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Established on August 13, 2005, our association was created for umpires ('Members') who have umpired any Western Regional tournaments and Contributors ('At Large'). Our mission is to further the development of the Little League Baseball & Softball program by helping volunteer umpires in their efforts to better serve the youth in the program.
We can't accomplish our mission without the support of our members and the general public. To further that mission we are organized as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization providing an opportunity to those who can to make a tax deductible donation. Please contact any Board Member for more information on how to contribute.
We encourage all who visit to surf through the site; we will be adding information to the site continually. We invite you to bookmark the site and come back often!
We can't accomplish our mission without the support of our members and the general public. To further that mission we are organized as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization providing an opportunity to those who can to make a tax deductible donation. Please contact any Board Member for more information on how to contribute.
We encourage all who visit to surf through the site; we will be adding information to the site continually. We invite you to bookmark the site and come back often!
A Message from the Alumni President
So, how much fun was that! With an iconic LLBB and LLSB WS now complete it's time to start the offseason… okay, that’s enough… let’s start getting ready for 2025!
Your Alumni Board has some new members and we are ready to continue to push the envelope as we remember our mission statement “For Umpires/By Umpires.” Please welcome the 2025 WRLLUAA Board:
Mark Bernstein - President
Art Valdez - Vice President
Dave Miller - Treasurer
Ben Sprague - Secretary
Jason Field - Member at Large
Congratulations to all who maintained the West Region standard at a 2024 Regional or World Series. You prepared and when asked, performed.
The Board will be meeting soon to discuss new avenues to pursue and ways improve the experience for our volunteer umpires. We are open to any and all ideas you, the general membership, may have to help advance that cause.
We are currently looking to establish a Facebook page to increase communication and allow for more immediate feedback and ideas. We are also looking at revamping the process for consideration and inclusion for the Honor Wall and will have more information in the coming months. We are always looking to increase membership. If you are not a current member please consider adding your name to this great group.
Thank you in advance for any feedback. The offseason is not time off. Continue to find opportunities to learn, heal and power up the body, check that gear for new needs and continue to give back and pay it forward at your local leagues. Now, more than ever, the volunteer Little League umpire is an important part of any successful league.
Be well, stay healthy and look for news in the immediate future.
All the best,
MARK BERNSTEIN
President
WRLLUAA
Your Alumni Board has some new members and we are ready to continue to push the envelope as we remember our mission statement “For Umpires/By Umpires.” Please welcome the 2025 WRLLUAA Board:
Mark Bernstein - President
Art Valdez - Vice President
Dave Miller - Treasurer
Ben Sprague - Secretary
Jason Field - Member at Large
Congratulations to all who maintained the West Region standard at a 2024 Regional or World Series. You prepared and when asked, performed.
The Board will be meeting soon to discuss new avenues to pursue and ways improve the experience for our volunteer umpires. We are open to any and all ideas you, the general membership, may have to help advance that cause.
We are currently looking to establish a Facebook page to increase communication and allow for more immediate feedback and ideas. We are also looking at revamping the process for consideration and inclusion for the Honor Wall and will have more information in the coming months. We are always looking to increase membership. If you are not a current member please consider adding your name to this great group.
Thank you in advance for any feedback. The offseason is not time off. Continue to find opportunities to learn, heal and power up the body, check that gear for new needs and continue to give back and pay it forward at your local leagues. Now, more than ever, the volunteer Little League umpire is an important part of any successful league.
Be well, stay healthy and look for news in the immediate future.
All the best,
MARK BERNSTEIN
President
WRLLUAA
A Message from Dennis Williams
A note to my Northwest, Mountain and West Region Little League compadres:
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dennis Williams and I am your new West Region Umpire-in-Chief. I live in Seattle, Washington with my wife of 29 years, Shawna. We have 3 boys and 2 girls, of which 2 of the boys are inherited. And as of three months ago, we now have 4 grandchildren. We are so very blessed.
We started our Little League adventure in 1994 and like so many, we fell in love with the program and wanted to learn how we could do more to contribute. It didn’t take long for me to begin coaching and umpiring in our local league. I soon became the umpire-in-chief. I attended my first week-long academy in 2003 and I still remember what it felt like to be such a sponge. I also remember hitting that ‘wall’ on day four. I couldn’t get enough and decided to return as a student to the week-long academy in 2009, where I was asked to hang up my student hat and put on an instructor hat. *Insert happy tears here* To follow, I became the district umpire-in-chief and Washington State Umpire Consultant.
Outside of umpiring, I love to salmon fish, flyfish and go crabbing in the Pacific Northwest waters of the Puget Sound. Shawna and I enjoy live music, spending time boating in the San Juan Islands, hanging out with our children and taking our grandchildren on weekend trips to the ocean.
Umpiring and teaching umpires is a big part of my life. Some of my best friends have come from the Little League program, for which I am grateful.
To know me is to understand how deeply honored I am to have been asked to take on the role of West Region Umpire-in-Chief. Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming …WOW. I’m nervous, I’ll admit it. I am also extremely excited to take on this role. Let’s continue to work and play and show the world how we are making this Region the best it can possibly be - TOGETHER.
My phone is on. My door is open. Let’s do this.
DENNIS WILLIAMS
Western Region Umpire-in-Chief
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dennis Williams and I am your new West Region Umpire-in-Chief. I live in Seattle, Washington with my wife of 29 years, Shawna. We have 3 boys and 2 girls, of which 2 of the boys are inherited. And as of three months ago, we now have 4 grandchildren. We are so very blessed.
We started our Little League adventure in 1994 and like so many, we fell in love with the program and wanted to learn how we could do more to contribute. It didn’t take long for me to begin coaching and umpiring in our local league. I soon became the umpire-in-chief. I attended my first week-long academy in 2003 and I still remember what it felt like to be such a sponge. I also remember hitting that ‘wall’ on day four. I couldn’t get enough and decided to return as a student to the week-long academy in 2009, where I was asked to hang up my student hat and put on an instructor hat. *Insert happy tears here* To follow, I became the district umpire-in-chief and Washington State Umpire Consultant.
Outside of umpiring, I love to salmon fish, flyfish and go crabbing in the Pacific Northwest waters of the Puget Sound. Shawna and I enjoy live music, spending time boating in the San Juan Islands, hanging out with our children and taking our grandchildren on weekend trips to the ocean.
Umpiring and teaching umpires is a big part of my life. Some of my best friends have come from the Little League program, for which I am grateful.
To know me is to understand how deeply honored I am to have been asked to take on the role of West Region Umpire-in-Chief. Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming …WOW. I’m nervous, I’ll admit it. I am also extremely excited to take on this role. Let’s continue to work and play and show the world how we are making this Region the best it can possibly be - TOGETHER.
My phone is on. My door is open. Let’s do this.
DENNIS WILLIAMS
Western Region Umpire-in-Chief
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