2024 ISC Board Meeting Summary with Rules Changes and More
Blair Setford • August 22, 2024
ISC Executive Elections Results, Rules Changes and More Covered at Annual Board Meeting
The ISC Board of Directors met at Softball City in Surrey, BC during the 78th Annual ISC World Tournament. Included among the decisions ratified by the board were the following:
- Confirmation of the July 26 - Aug 2 dates for the 2025 ISC World Tournament in North Mankato, MN
- Elimination of the roles of Executive Committee Chairman and Vice-President, Operations as the duties of those roles have been disbursed to others in the organization
- Reduction in the maximum ISC roster size from 18 to 16 (note this does not apply to ISC Legends where the 20-man roster is still in effect)
- Changes to the run-rule differentials to 12 runs after 3 innings, 10 runs after 4 innings and 7 runs after 5 innings
- Adoption of the automatic intentional walk rule
- Under playing rule exceptions from the USA Softball rules, an ejection from a game of any player, coach or team official does not result in an automatic one-game suspension however, the ISC protest committee shall have the authority to impose additional sanctions on any player, coach or team official for egregious conduct
- The eligibility period for player nominations to the ISC Hall of Fame is reduced from five years to three years of inactivity following a player's last ISC World Tournament
- Player nominations for induction into the ISC Hall of Fame at the 2025 ISC World Tournament will continue to be accepted through to September 30, 2024
- Applications to host the 2026 ISC World Tournament will continue to be accepted through December 31, 2024
The ISC Board also elected the following to two-year terms for the listed executive positions:
- President: Chris Santos
- Communications VP: Blair Setford
- USA VP: Keith Erkenbrack
- Canada VP: Todd McCabe
- World Tournament VP: Rich Haldane
- Treasurer: Greg Nydick
- Secretary: Tom Stasik
π 2025 ISC World Tournament Champions – Hill United Chiefsπ Second Place: Bear Creek Express Third Place: NorthEast Drillers Fourth Place: STK Fastball π ISC All World 2nd Team π OUTFIELD Jonathan Lynch - JDT First Energy Yusef Davis - Bear Creek Express Callum Beashel - Bear Creek Express INFIELD Lenny Villalvazo - Hill United Chiefs Manual Godoy - STK Fastball Ladislao Malarczuk - Bear Creek Gremlins Blaine Milheim - NorthEast Drillers Catcher Conredo Zanuttini - STK Fastball DP Jessin Potskin - STK Fastball Pitchers Devon McCullough - JDT First Energy Jorge Segura - STK Fastball Jack Besgrove - Bear Creek Gremlins π ISC All World 1st Team π OUTFIELD Thomas Enoka - NorthEast Drillers Bradley Ezekiel - Hill United Chiefs Alejo "Choco" Muñoz - STK Fastball INFIELD Luigar Pinto - Bear Creek Express Tony Gonzalez - Hill United Chiefs Fede Eder - STK Fastball Cam Schiller - NorthEast Drillers CATCHER Juan Zara - NorthEast Drillers DP Luchi Biondi PITCHER Marco Diaz - Hill United Chiefs Ty Sebastian - Bear Creek Express Huemel Mata - NorthEast Drillers π Best Dressed Team π Georgian Bay Giants π Frank Porth Team Sportsman Award π Kegel Black Knights π Kevin Herlihy Newcomer Of The Year Award π Ryan Bicknell - STK Fastball π Leroy Zimmerman Most Outstanding Pitcher π Marco Diaz - Hill United Chiefs π Cloe Coyette Most Valuable Player π Ty Sebastian - Bear Creek Express Congratulations to all of the ISC Award Winners!
π 2025 ISC Legends Champions – Cobourg Force! π Second Place: CR Brewers Third Place: All-Seasons Patriots Third Place: Highroad Excavating North Stars π Legends All Tournament Team - Players π Trevor McCabe - CR Brewers Ales Jelmar - All Seasons Patriots Tom Berube - Cobourg Force Corey Vey - Highroad Excavating Northstars Mike Brooks - Waterdown Hammer Terry Challis - CR Brewers Bart Fenstermacher - All Seasons Patriots Pat Shannon - Canada Maccabi Chris Miljavac - All Seasons Patriots Craig Crawford - CR Brewers Jeff Detta - Cobourg Force Mark Pothier - CR Brewers π Legends Leading Hitter π Dave Brownhill - Cobourg Force - AVG 0.657 π Legends RBI Leaders π 11 - Bart Fenstamaucher - All Seasons Patriots 11 - Gene Luton - Parksville Red Sox π Most Outstanding Pitcher π Grant Patterson - Cobourg Force π Ward Gosse Memorial Legends Most Valuable Player π Dave Brownhill - Cobourg Force Congratulations to all winners in the ISC Legends Tournament.