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2025 Spring Registration is now
OPEN
Registration for the 2025 Spring
Little League season is now OPEN. Please read this entire page before
submitting your registration.
The following divisions
are in waiting list mode: Minors, Intermediates and Juniors.
For
more information on the waiting list, please refer to the "Divisions with a
Waiting List" info in Section 3 below. |
Welcome to Sunnyvale
Little League Registration!
READ THIS ENTIRE
PAGE before registering!
We are excited to open Little League
Baseball registration for the 2025 spring season, which is our 68th year here
in Sunnyvale!
1. Know your child's "Little League
age".
Eligibility in certain divisions is based on a player's
"baseball age," which is determined by Little League Baseball's age calendar.
To determine your child's playing age, please refer to the
Little League Age Chart for Baseball or Little
League Baseball's
Age Calculator.
2.
Verify you live within the League Boundaries
In order to play in
Sunnyvale Little League, children age 8 and above must
either reside or attend school within our league's boundaries. Please note that
there are three leagues in Sunnyvale: Sunnyvale Little League (that's us),
Sunnyvale Metro LL and Sunnyvale National LL. Our league boundaries cover parts
of Sunnyvale, north Cupertino and South Los Altos.
All league boundary
information may be found here.
2.1 New Exception for 4 to 7
Year-Olds
Starting with the 2025 season, children at the youngest
level of the Little League Baseball (League Age 4-7) will have the
ability to register for any Little League program
they choose, without respect to any geography- or school-related eligibility
requirements. Those players who register under this option will also be fully
eligible to participate in all aspects of league play, including International
Tournament play, for the duration of their Little League careers provided they
have continuous and unbroken participation within the specific league where
initially registered and provided all other participation eligibility
requirements have been met.
If you do not live within the Sunnyvale
Little League boundaries OR your child does not attend a school within our
boundaries, please visit
www.cad44.org to
find the league that you reside in.
3. Determine
which Division your child will play.
Sunnyvale Little League has
8 divisions: Challenger, T-Ball, Pioneer, Farm, Minors, Majors, Intermediate
and Juniors. Players will typically be placed in the division which is
appropriate for the player's age, with the exception of our Challenger
Division, which is intended for children with developmental challenges. There
are some exceptions to this, but you should register for the division which is
appropriate to the players age.
Considerations for
children aged 8 and up
While you are required to register your
child for the division that is age appropriate based on the player's "baseball
age" (see section 1 above to determine your child's baseball age). All players
aged 9 to 14 will be required to go through our player evaluation event on
January 11th & 12th. We will then assign the child to the appropriate
division based on player evaluations. For 8 year-olds with advanced baseball
skills, you should register for the Farm Division AND notify our Lower Division
Player Agent by January 12th if you would like to have your child participate
in player evaluations so that they may be considered for our Minors
Division.
Divisions and Fee Schedule
| Division |
Primarily for Ages |
May also Include Ages* |
2025
Registration Fees |
| T-ball |
4 - 5 |
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$25 |
| Pioneer |
6 - 7 |
8 |
$100 |
| Farm ** |
7 - 8 |
9 |
$225 |
| Minors ** |
9 - 10 |
8,
11 |
$225 |
| Majors ** |
11 - 12 |
10 |
$225 |
| Intermediate** |
13 |
12 |
$225 |
| Juniors
** |
13 - 14 |
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$225 |
| Challenger |
4-22 |
up
to 22 |
$0 |
* Based on evaluation
** All players aged 9 and up must sign up
prior to Jan 12, 2025 and attend player evaluations. (Date for Intermediate
& Juniors tryouts to be determined). Advanced 8 year-olds may request to
attend player evaluations.
Late registration fees of $25 + the cost of
any uniform special orders will be applied to all approved late registrations
beyond February 1, 2025.
Refund Policy: Refund requests may be made up
to February 1st, 2025 for Pioneer, Farm, Minors, Majors, Intermediate and
Juniors divisions. A $25 fee will be applied to all refunds + the cost of the
players uniform once uniform orders are made.
Some scholarships are
available for families who require financial assistance. Please email the
league President for more information. |
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Division Details:
For detailed information on each of our playing divisions, including
information on the amount of practices and games, please refer to our
Division Information.
Challenger Division: Challenger is offered
to enable boys and girls with developmental challenges, ages 4 years to 22, to
enjoy the game of baseball.
We strongly encourage children to play in a
traditional division if they are prepared to do so. If you have questions on
our Challenger Division, please contact our Challenger Director at:
playeragent.challenger@sunnyvalelittleleague.com.
Divisions with a Waiting List: As we get
close to the start of the season, we will place certain divisions into a
"waiting list state" once we register enough players to form teams. If you
attempt to register, and you are presented with a message which indicates that
you are in a waiting list, it does not mean your child won't play this season.
We do everything in our power to form equally balanced teams, so we
have to limit the roster size for any given team. Roster sizes vary by
division. If you are on a waiting list, it means that we still need more
players to register in your respective division, so that we can form a whole
team. You can help expedite this by introducing our league to your friends and
have them register.
Additionally, we need coaches to lead our teams. We
will only form the number of teams that have a commensurate number of coaches
who have volunteered. You can also help with wait list players by volunteering
to coach.
If you have any questions about the waiting list, please
reach out to our Player Agent at:
playeragent@sunnyvalelittleleague.com
4. Select Your Volunteer Role
Sunnyvale Little League
is an organization completely operated by parent and community volunteers. The
league requires that all families fulfill a league level volunteer position and a team level volunteer
position The "league level" obligation consists of a job, outlined in the
"volunteer positions" link below. The "team level" obligation typically means
helping to operate the snack shack two or three times during the season AND
helping with field preperation and closing (before and after games). While not
a hard requirement, families with more than one child in the league should work
with their respective Team Scheduler to help ensure that these roles are
covered. Multi-player families may be asked to have both guardians serve a
league level volunteer role if there is a need for volunteers. We try to
distribute league level roles across families, but our first priority is to
make sure that all league roles are covered.
| League Level Roles: |
Team Level Roles: |
- Coaching
- Equipment Management
- Food Service
- Fundraising
- Facilities
- Registration
- Safety
- Officiating / Umpires
- Yearbook
- Board of Director
Here is a list of all
league level volunteer
positions |
- Field
Preparation: help water and drag fields, paint foul lines before and
after games (Mandatory)
- Snack Shack:
work 2 or 3 shifts in the snack shack (buy-out option available)
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| Buyout Information: |
Parents / guardians have the option of buying out of their league
and team level volunteer obligations, but please keep in mind that the league
as a whole and each respective team requires volunteers in order to function.
Buyout options include:
- League Level Volunteer buyout -
$250
- Snack Shack Volunteer buyout -
$150
- League Level & Snack Shack
Volunteer buyout - $400
Buyouts will be processed when you
register. The Snack Shack level buyout only excuses the guardian from snack
shack duty, but we still require you to assist with field preperation and
closing. |
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5.
Register
All registrations are being processed online. Some very
basic (but important) instructions:
- You will first be prompted to create an online
account. This collects parent and player information. If you registered with
our league previously, you may re-use the account you created at that time.
- You will then be prompted to register your
child(ren). Click on the "Register" button next to your child's name to add the
child to your online shopping cart. If you are registering multiple children,
be sure to add both before "checking out" (i.e. paying as the final step in
your registration).
- Finally, you will be prompted to "complete
checkout", which will prompt you for payment information.
- After you have completed checkout, there will be a
message that reads "Your registration is not complete until the documents
listed below have been received by the organization!" These
documents must be provided by you in person at Document Verification Days
(likely to be held on January 11th & 12th at Fair Oaks Park during player
evaluations) Do NOT mail these documents to the league.
PLEASE NOTE: When you complete
registration, your credit card statement will show an entry from "BLUE
SOMBRERO". This is our online registration vendor. PLEASE do not submit any
chargebacks with your bank on these entries as therer is a significant charge
to the league.
6. Complete Volunteer
Verification
The State of California requires all youth sports
volunteers who have material exposure to children (e.g. coaches and umpires) to
complete the following (Ca Assembly Bill 506, AB-2007 and AB-379):
- One time fingerprinting by a certified agency
- Complete Mandatory Reporter training
- Concussion recognition and treatment protocol
training
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest recognition training
Little League Baseball also requires the following
training:
- Annual background check
- Diamond Leader Training (for all postseason
coaches)
In all cases, these tasks must be completed before
the volunteer is allowed to conduct any league activity where children are
present. This applies to team head coaches, assistant coaches and umpires. Team
admins are required to complete the background check process, but not the other
trainings.
All details on how to complete these tasks may be found
here.
7. Attend Document Verification Day
Document
Verification is for ALL players for the 2025 Spring
season
ALL parents do need to complete the Volunteer Verification
process as described in Section 6 above. We will also need a copy of your
driver’s license, which should be presented during Document Verification
(tentatively scheduled for January 11th & 12th).
The league will
hold Document Verification Day which is typically held in
conjunction with the Juniors / Intermediate / Majors/Minors player evaluations
at Fair Oaks Park, at a location to be commmunicated by the league.
Detailed information on what documents you will need to provide the
league may be found here.
Families may expedite address verification by
providing screen shots of required documents during the online registration
process. You should provide photocopies of the following:
- Birth certificate of all children being
registered
- City of Sunnyvale/Cupertino/Los Altos water
bill
- Cable TV or phone bill
If you do not live within SVLL's boundaries, but
your child attends a school within our boundaries, you may satisfy residency
requirements via the following:
- A school issued report card or performance record
will no longer be accepted to establish school attendance. Either the
school enrollment form or an official/certified
school enrollment record dated from August 1, 2024 to October 1, 2024 can be
used to establish school attendance for the 2025 season.
New for 2025, children age 4 to 7 are not
required to live or attend school within our league boundaries. You will need
to provide an indication of this when registering, so that we can set SVLL as
your child's league of record.
8. Post Season
Participation Procedures
The SVLL Board of Directors
implemented new Post Season
Participation Procedures two seasons ago. All players who are selected to
participate in post season play (8 to 14 year olds) must comply with these
procedures.
9. Get familiar with Sunnyvale Little
League by browsing the other pages within our website. You will find useful
information and contact information should you have questions.
Other registration related questions may be answered at our
Registration FAQ page. We are
adding responses to frequently asked questions there.
If you have
any further comments or questions, please email the registrar at
registration@sunnyvalelittleleague.com
10. Registration Guide
In order to help with your
registration experience, we've crafted a guide which walks through the steps
necessary to complete online registration.
We strongly encourage you to
use this guide as you register your children.
Get the
Registration Guide here.
Thank you for taking the time to review all of this important
information.
Begin your registration:
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