2023 Clarksville Little League Board Members
President: Richard Brown
Presides at league meetings, and assumes full responsibility for the operation of the local league. The president receives all mail, supplies, and other communications from the Little League International. The president must see to it that league personnel is properly briefed on all phases of rules, regulations, and policies of Little League. The league president is the contact between the local organization and Little League International.
Player Agent: Emily Collins
Conducts annual tryouts, and is in charge of player selection, assists president in checking birth records and eligibility of players; serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the local league and generally supervises and coordinates the transfer of players to or from the Minor Leagues according to provisions of the regulations of Little League.
Secretary: Michaela Parrish
Maintains a register of members and directors; records the minutes of meetings; is responsible for sending out notice of meetings, issues membership cards and maintains a record of league’s activities.
Treasurer: Katie Dixon
Signs checks co-signed by another officer or director; dispenses league funds as approved by the Board of Directors; reports on the status of league funds; keeps local league books and financial records; prepares budgets and assumes the responsibility for all local league finances.
Information Officer: Emily Collins (Website) & Amanda Cook (Facebook)
Sets up and manages league’s official website; sets up online registration and ensures the league rosters are uploaded to Little League; assigns online administrative rights to other local volunteers; encourages creation of team web sites to managers, coaches, and parents; ensures that league news and scores are updated online on a regular basis; collects, posts, and distributes important information on league activities including direct dissemination of fundraising and sponsor activities to Little League, the district, the public, league members, and the media; serves as primary contact person for Little League and Dick’s Team Sports HQ regarding optimizing use of the Internet for league administration and for distributing information to league members and to Little League International. Provides player, coach, and manager records to Little League International in electronic format.
Fundraiser Coordinator: Michaela Parrish
Coordinates fundraising strategies and is responsible for organizes major fundraising programs. Assists in the development of fundraising goals and soliciting funds. Helps to identify new potential sponsors and organizes initiatives to solicit funding. May assist in developing major gift opportunities and writing grant proposals. Also responsible for setting up fundraising nights at restaurants.
Sponsorship Coordinator: Katie Dixon
Solicits and secures local sponsorships to support league operations; collects and reviews sponsorship and fundraising opportunities; organizes and implements approved league fundraising activities; coordinates participation in fundraising activities; and maintains records of monies secured through sponsorship and fundraising initiatives.
Tball & Instructional Director: Amanda Cook
The Division Directors are responsible to run and organize their individual divisions within Clarksville Little League (CLL). All Division Directors work in conjunction with the Vice President of Baseball or Softball.
Softball Director:
Responsible for the coordination of all activities relating to baseball/softball season.
Coordinates and oversees all Division Directors activities, including but not limited to: making sure that equipment bags are distributed to and returned by managers in a timely manner; making sure that all uniforms and awards are distributed in a timely manner; making all managers, coaches, and parents aware of all meetings, local rules, and conduct expected at all practices and games.
Oversees all Manager/Coach activities.
Coordinates with and assists the Player Agent and Division Directors in conducting all drafts and/or selection of all teams.
Coordinates with the Safety Officer in making sure that all safety issues are addressed.
Coordinates with the Safety Officer and the Player Agent to insure that all managers, coaches and players at all levels are receiving proper instruction.
Baseball Director: Marquise Parrish
Responsible for the coordination of all activities relating to baseball/softball season.
Coordinates and oversees all Division Directors activities, including but not limited to: making sure that equipment bags are distributed to and returned by managers in a timely manner; making sure that all uniforms and awards are distributed in a timely manner; making all managers, coaches, and parents aware of all meetings, local rules, and conduct expected at all practices and games.
Oversees all Manager/Coach activities.
Coordinates with and assists the Player Agent and Division Directors in conducting all drafts and/or selection of all teams.
Coordinates with the Safety Officer in making sure that all safety issues are addressed.
Coordinates with the Safety Officer and the Player Agent to insure that all managers, coaches and players at all levels are receiving proper instruction.
Uniform Coordinator: Richard Brown
Responsible for ordering and distributing all uniforms for players and managers, including the regular season, all-stars and other post-season teams to Division Directors. Will need the quantities, sizes, and colors for each team. Include copies of team order sheets for each manager so they can distribute to team.
Work directly with uniform provider. Either our Registration Director or Information Officer will get all the uniform lists from our database. Work with uniform provider on the colors according to what team we were outfitting.
Get samples of styles and sizes from uniform provider to display at in-person registration. Work at registration helping parents select the shirt sizes for each player.
Coordinates with the Sponsorship Officer to ensure correct team colors and sponsorship logos are used.
Once shirts are in, contact each director to set up a date and time to pick up uniforms.
Order the All-Star uniforms once those teams are formed near the end of the season.
Umpire in Chief:
Serves as coordinator of and advises the league President on the league umpire program; responsible for recommending umpires to the league President for appointment to the league umpire roster; recruiting and retaining volunteer umpires; establishing a league umpire training program consistent with Little League® guidelines; coordinating and assisting with conducting umpire clinics at league and district level; communicating rule changes to league umpires; scheduling league umpires for regular season games; evaluating league umpires using established guidelines to maintain program integrity; further continual improvement, and prepare league umpires for advancement to tournament levels; communicating with and providing updates to the District Umpire Consultant on the league umpire program, and attending Umpire Training programs at the District, State, Region, and/or Headquarters level.