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Palo Alto Little League

All-Star Selection Process

All-Star and Super Bowl Teams Overview

Palo Alto Little League’s Post Season includes two types of teams:

● District 52 Super Bowl Tournament teams

● Little League International All-Star Tournament teams

The District 52 Super Bowl Tournament teams play a single elimination tournament

among leagues that make up District 52. Palo Alto teams may include:

● Palo Alto Majors Super Bowl Team (12-14 players from Majors or PCL Divisions)

● Palo Alto PCL Super Bowl Team (12-14 players from PCL Division)

The Little League International All-Star Tournament teams include the following teams,

which have the opportunity to play for a District 52 Championship and, potentially, the

Section 3 Championship and the Northern California Championship:

● Palo Alto 10u All-Stars (12-14 players)

● Palo Alto 11u All-Stars (12-14 players)

The Little League International All-Star Tournament teams also include the following

teams, which have the opportunity to play for a District 52 Championship and,

potentially, the Section 3 Championship, the Northern California Championship, the

Western Region Championship, the US National Championship, and the World Series

International Championship:

● Palo Alto 12u All-Stars (12-14 players)

● Palo Alto 13u Intermediate All-Stars (12-14 players)

● Palo Alto 14u Juniors All-Stars (12-14 players)

For all the teams referenced above, the Juniors, Majors, and PCL player agents in

conjunction with the league president and All-Star managers will determine if an

All-Star team will have 12, 13, or 14 players.

Eligibility

● Player must have participated in at least 8 regular season games.

Medical waivers are possible.

● Player must have completed the All-Star Player Agreement by Friday, April

26, 2024.

● Player cannot have more than 3 unexcused absences (or a week’s worth of

practices, whichever is greater) from All-Star team practices after May 31. Upon

accumulating more unexcused absences from practices (including missed

scrimmage games), the player will be removed from the All-Star team. Absences

due to religious beliefs, documented medical issues, and academic reasons will

be deemed excused absences.

● Player must be available for the entirety of the District 52 tournament. An

unexcused absence from a tournament game will result in removal from the

team.

● Player must produce proper tournament player documentation in a timely

manner.

Criteria

● Selection is based on how the player performed in THIS SEASON.

● A player’s attitude, sportsmanship, and being a good teammate will be

considered.

● A player’s selection is a REWARD for a great season and being a good

member of the Palo Alto Little League community. It is not owed to anyone.

● Selection will NOT be based on friendships nor past All-Star team

participation/performance.

● Parents’ behavior will NOT be factored into the selection process.

Selection

13u and 14u All-Stars (12-14 each)

● The Juniors player agent, Managers, and Coaches will meet to discuss the

qualifications of the player pool. Based on the pool of eligible players, they will

decide whether to enter one or both of the tournaments, and then select players

based on the above Criteria to assemble competitive team(s).

12u All-Stars (12-14 Players)

● All Majors players will have an opportunity to cast their votes for the top six (6)

LL12-year-old players who have successfully completed and timely returned the

All-Star Player Agreement. Based on all votes received, the LL12-year-old

players with the 6 highest vote counts will be placed on the All-Star Team.

○ Majors players will not be allowed to cast votes for any players on their

team.

● A Managers Ballot will be provided to all Majors Managers. Prior to when

Managers Ballots are sent out, a Manager can nominate an 11-year-old player

to be included in the Managers Ballot. For any 11-year-old players included in

the managers vote, an LL 11-year-old must place in the top 3 overall players as

ranked by the Managers (after removing the 6 players selected by the players)

for that player to be eligible for selection to the 12u All-Star team.

● Managers from the Majors teams will force rank all players on the Managers

Ballot. For example, if there are 25 players, then each manager will rank the

players from 1 through 25 where 1 is the highest ranked player and 25 is the

lowest ranked player. A player’s All-Star Score will correspond to the sum of the

rankings on each of the Managers’ ballots, with the highest ranking vote (i.e.

lowest number) and lowest ranking vote (i.e. highest number) removed.

○ Example: Player A gets ranked #7, #7, #8, #9, #10, #10 in each of six

ballots. Player As score is 34. The players will then be sorted based

on the total scores from lowest to highest total score to determine the

final ranking.

● Players who were selected to the All-Star team via the Players’ vote, will then be

removed from the list.

● From the remaining players, the top 4 ranked players will be automatically

placed on the 12u All-Star team.

● Players #11 through #16 will be placed in a pool of All-Star candidates to be

discussed at an All-Star Managers’ meeting that will take place *after* all

Majors Managers have submitted their forced ranking of eligible players to the

League’s Majors player agent. If a manager strongly believes a player ranked

outside of #11 through #16 should be considered, the manager may make his

case. The Majors player agent will have the authority to limit the number of

additional players discussed.

● The Majors player agent in conjunction with the president and the All-Star

manager will determine if the 12u All-Star team will have 12, 13, or 14 players.

● The number of total players will determine how many remaining slots are

available (in addition to the #10 top ranked players automatically placed on

the team).

● Players ranked #12 through #16 that did *not* make the All-Star roster, will

comprise the *alternate pool*. A player from the alternate pool may be selected

to the All-Star team in the event that a player from the original All-Star roster

becomes injured, is dismissed from the team, or is otherwise unable to compete

for any reason.

● If a player needs to be taken from the *alternate pool* to complete an All-Star

roster, the player agent and Manager of the All-Star team will jointly determine

which player from the *alternate pool* will be selected.

● If the player agent and Manager of the All-Star team have exhausted available

players in the *alternative pool*, the player agent and Manager of the All-Star

team will jointly select a player ranked #17 through #19 (depending on team

needs and player availability).

Palo Alto 11u All-Stars (12-14 Players)

● Managers of the Majors teams will force rank eligible LL 11-year-old Majors

players. Players will get scores corresponding to their place in the Manager’s

ballot and the player’s cumulative score will determine their overall All-Star

rank, with the lowest and highest scores removed (similar to the process for

Manager ranking of 12-year-olds).

● PCL Managers will be given an opportunity to identify any 11-year-old PCL

players that they wish to nominate for consideration on the team. If any such

players are nominated, the PCL and Majors player agents will discuss and

determine an appropriate ranking of the PCL Player.

● Players ranked #1 through #10 will be automatically placed on the 11u

All-Star team.

● All other Players will be placed in a pool of All-Star candidates to be discussed at

an All-Star Managers’ meeting that will take place *after* all Majors Managers

have submitted their forced ranking to the Majors player agent and any PCL

players have been nominated and ranked.

● The League may also choose to hold tryouts and provide evaluation scores for all

players being considered for the 11u All-Stars.

Palo Alto 10u All-Stars (12-14 Players)

● The League will hold tryouts and provide evaluation scores for all eligible

players being considered for the 9- and10-year-old All-Stars

● The All-Star manager and coaches in conjunction with the Majors and PCL

player agents will select the players for the All-Star team. Both evaluations

and in season performance may be considered in selecting the players.

Super Bowl Teams

The President, Majors player agent, and PCL player agent will meet after April 26, 2024,

to evaluate the pool of eligible players for All-Star and Super Bowl tournament team and

will determine whether the league will assemble teams to compete in either of the Super

Bowl tournaments. They may consult the managers and coaches from the Majors and

PCL divisions to aid in their decision.

Palo Alto Majors Super Bowl All-Stars (12-14 players)

● Priority for the Majors Super Bowl teams will be given to those 12 year olds that

were ranked in top 25 of the Majors’ Managers’ 12 year old ranking, but were not

selected for the 12u Little League All-Star team. Players will then be chosen in

the order they placed in the forced ranking.

● If the above pool of players is exhausted, then the Manager and the Major’s

player agent will consider any All-Star eligible Majors players that have not been

placed on an All-Star team and select the players to fill the remaining spots on

the team. The All-Star Manager and Majors player agent will have discretion to

decide whether to have a roster of 12, 13, or 14 players.

Palo Alto PCL Super Bowl All-Stars (12-14 players)

● Only players in the PCL division or lower will be considered for the PCL Super

Bowl All-Stars team.

● PCL Managers will force rank eligible PCL players from #1 through #30 (“PCL

Manager Rankings”). Any player not appearing on a Manager’s ranking will

be assigned a ranking of 31 for that manager’s rankings.

● The PCL Manager Rankings will be used to determine each eligible player’s

Super Bowl Rank, which is equal to the sum of the PCL Manager Rankings,

with the lowest and highest rankings dismissed.

● The PCL player agent and PCL Managers will hold a meeting to discuss the

PCL Super Bowl eligible players and determine whether to enter a team.

● The roster of the PCL Super Bowl team will be based solely on each player’s

PCL Super Bowl Rank. The PCL Super Bowl Manager and the PCL player

agent will decide whether the team will have 12, 13, or 14 players, if a team is

fielded at all.