Mt. Vernon Optimist Club is excited to provide Spring and Fall Softball programs!
Our spring season is competitive with games and a tournament, while fall season is for skills development, practice and games. If your child is age 3-4 y/o, they should sign up for T-Ball under our Baseball Spring season. We are always looking for ways to improve after each season and have taken your feedback into consideration. To maintain quality competition and provide the best experience for all players, we once again collaborated with Greenfield Softball League and will be combining game schedules. We are in talks with other organizations to play games with them as well. If any changes are made to this section, we will update it as soon as we can.
SOFTBALL COMMISSIONER: Marcus Marvin
[email protected]
317.493.9635
Feel free to contact Marcus with any questions at email listed above or via cell phone.
2026 SPRING SOFTBALL REGISTRATION
OPEN NOW! Use the Register button in the upper right. Registration ends at 11:59pm on 3.27.26.
Any registration opened up after 3.27.26 will result in a $20 late fee.
No registrations will be taken after 4.1.26
We will not guarantee/honor coach and teammate assignment requests, except where a coach has their child on the team.
PLAYER SKILLS EVALUATIONS
ALL PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN PLAYER EVALUATIONS!
Player evaluations will take place on 3.29.26 & 3.30.26 at Mt Comfort Elementary School Gym.
Sunday 3.29.26 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday 3.30.26 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
COACH AND TEAM SELECTION MEETING
The team selection meeting will take place Thursday, 4.2.26 at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be held at McCordsville United Methodist Church (6247 W Broadway, McCordsville, IN 46055)
Any coach, head or assistant of a team, MUST be present to draft players.
Children are not allowed at coach meeting!
Fees
6U: $110
8U, 10U, 12U: $135
$10 discount for second child and each additional child.
New Softball Age Group RulesWe will conform to the new age requirement set forth by USSSA Softball. Players will be required to play in the age group they are eligible for. We will not be allowing players to play up or down age groups. The age groups are intended to have players play with the players in their school grade now.
Ages per division are as follows:
6U = 9.1.18 - 8.31.20
8U = 9.1.16 - 8.31.18
10U = 9.1.14 - 8.31.16
12/14U = 9.1.10 - 8.31.14
NOTES
6U players may be eligible for PeeWee Baseball and 6U Softball in our system. We recommend you daughter starts softball as early as possible. If this is an option to you, please select 6U softball when registering.
LOCATIONS
Practices will take place at Mt Vernon Optimist Fields at Mt Comfort Elementary. We will play games in a split schedule between Greenfield (Brandywine Park) and Mt Vernon Optimist Fields.
UNIFORMS
We will provide softball players jerseys and socks. Parents must provide pants to their player. ALL PANTS MUST BE BLACK! A belt is optional, but encouraged.
EQUIPMENT
Your player will need their own:
Cleats - NO METAL SPIKES. High top cleats are best. Soccer cleats will not work for softball.
Batting helmet - MUST HAVE AN ATTACHED FACE MASK. Snug fit. Make sure the helmet doesn't move while your player runs with it on.
Fielding Glove - Size to hand. Don't go crazy on a glove for younger players. They will grow out of it. 11.5 inch kids glove is a great starter for 6U & smaller 8U players. Nothing smaller than that! T-ball gloves will be no help to your player! It may be hard to use at first. Glove oil will soften it up. Even the smallest hands can use a well broken glove. We recommend a 12.5 inch kids glove for bigger 8U players & 10U players. We recommend stepping up to a 12.5 inch LADIES glove for 12U players. Just a heads up, first base gloves and catchers gloves can only be used in that position. Avoid those.
Defensive Protective Face Mask - THIS ITEM IS MANDATORY, no exceptions. If your player doesn't have one, she can't step on the field.
Bat - A bat IS NOT required. Coaches will have a team bat to use. It's recommended your player have their own only because it's hard for coaches to fit every player with a team bat. If you decide to purchase a bat and have questions about how to fit them to your player, do not hesitate to reach out!
ALL EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL AGE GROUPS!
PRACTICES
Practice will start the week of 4.6.26. You should receive an email from your team coaching staff regarding the practice schedule.
TEAM PHOTOGRAPHS
Spring Picture date will be announced at the beginning of April.
GAME SCHEDULE
Games will start 4.25.26. Last games will be 5.30.26
Tournament will be the week of 6.1.26-6.5.26.
Game schedules will be provided to the coaches to distribute to their teams. Games will be played at Mt. Comfort Elementary & Greenfield (Brandywine Park).
- 6u will not play double headers. Will play one game on a weekday & one game on Saturday.
- 8u will not play double headers every Saturday, but will play some double headers.
- 10U & 12/14U will play double headers on Saturdays. They may have a few games scheduled for our ''Friday Night Under the Lights'' games in Greenfield. Only one game will be played Saturday for teams that play the previous Friday night.
No games on Memorial Day or Labor Day weekends.
10-game schedule.
Make up games will be scheduled throughout the week, if possible to make them up.
IN SEASON PREGAME FIELD PREP:
The designated home team is responsible for lining the fields before the game; the away team for raking after the game.
SPRING SUNDAY ALLIANCE GAMES
We do offer a Spring Sunday Alliance program. This will be by invitation only. If you are interested in your player playing Sunday Alliance, please reach out! We are always looking for new players to play Sunday Alliance.
Sunday Alliance consists of Sunday Double Header Games played locally. These games are played against Rec organizations across central Indiana. Games start at 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. (games are 75 min) and end at 5:30pm. Two games will be played every Sunday. The cost for this is $5 per player per Sunday. This opportunity will be available to 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U players.
VOLUNTEERS
Mt. Vernon Optimist Club seeks new members to administer and operate our baseball, softball, and basketball programs as well as academic programs such as written essay/Oratorical contests and administrative positions. If Optimist membership is not possible, your assistance with operations such as field preparation and concessions is appreciated. Volunteering can occur during player website registration on mvoptimist.com if the person is a member of the parent/guardian's website account. Special website procedures for a volunteer to sign up after the player's registration is completed, or if the volunteer has a separate website user account than that used to register a player. Please contact us at [email protected] for special volunteer sign-up.
WEATHER LINE: 317-335-4441
The softball weather line is used to communicate the cancellation of practice or games in the event of bad weather. We encourage every parent to use this weather line rather than texting, calling or emailing the head coach of your team.
Questions or concerns? Please send an email to us at [email protected]!