Southwest Regional Director
Phone
813-446-8286 (text preferred)
2024 Age Eligibility
- 11U NTIS: players born in 2013 or 2014
- 12U NTIS: players born in 2012
- 13U NTIS: players born in 2011
- 14U NTIS: players born in 2010
- 15U NTIS: players born in 2009
- 16U NTIS: players born in 2008 or players born in 2007 that are 2026 graduates
Southwest Region Includes
- SoCal
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Utah
ABOUT THE NATIONAL TEAM IDENTIFICATION SERIES
The USA Baseball National Team Identification Series (NTIS) is the most comprehensive player identification program offered by USA Baseball. Launched in 2009, the program was created to provide all athletes from across the United States an opportunity to compete for a spot on a USA Baseball national team.
Players from across the country will begin the identification process by participating in events at the local level in their designated region. Every region will name 30 athletes from each of the 11U, 12U age groups, and 36 athletes from each of the 13U, 14U, 15U, and 16U age groups, to two All-Region teams that will participate in the NTIS Champions Cup at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
2024 NATIONAL TEAM IDENTIFICATION SERIES CHAMPIONS CUP (CARY, NC)
15U & 16U NTIS Champions Cup: August 7-11, 2024
12U & 14U NTIS Champions Cup: August 14-18, 2024
11U & 13U NTIS Champions Cup: August 21-25, 2024
The NTIS Champions Cup annually occurs at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. The event features 12 teams per age group (2 teams for each of the six regions; Southwest, Northwest, Midwest, South, Southeast, Northeast), and athletes participate in evaluation workouts and a championship-style tournament while being evaluated by national team coaches and scouts. Following the NTIS Champions Cup, USA Baseball will invite a minimum of 72 athletes (minimum of 12 players per age group, see below) to National Team Trials and/or National Team Development Program (NTDP) events in the subsequent calendar year.
- 11U NTIS will name 12 players to the 2025 12U National Team Trials
- 12U NTIS will name 12 players to the 2025 13U Athlete Development Program
- 13U NTIS will name 12 players to the 2025 14U Athlete Development Program
- 14U NTIS will name 12 players to the 2025 15U National Team Trials
- 15U NTIS will name 12 players to the 2025 16U National Team Development Program
- 16U NTIS will name 12 players to the 2025 17U National Team Development Program