Trusted Officials
Whether you have been officiating for 20 years or are brand new to the game, MYAS has the tools to keep you working through the season!
Trusted Officials 2025 Year-In-Review & 2026 Outlook
The 2025 Officiating season was one of our best!
Football 2025:
This was our first year with the Gopher State Football League and we had just shy of 100 officials go through the Trusted Officials Football Training Program.
Basketball 2024-2025:
We had just over 620 officials go through the Trusted Officials Basketball Training Program.
Baseball 2025:
We had just shy of 400 Umpires go through the Trusted Officials Baseball Training Program.
Looking ahead to the 2026 season’s we’re looking to build on getting all youth officials certified through the Metro/State by offering more training opportunities with more In-Person Trainings, keeping registration fees as low as possible, with game fees going up in Basketball after the 2025-2026 season. Football fees are at a 3 year set price and Baseball has one year left then they’ll be getting a raise too.
We serviced over 2,200 hundred teams in our tournaments alone, along with all of our league teams as well so we’re looking forward to another outstanding 2026!
The Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (MYAS) has been Minnesota’s Home for Youth Sports since 1991. Our organization is based on an educational foundation and we have been training basketball officials and baseball umpires for over 33 years.
With over 12,000 basketball games and 8,000 baseball games each and every year, we look to provide the best training possible to those who want to learn how to become an official.
We have Assignors on deck just waiting to schedule YOU for your first game of the season.
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Sports and athletics have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I raced competitive BMX for six years and then got back into playing team sports. When I finally realized that my best playing days were behind me, I found my passion for becoming an official. I still wanted to be a part of the game and officiating gave me that avenue. I’ve been calling games for over 35 years now and am still currently active officiating in the sports of Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, and Fast Pitch.
I accepted the duties and responsibilities of the MYAS Director of Officials with the ultimate goal of infusing excitement in becoming an official. Just as being a player has it’s certain demands, executing the role of an official brings with it its own challenges and rewards. With on-court training, proper mechanics and rules knowledge any official can go as far as they would like in this profession.
When I envision the future of officiating at the MYAS, I see a new generation of officials that not only want to give back to the game and still be an important part of it but also hone the craft of officiating and ascend the ranks. I’m very passionate about being an official and I want to change the perception of what being an official looks like and what it feels like. Right now, is a great time to start your officiating career and with our help here at the MYAS we’ll help you achieve your goals!
Remember… I’m one of you. Officials working on behalf of officials!
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