ballot will be invalid. 
The top 6 vote getters from the total tally of all votes will automatically be placed on the All Star team. 
The remaining 7 players will be selected by the Majors Managers exclusively.  The Managers will attend a meeting to complete the All Star roster. 
While overall ability is often the deciding factor, other tangibles come in to play, i.e. needed positions, attitude, availability, etc..

10 Year Old District All Star Team

The Manager and 2 coaches from each AAA team will cast up to 10 votes from all eligible AAA players (9/10 year olds), not on their current team.  If more than 10 players are selected on the ballot, the entire ballot will be invalid. 
The top 8 vote getters from the total tally of all votes will automatically be placed on the All Star team.  The remaining 5 players will be selected by the AAA Managers exclusively.  The Managers will attend a meeting to complete the All Star roster. 
While overall ability is often the deciding factor, other tangibles come in to play, i.e. needed positions, attitude, availability, etc..

9 Year Old All Star Team

The Manager and 2 coaches from each AAA team will cast up to 10 votes from all eligible AAA players (9 year olds), not on their current team.  If more than 10 players are selected on the ballot, the entire ballot will be invalid. 
The top 8 vote getters from the total tally of all votes will automatically be placed on the All Star team. 
The remaining 5 players will be selected by the AAA Managers exclusively.  The Managers will attend a meeting to complete the All Star roster. 
While overall ability is often the deciding factor, other tangibles come in to play, i.e. needed positions, attitude, availability, etc..

Tournament Teams

In addition to the All Star teams, each year PLL selects Tournament Teams for each age group from 9-12. 
These teams are comprised of age appropriate selections, and will compete in similar All Star style tournaments against other Tournament Teams.  They do not play in the same tournaments as the D57 All Star teams. 

Selection for these teams is done exclusively by the Managers at the same meeting where they complete the All Star rosters. 
The Majors managers select the 11 and 12 year old teams, and the AAA Managers select the 9 and 10 year old teams.
The 9B tournament team typically consists of AA players and AA Managers will provide input into the formulation of that team.

Manager Selection

The All Star and Tournament Team Managers will be selected by the Pleasanton Little League Board of Directors. 
Any Manager or Coach interested in applying for these positions will be interviewed by a panel of BoD members. 
This panel will relay the information from the interviews to the BoD at a closed door meeting. 
The BoD will then vote and select Managers for each team. 
Any BoD member who applies for an All Star Manager position will recuse him/her self from the Manager voting process of that age level. 

Timeline

All-Stars and Tournament team players, managers and coaches may not be officially named until May 15.
This is a Little League rule and violating it can cause a team to be disqualified and league to be sanctioned.

All Star Voting will take place mid-may, and the week following the voting the league will conduct then All Star and Tournament Team Manager Interviews

Late May, the All Star selections and Managers will be announced on the PLL website 
Roughly the following week Tournament Team selections and Managers will be announced (or once rosters can be completed)

District 57 All Star and Tournament Calendar can be accessed at: http://www.ca57.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1437884

Costs: 

Each player selected will pay a fee of approximately $300 - $350. 
The actual fee will vary based on the number of available tournaments for that team (typically 3-4). 
Player Registration through the PLL Website is Mandatory to  collect fees that will cover costs of tournaments, uniforms and commemorative t-shirt.  All selected players to any given team will  pay the same fee, whether or not the player is available for all tournaments.