Each head coach will provide a ranking of their team to the Player Agent prior to the evaluation that will serve as guidance for coaches.

During the evaluation, each of the head coaches in the division is given their own evaluation sheet and will rank the players based on a combination of what each coach has seen throughout the season and at evaluations.  The coaches will put the kids in order from the best ranked player at number 1 to the lowest ranked player having the highest number.  So, for instance, if there are only 5 players trying out (Tom, Bob, Andrew, Sam and Travis), it would be the coaches' job to put them in order from highest ranked to lowest ranked, 1 being the highest ranked player and 5 being the lowest ranked player.  The rankings would look like the following:

1. Tom
2. Bob
3. Andrew
4. Sam
5. Travis

The coaches do not rank their own child during this process so that they do not have an unfair influence on their own child's selection to a team. All coaches rank players independently and do not share their rankings with one another.  Each coach's rank has equal weight. When the rankings are done, all sheets go to the player agent without any of the other coaches seeing the rankings.

The combined rankings from all coaches are compiled by the player agent by adding all of the individual coach rankings for that player and dividing by the number of coaches.  Using the example above, if Tom was ranked number one on 3 of the 4 coaches' sheets and number 2 on the other coach's sheet, Tom would have a score 1.25.  If Travis was number 5 on 2 of the coach's rankings and 4 on the other 2 coaches rankings, he would have a score of 4.5.  After all the player rankings are calculated, they are each given a score, lowest being the number one ranked player all the way up to the last player who has the highest score.

The top 10 players in the combined rankings are automatically selected for the team. A head coach will be selected from that group of players based on previous experience coaching a district/ travel team, availability and willingness to manage the team throughout the year, and final approval from the Executive Team.  In some cases, the league may look outside the Top 10 selected players for a coach.  The selected coach of the new team will be given a list of the next 5 players in the rankings (players 11-15 in no particular order) and will make a recommendation on which player(s) would be the best fit for the team based on overall skill or the need to fill a position.  The baseball executive board (President, VP of Baseball, Baseball Player Agent) or softball executive board (President, VP of Softball, Softball Player Agent) will make the final decision on players to be added to the baseball or softball team, respectively, and will take the recommendations of the coach into account during the process.  If one of the executive board members listed above has a child being considered in the 11-15 rankings for a division, then that board member will be recused from participating in that decision.  Teams will be announced via our website 7-10 days after evaluation.