Steps to get approved
Who needs to be approved as a volunteer?
Anyone who will be on the field with children (manager, coach, umpire). Also, team parents, practice helpers, scorekeepers, must be approved. Full approval is NOT required to work the snack shack.
I'm not on the approved list. How do I know which items I'm missing?
E-mail the background check director, Theisha Rush at theisha@yahoo.com
How do I get approved as a volunteer?
INSTRUCTIONS
There are 3 primary requirements to become an approved volunteer; a background check, fingerprinting and a Little League Abuse Awareness training. The background check and abuse training are required each year. The fingerprinting is only required once ever for Willow Glen Little League. Note that fingerprint records are not shared between organizations, so your fingerprint from a school or other sports league, it does not count for WGLL.
Here are the steps to get fully verified:
- Register as a Volunteer on the Sports Connect website. You may have done this when you signed up If you did not do this during registration, you must do so now to become a cleared volunteer (Use the "Register Myself" function on Sports Connect).
- Complete the Background Check via the email sent to you by JDP (after registering on Sports Connect).
- Get Fingerprinted. This is NEW for 2025. Everyone will need to do it, but then (unlike JDP) you won't need to do it again. The easiest time to get fingerprinted will be at Evaluation Day. The plan is for the Verify Group to be at WGLL on January 25th from 8am-12pm. You bring your government-issued ID, fill out a form, and get fingerprinted. If you attend the league sponsored fingerprinting on evaluation day, the league will cover the fee! If you miss the evaluation day, you can go to the Verify Group office and you will need to cover the cost of fingerprinting (~$25). The address is: 262 E Hamilton Ave Suite A, Campbell, CA 95008
- Complete the Abuse Awareness Course and Upload Your Certificate. Complete the course at Abuse Awareness Training Course. You will be e-mailed a PDF certificate of your completion. To be in compliance with the league, you must upload the certificate into your profile. In your Sports Connect profile, go to My Account -> Volunteer and find your roles & certifications. Click the small pencil icon. Scroll to the bottom and find the place to upload "Training Certifications" and upload your certificate. Please upload the certificate for all of your roles. For example, if you see roles for Team Manager, Umpire, and Volunteer, please upload the document for all of the roles.
- Get approved by the Background Check Director. The background check director will review your documents and add your name to the approved list. If you have any questions, please contact theisha@yahoo.com.
2025 Approved Volunteer list
Updated 2/2/25
This includes JDP (background check) and AAJC (fingerprints), but not Abuse Awareness yet.
Arias, Tony
Avila, Josh
Bacon, Christa
Bacon, Ryan
Baez, Alex
Baez, Jasmine
Bartel, Josh
Basso, Chris
Cardenas, Jon
Christensen, Justin
Ciabattoni, Stephen
Clarin, Ben
Cook, Garrett
Daniels, John
Davis, David
Decker, Rachel
Dinga, Carl
Edgerly, Connella
Feldman, Aaron
Fernandez, Robbie
Ghasseminezhad, Arash
Greene, Michael
Harris, Brandon
Hernandez, Michael
Hollywood, Matt
Holt, Casey
Ibarra, David
Jones, Justin
Laskowski, Jaime
Leiker, Chad
Leong, Brian
Lerner (Fromm), Emily
Lou, Kris
Mass, Braeden
McClain, Jerry
McGann, Katie
Morris (Neveras), McKenzie
Melendez, Sarah
Munoz, Allen
Parico, Gian Carlo
Perkins, Tiffany
Needham, Tim
Rahn, Brett
Rush, Theisha
Saber, Jake
Saign, Mike
Settle, Steve
Sheble, Yazmin
Shumate, Liz
Shumate, Michael
Staubli, Jolon
Stefani, Matt
Swasey, Tyler
Taylor, Matt
Tellez, Brian
Tuttle, John
Veroneau, David
Way, Ted
White, Catherine
Wilcox, Matthew
Willis, Aaron
Winkelman, Benton
Woosley, Clay