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District 12 is pleased to announce several of its volunteer umpires have been selected to represent the District beyond the local level of All Stars.

Bart Whipps, Buna Little League, has been selected to a third year as a volunteer umpire for the 2010 State Softball tournament in Seguin, TX as well as the 2010 Little League Softball Regional tournament in Waco,TX.

Gary Jordan, Buna Little League, has been selected as a volunteer umpire for the 2010 Texas East State Softball tournament in Seguin, TX.

Kyle Wier, District 12 Umpire in Chief, has been selected as a volunteer umpire at the 2010 Softball World Series in Portland, OR.

Congratulations to these committed volunteers for the honor of being selected among so many Texas umpires. We wish these volunteers our very best while representing District 12 and are very proud of all District volunteers.

District 12, once again, has recognized one of the very special individuals as recipient of the Gary Hennigan Lifetime Achievement Award. Gary Hennigan Lifetime Achievement Award is named after the first recipient of the award in 2004. Gary spent his life molding the young people in Tyler County as sheriff of Tyler County and President of Tyler County Little League for over thirty years. His passion and dedication of helping children thru the Little League program will always be remembered thru this award.

At the recent District 12 general meeting, District Administrator Charlie Boykin presented the 2010 Gary Hennigan Lifetime Achievement Award to Eugene Kirkindoll, President of Silsbee Little League and a valuable resource for Little League. Eugene has given many years of service to Silsbee LL. Eugene's years of dedicated service to the many children of Silsbee Little League are quite commendable. Please join all of District 12 in Congratulating Eugene as the 2010 Gary Hennigan Lifetime Achievement Award recipient!!

Previous recipients:

2004 Gary Hennigan
2005 Blackie Boutte
2006 No Award (Hurricane Rita)
2007 Tal Smith
2008 Robert Hall
2009 Raymond Brassard


District 12 Thanks You for Your Tireless Service.