Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Mary Ann Rader awarded Midwest Grassroots Award

Mary Ann Rader of Greenwood, IN in the Central Indiana District has been awarded the crystal ball as the Midwest Section grassroots umpire of the year for 2007. This is awarded by the national umpires committee to each section. Mary Ann has been a tireless district trainer of officials for many years. She spends many days training all the college students to become certified so that they can work the annual Midwest Closed Tournament in Indianapolis. She is always encouraging and teaches with a smile. Congratulations Mary Ann.

Previous winners have included Tina Herrera-Richards of Chicago district and Ron and Carol Gander of Northeastern Ohio district.

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