SOFTBALL AGE:
SAAA follows USSSA's age guidelines for division age cutoffs.
USSSA age determination date for FALL 2026/SPRING 2027 is August 31, 2026
Playing Up--Please contact SAAA to request permission to play up a division. Prior to playing up a division, the player should have played at least one year at his or her assigned age division or be within one year of aging up to the requested division. Playing up a division must be requested each season and is not guaranteed as playing up may take away a spot of a player at his or her designated age division. Requests to play up should be made at the earliest possible time to ensure a possibility of playing up. A request to play up is not automatic and is not guaranteed to be granted.
Playing down an age group is not permitted.
SOFTBALL FALL 2026 & SPRING 2027 AGE RANGE CHART
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| 6U SOFTBALL | 5 & 6 | 09/01/2019 and **04/30/2022 |
| 8U HYBRID (player/coach pitch) | 7 & 8 | 09/01/2017 and 08/31/2019 |
| 10U SOFTBALL | 9 & 10 | 09/01/2015 and 08/31/2017 |
| 12U SOFTBALL | 11 & 12 | 09/01/2013 and 08/31/2015
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| 13+ SOFTBALL | 13 & 14 | 09/01/2007 and 08/31/2013
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BASEBALL AGE:
SAAA follows USSSA's age guidelines for division age cutoffs.
USSSA age determination date for FALL 2026/SPRING 2027 is MAY 1, 2027
- Determine your child’s age as of May 1. This is the league age for baseball that should be used to determine what age division to play in. The league age determines what division a player is eligible to register in. Example – If the league age of a player is 11 on May 1st, then the player is eligible to register in 12U.
- Playing Up--Please contact SAAA to request permission to play up a division. Prior to playing up a division, the player should have played at least one year at his or her assigned age division or be within one year of aging up to the requested division. Playing up a division must be requested each season and is not guaranteed as playing up may take away a spot of a player at his or her designated age division. Requests to play up should be made at the earliest possible time to ensure a possibility of playing up. A request to play up is not automatic and is not guaranteed to be granted.
- Playing down an age group is not permitted.
BASEBALL FALL 2026 & SPRING 2027 AGE RANGE CHART
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| 4U TEE BALL | 3 & 4 | 05/01/2022 and 04/30/2024 |
| 6U COACH PITCH/TEE | 5 & 6 | 05/01/2020 and 04/30/2022 |
| 8U HYBRID (player/coach pitch) | 7 & 8 | 05/01/2018 and 04/30/2020 |
| 10U BASEBALL | 9 & 10 | 05/01/2016 and 04/30/2018 |
| 12U BASEBALL | 11 & 12 | 05/01/2014 and 04/30/2016
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| 14U BASEBALL | 13 & 14 | 05/01/2012 and 04/30/2014
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| 16/18U BASEBALL | 15 - 18 | 05/01/2008 and 04/30/2012 |
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***NOTE: At 16/18U, a player must be enrolled in high school to be eligible. Once a player graduates High School, the player is considered aged out of the program regardless of age.*****
