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Welcome to the website of the Softball Umpires of Maryland (SUM). SUM provides fastpitch Umpires in support of central Maryland girls travel tournaments. SUM's primary customer is the United States Specialty Sport Association (USSSA) tournament schedule. We also provide Umpires to the USSSA Nationals held in Maryland, Northern Virginia and World Series in Florida.

REGISTER NOW TO BECOME AN UMPIRE

In addition, many of the SUM Umpires work high-school fastpitch games in the States of Maryland and Delaware and have worked the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association Maryland State Championship tournament and Delaware semi-final and state championship games. A number of SUM Umpires officiate at the collegiate level in the Atlantic Region.

 
If you are interested in umpiring for SUM we would love to have you join our organization. Umpires working for SUM are trained in USSSA fastpitch softball rules as well as proper field mechanics. Training classes are in January and February.

You can register using this Google Form

See 2025 Training Flyer
   
The tournament season is bifurcated and runs March through July with three weeks of World Series play at the end of July. Fall softball runs from the middle of September to the end of October.

Contact SUM if you would like to join us!

 

Registration Form  USSSA Self Registration   2024 Umpire Test    2024 Test Answer Sheet    Mar 2, 2024 State Clinic Flyer

USSSA has adopted a new fastpitch bat stamp. This stamp will appear on all new USSSA approved fastpitch bats, beginning with 2021 bat models.
The previous stamp is still valid and approved for USSSA Play!

2024 State Clinic
Sat March 2 9:00

2024 State Clinic Zoom

John Novak, SUM’s “ZOOM Guy”


 

 See UAT Minutes November 4, 2024
 Email UAT

 





USSSA HAT - RED LOGO EMBROIDERED $15.00

Contact Deb Hauth 856-261-6157 or dhauth@verizon.net

Click for Order Form


Jake Jacobs passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, July 25. 
Jake was the founder of our organization as well as a mentor and good friend. 
Jake will be cremated. As per Jake's wishes, there will be no funeral or celebration of life.

Obituary

Rules Mechanics Forms Policy
General Info Uniforms Awards People





 
Mike Phillips, 2023 Umpire of the Year            



        

Joe Holonich
2023 Inductee to the Softball Umpires of Maryland Hall of Fame





At the State CLINIC: March 4, 2023 SUM named the following

2023 Recognition

2023 Umpire of the Year Mike Phillips
10 Years of Service John Brewer, Mike Gangi, John Novak, Jim Woods
15 Years of Service Frank Amonica, Carroll Brown, Dave Conroy, Tony Cossentino, Scott Howser, Jon Plavnick
20 Years of Service Jean Little, Al Palmer, Dave Pabst
Rookies of the Year Noah Parker, Frank Merson
Most Improved Chris Maddix
Rising Super Star Ally Friedman
Scheduler's Dream Dan Bigler
Ultimate Team Player Tom Smith
   
To the Rescue Tony DeFazio (DE), Dave Wilson (DE), John Wright (PA)
Helping Hand Club Leroy Black (DE), Jim Mules (DE), Dave Wilson (DE),
  Deb Hauth (DE), Mike DiFonzo (DE)
  Bob Bannon (PA), Dave Hunsicker (PA), Phil York (PA), John Wright (PA)
100+ Game Club






Dave Pabst (103), Mike Free (104), Tony Cossentino (106), Chris Maddix (107)
Dan Bigler (110), Scott Richards (112), Mitchell Tran (113), Jonathan Rowley (115), Joe Holonich (117), Todd Mason (117)
Noah Parker (122), Tim Vanderhoof (126),
Damon Williams (131)
John Brown (143), Tom Smith (148)
Michael Phillips (152), Rick Morris (153)

   
       
Dan Bigler Tom Smith  Chris Maddix
     
 - ,                ,              ,                  
Noah Paker & Frank Merson
 
 

 

 20 Year
Club
         
   Mike Behrens, John Calamari, Jo Brickwedde, Jim Carberry   John Moore         John Dye  Keith Brown  Dennis Artman, Bill Chatterton John Remmell Al Palmer, Dave Pabst Jean Little  

 

 
  Schedules & Dates Umpiring Information and Forms Individuals, Recognition, and Awards

USSSA Schedule

2024 Training Classes

2024 Rulebook




Click here to get to information
such as the Rules, Mechanics, Forms and General Information.


Click here for
Uniform Requirements
and where to obtain it.





It takes many people to make any organization run successfully, and SUM is no different. Here are some of the individuals who support SUM and fastpitch softball.



See some of the recognitions our SUM umpires have gotten and memories of some who are no longer with us by clicking here.
 

2025 Important Dates

Training

January 11, 18, 25; February 1, 8, 15 8:30 am
CCBC Catonsville Gym - classroom rules training plus field and plate mechanics training.

March 1 - SUM State Clinic, Gary Arthur Community Center, Glenwood
March 29 - Start of Tournament Season
July 9-13 - Sterling VA "C" Nationals
|July 15-20; 22-27; 28-Aug 2 - Salisbury Nationals

September - November - Fall Ball

 
Umpire and Softball
Links
Arbiter Website
Arbiter Users Guide

National USSSA Umpire Information
USSSA National
Maryland USSSA Website
Delaware USSSA Website
Pennsylvania West Umpires
Pennsylvania East Umpires
New Jersey South Umpires

Pennsylvania West
Pennsylvania East
New Jersey
Virginia
Local organizations
many of our umpires also work for their local organizations
that support high-school and recreational softball in their communities.
If you are interested in joining a local organization, please see the following links.

Montgomery County: CASO
Baltimore County: MASO
MPSSAA Maryland HS local associations Contacts

 

 

To read the posted Rule Book and Umpires Manual, you will need Adobe Acrobat. Get the Free Reader by clicking the Acrobat Logo. 

 

 


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