The Backyard Batting Cage

By Communications Division
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.
September 12, 2012

Little League’s national and regional winners for safety awareness and preparedness were honored during the 66th Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

On Saturday, Aug, 25, Little League’s A Safety Awareness Program (ASAP) was the focus of a breakfast that recognized the contentious efforts of several local leagues in each of the five regions in the United States.

Rancho Niguel Little League (RNLL) in Laguna Niguel, Calif., was the recipient of the 2012 ASAP National Award. The league will receive a set of lights for one of its fields from Musco Sports Lighting for being named the national award winner.

The top two plans in each Little League region were:

Central Region: Plymouth Canton Little League (Canton, Mich.); Riverfield Little League (Anderson, Ind.) Southeastern Region: Bristol (Tenn.) Little League; Capital Midwestern Little League (Charleston, W. Va.) Western Region: Rancho Niguel Little League (Laguna Niguel, Calif.); Chino (Calif.) American Little League Eastern Region: Thompson Little League (North Grosvenor Dale, Conn.); Bayonne (N.J.) Central Little League Southwestern Region: Oak Ridge Woodlands Area Little League (The Woodlands, Texas); League City (Texas) American Little League

One of the major considerations in Little League Baseball and Softball’s decision-making process is the safety of the players, coaches and volunteers in the program. In 1995, ASAP was established to encourage local leagues to formulate a safety program that could be used as their guideline.

Since the program’s inception, the top plans in each of the five U.S. Little League Regions are selected and from that pool a national winner is chosen.

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