WBSC Website

Receiving WBSC Certification is for the top USA Softball Umpire, not available to any other softball organization. Once the umpire is certified as an WBSC umpire, they are eligible to umpire at international competitions including the World Championships (adult or junior men's and women's) or Regional Softball Championships, including the Pan American Games. The WBSC is also where all umpires were chosen from to work the Olympic Games. Certification can be achieved in fast pitch, slow pitch, or modified pitch levels.

Only about 265 U.S. umpires have been certified in this program since it began in 1978. Considering there have been nearly 100,000 registered umpires during that span of time, it is indeed an honor to hold this certification. Of that total, less than 100 are active (the remaining have gone inactive).

In St. Louis, we have two umpires who have reached this pinnacle:

Greg Pohl – Fast Pitch – 2001                      Kevin Wallace – Fast Pitch – 2011