August 6 – 8, 2021
Blue Valley Sports Complex
The NSAD will continue to monitor this rapidly changing situation and appreciates your understanding and patience as we take measures to help protect the health and well-being of the NSAD and Deaf community. If there is any change, we will let you know immediately. Thanks.
COVID-19 Safety Rules- ASL Version
- Safety
- Mask Optional but highly recommend- Vaccinated/ Non Unvaccinated
- Social distancing- recommended whenever possible
- Respect others
- Dugouts
- No post games handshakes
- No SRules-ASLeeds
- If you are experiencing signs of illness or symptoms of the Covid-19 virus, Don’t enter the complex.
- Restrooms will be open and cleaned frequently.
NSAD AWARDS
2021 NSAD WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP- MIDWEST ELITE
2021 NSAD MEN CHAMPIONSHIP- NEW CENTURY PRESS/BLUE SOX
2021 NSAD COED CHAMPIONSHIP- INDY THUNDER
COED Tournament
MVP- Hannah Puent
MOP- Brian Fruits
Golden Glove- Anya Pothorski
Coach of Tournament- Daniel Johnson
1st Place All Star- Ariel Senics, Hannah Puent, Dante Paulone, Alan Toman
2nd place All-Star- Miach Boudreaux, Ryan Kanz, Albert Blake
3rd Place All Star- Joshua Saaty and Jewel Rocha
4th Place All Star- Kings and Queens
Men Tournament
MVP- Jacolby Anderson
MOP- Gus Milner
GG- Mike Wiesner
Coach of Tournament- Patrick Kinast
Blue Sox- Jacob Browning, Troy Shamblen, Ronald Wyatt, DJ Travaglini
Austin Legit- Robert Rush, Cam Upton, Matt Taylor
EVO- Skip Flanigan and Brad Stockdill
Mafia- Jon Madden
Women Tournament
MOP- Hannah Puent
MVP – Katie Best
Golden Glove- Honesty Powell
Coach of Tournament- Whitney Riney
1st Place All Star- Hannah Puent, Brittany Trumble, Angela Boese and Mo O’Connor
2nd place All-Star- Kim Cain, Jewel Rocha, Katie Lorenzo
3rd Place All Star- Kensie Channon and Renae Girdler
4th Place All Star- Sarah Kranz
HALL OF FAME

Curtis Anderson Player

Scott Chappell Player

Kristine Gray Player

James Johnson Player


Jesse Mata Player
ROAD TO Overland Park (Kansas City)
WOMEN
COED
MEN
TOURNAMENT GAMES SCHEDULE/ RESULT
SUPER DRAFT INFORMATION
SUPERDRAFT DOUBLE ELMINATION TOURNAMENT
When: Thursday, August 5, 2021
Time: 5PM CST
Fields: #16 and #17
NSAD RULES
Tournament Schedule
Rev. 7-14-19
Uniforms and Equipments
- Teams are required to wear like uniforms. The pants and shorts can be mixed as long the same colors. Hats are optional. As long the hats are same design to all players. (MEN/ WOMEN ONLY) NSAD
- Teams are required to wear like uniforms only on jersey shirts including team members. (CO-ED ONLY) NSAD
- Players shall not wear shoes with metal cleats. (NSA)
- Pitchers are required to wear face masks (NSAD)
- Bats approved ASA, NSA and USSSA (watch out for the updated of banned bats) (NSAD)
- All players’ bats must pass barrel compression test to play. (NSAD)
NSAD TOURNAMENT RULES
Pool Games will have the following:
1) 7 innings or 55 minutes.
2) There shall be a running clock by the home plate umpire.
3) Games will be called for Mercy Rulings after the specific number of complete innings
* Twenty (20) runs after three (3) complete innings
* Fifteen (15) runs after four (4) complete innings
* Ten (10) runs after five (5) complete innings
4) No extra innings (game can end as tie)
Elimination Bracket Games will have the following:
1) 7 innings or 60 minutes (Due to unpredictable weather)
2) There shall be a running clock by the home plate umpire.
3) Games will be called for Mercy Rulings after the specific number of complete innings
* Twenty (20) runs after three (3) complete innings
* Fifteen (15) runs after four (4) complete innings
* Ten (10) runs after five (5) complete innings
4) If game is tied at end of 7 innings or time expires,Tie Breaker will be used as Omaha Tie Breaker (OTB) except for the championship game. With a last batter from previous inning will start at 2nd base. The next batter in the line up will start with a 2-2 count with 1 courtesy foul. This procedure is repeated until a winner is declared.
5) NOTE: In Championship game, Team A with one loss play against Team B with no loss will play 7 innings or 60 minutes. If both teams have 1 loss each shall play 7 innings with no time limit.
Game Rules:
- THE LINEUP CARD must submit to the other team’s scorekeeper or umpire before 10 minutes of the game. The card included with player’s last name with one letter of first name with number of jersey. Also the substitute player must be in the lineup card. (NSAD)
- GRACE PERIOD: There will be no grace period for any scheduled games unless the tournament director or Commissioner grants to have a grace period. (NSAD)
- HOME AND VISITOR: it will be determined by a coin flip. (NSAD)
- TEAM COMPOSITION: Teams may start with eight (8) players and add up to ten (10) once the game has started. (NSAD)
- A team that starts the game with 8 or 9 may add additional players after the game has started. (NSA)
- These players should be placed at the bottom of the line-up.
- Teams playing with 10 or 11 players may finish the game with 8 players, but the vacated spots in the line-up will be an automatic out, regardless of the reason for the player’s inability to play. (NSA)
- HOMERUN LIMITS: Limit five (5) homeruns per game. (A homerun is a ball hit over the fence) Any homerun hit after the permitted amount will be ruled an OUT. (NSAD)
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- It is each team’s responsibility to retrieve its own foul balls or home run balls. They should be returned to the home plate umpire. (NSAD)
- COED Only- HR Rule is Plus One (1) the first HR over the limit will be declared an out. (Passed in 2017)
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- PITCHING
- Pitching distance- 50’- 56’ (PARK)
- Pitching arc is from 5 feet to 10 feet arc pitch from ground. (NSAD)
- Show-boating is allowed within 5 seconds limit otherwise a ball will be called. (NSAD)
- When going from Offense to Defense (after 3rd out)- you have 1 minute before umpire says pitch
- No warm-up for infielders/outfielders after 1st inning. The starting pitcher and any new inserted into the game will be allowed 3 warm up pitches and 1 warm up pitch the following innings.
- BALLS-STRIKE RULE starts the count 1 ball and 1 strike on all batters with one courtesy foul after the batter has 2 strikes on him/her. (NSAD)
- STRIKE ZONE will include any part of mat and back part of black home plate. (NSAD)
- COURTESY RUNNER- one player per inning per team. The Courtesy Runner can be any player on the team roster who is present and eligible If courtesy runner is on base and it is his/her turn to bat the courtesy runner stays at the base and an out is recorded. You may not have a courtesy runner for a courtesy runner. (NSA)
If the rule is not listed, please go to NSA rulebook
CO-ED Modified Rules
- 6-4 Co-ED Slow pitch, (6) males and four (4) female players.
- NOTE: A female CAN be a pitcher in a 6/4 format, but a male must be the catcher. The other females can play any other position, other than pitcher, without regard to any specific number of infielders or outfielders being male or female, but must still have 1 female in both infield and outfield.
- The Batting order in 6/4 tournaments shall be no more than two (2) male batters in a row. After two (2) male batters, there MUST be a female batter. If the male batter walks, and another male batter succeeds the walked male batter in the batting order, the walked male batter would only be awarded one (1) base. If a female batter succeeds the walked male batter, the male batter will be awarded two (2) bases.
- No more than six (6) male player may play defense at one time
- If the extra player (EP) is used, a team must use two (2) extra players, one male and one female. These players may play defense at any time, but they must retain their original positions in the batting order. The batting order must remain the same unless a substitution is used in the offensive line-up.
- NOTE: When a team is using the extra player(s) (EP), and in the event a player or players are removed for any reason during the course of the game and no substitution is available, the player removed shall be scored as an out when his/her turn comes up in the batting order. In the event this occurs, the player immediately following the removed player is simply bypassed as a batter, but may still remain in the game as a defensive player.
- A Courtesy Runner (which is not recorded as a substitute in the line-up) and of the same sex, may be used for one (1) male player and one (1) female player per inning. The Courtesy Runner can be any player on the team roster who is present, eligible and not been ejected and may be used for one (1) male and one (1) female player per inning per team. The Courtesy Runner DOES NOT have to be the same player each time the player in need of the courtesy runner becomes a runner. The courtesy runner will be entered into the game by the Head Coach through the home plate umpire before play resumes. Once play resumes by the umpire declaring play ball; that courtesy runner will be officially entered. If the courtesy runner comes to bat while on base, the courtesy runners spot in the batting order becomes an out and the next batter listed in the batting order comes to bat. The courtesy runner “MAY NOT” under any circumstances be substituted for. The defensive team “MAY” walk to get to the vacated spot in the lineup. (ONE YEAR TRAIL @ 2017)
- HR Rule is Plus One (1) the first HR over the limit will be declared an out. (Passed in 2017)
- CODA/SODA RULE: Allow 1 hearing male player and 1 hearing female players to participate on COED team. (Check Hearing Player Rules) Note: See the Glossary of “hearing player”
- UNIFORMS: Teams are required to wear like uniforms only on jersey shirts including team members.
Seeding will be based upon the results of all Pool Games with the following priority:
1. Won-Loss Percentage
2. Head to Head record
3. Run differential (total runs scored less total runs allowed for pool games)
4. Fewest total runs allowed for pool games
5. Coin Flip
NOTE: #1- Run Differential – If none of the teams defeat the other two teams then a three-way tiebreaker occurs:
For example:
Team A, B and C are tied. Scores were:
Team C 10, Team B 5
Team C 10, Team A 11
Team B 10, Team A 2
Team A has a run differential of: +1, -8 = -7
Team B has a run differential of: -5, +8 = +3
Team C has a run differential of: +5, -1= +4
Team C is declared the winner (+4) and Team B (+3) is declared runner up. If the remaining
two teams that are still tied for qualifying spot, tie breaker will revert back to #2 see above.
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NOTE: #2– MAX Runs (Ex.) Team A won by 31 runs in 3rd inn. (36-5). Max runs will be used 20.
For example:
Team A 36, Team B 5 (3rd inning), score will be recorded as 25-5 (20)
Team B 21, Team C 2 (4th inning), score will be recorded as 17-2 (15)
Team C 20, Team A 9 (5th inning), score will be recorded as 19-9 (10)
Team A has a run differential of: +20, -10 = +10
Team B has a run differential of: -20, +15 = -5
Team C has a run differential of: -15, +10 = -5
Team A is declared the winner and Team B is declared runner up (head to head)
“Gevarter” Bat Tester Schedule
Thursday-2pm to7pm@ Blue Valley Softball Complex
Friday- 7:00am to 1pm@ Blue Valley Softball Complex
Coaches/ Softball Council Meetings
When: Sunday, July 25, 2021
Women Team Coaches Zoom Meeting- 7AM PST/9Am CST/ 10AM EST
COED Team Coaches Zoom Meeting- 8AM PST/ 10 AM CST/ 11AM EST
Men Team Coaches Zoom Meeting- 9AM PST/ 11AM CST/ 12PM EST
PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR THE MEETING.
Who:
Board of Directors:
- Kevin Bella- Commissioner
- Sheri Mize- Secretary
- Brian Fruits- Treasurer
- Ronnie Zuchegno- Law Chair
- Vance Rewolinski- Emeritus
- – Tournament Director
- – UIC
- All Coaches
- Umpires- (Optional)
AGENDA:
- Roll Call
- Player’s Confirmation List
- Tournament/ Game Rules
- Line-up / Statistics
- All- Stars
- Open Discussion / Questions/ New Business
- Seeding Round Robin Drawing
Please be sure to review the tournament and game rules.
Thanks..
When: Sunday, August 1, 2021
Time: 7 AM PST/ 9Am CST/ 10 AM EST
Who: 17 people
Board of Directors: Kevin Bella- Commissioner, Sheri Mize-Secretary, Brian Fruits- Treasurer, Ronnie Zuchegno- By- Law Chair, Vance Rewolinski- NSAD Emeritus
North Quadrant Reps.- Whitney Riney, Scott Bradach and Charles Trumble
East Quadrant Reps.- Kara Gulvas, Joey Kolcun and Joshua Strack
West Quadrant Reps.- Hilda Velez, Rod Jex, and Bert Enos
South Quadrant Reps.- Stefi Hurwitz, Pat Kinast and Gwendolyn Haley
TEAM REGISTRATION
DEADLINE FOR TEAM REGISTRATION IS JULY 10, 2021.
IF YOU PLAN TO MAIL A CHECK, MONEY ORDER OR CASHIER CHECK, USE THIS FORM
IF YOU USE YOUR DEBIT or CREDIT CARD, PLEASE CLICK NSAD PAYPAL BUTTON.
MEN or COED Team FEE
NSAD PAYPAL- $400.00
WOMEN Team FEE
NSAD PAYPAL- $250.00
Free Agent Players
Thursday, August 5
Location- BLUE VALLEY SOFTBALL COMPLEX
2pm – 6pm
Registration
5pm- 10pm
Super Draft Tournament
Friday, August 6
Blue Valley Softball Complex
7am – 3pm
Registration
7am -4pm
Men Round Robin/1st and 2nd Round/ Women Round Robin
Saturday, August 7
Blue Valley Softball Complex
7am – 7pm
Registration
7am-End of Tourney: Men/Women Brackets
The Hall of Fame Ceremony will happen before the men’s championship game
Awards will be given out after the championship game.
COED- Round Robin
Blue Valley Softball Complex
Sunday, August 8
Blue Valley Softball Complex
7am – End of tourney
Registration
7am-End of Tourney: Co-ed Bracket
HOTELS
Holiday Inn: $109 per night + tax
Candlewood Suite: $112 per night + tax
Hampton Inn & Suites Overland Park South: $119 per night + tax
CODE: NSAD or National Softball Association of the Deaf
Travel Information
NSAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kevin Bella
Commissioner

Sheri Mize
Secretary

Brian Fruits
Treasurer

Vance Rewolinski
Commissioner Emeritus

Ronnie Zuchegno Jr.
Law Chairperson

Mathis Heidger
Tournament Director