USSSA Memorial Day NIT "Join the Team, Strike Out Teen Suicide"

Welcome to the home for the USSSA Memorial Day NIT.  On this page you will find information regarding all aspects of the event. 

For 2013, we will be tying in this event as the flagship event to help promote NAMI.  Over the last two seasons, we have hosted an awareness benefit tournament for NAMI.  This year we wanted to incorporate that event into one that could potentially have the greatest effect and outreach.  The idea for this event was an experience that one of the owners of MSP, Jeremy McDowell had in late 2009. One of his teenagers had battled depression and was diagnosed in September of 2009. They took all the proper steps with seeking professional help and getting their teenager to counselors and psychiatrists. Jeremy’s family learned a lot about depression and found out immediately they were very uneducated about depression and mental illnesses overall because of the stigma put on mental health by the general public. Just when it appeared everything was headed in the right direction their teenager had a serious suicide attempt in March of 2010.  Read more...

In 2012, this event grew to 243 teams (196 in 2011) and was played at multiple venues across the KC Metro Area.  For this season, we will designate divisions to specific parks or portions of the city.  We have split the parks into an East (including Adair Park, Frank White, and Markey Park) and West (Basehor-Field of Dreams & Mid America West) region.  You can look below and see the table that shows which divisions will be divided into those regions.

Returning in 2013, we will be having C Divisions for all age groups.  They will also be a part of the NIT, meaning that teams will earn 3x as many points, and we will DOUBLE the amount of World Series berths awarded for this event.

We hope to see you on this holiday weekend tournament.  Please check back frequently as we will continue to update information as it becomes available.

Event Information

A/B Memorial Day NIT

May 24-27, 2013
Various locations in the Kansas City Metro Area.
  • 10U-14B Divisions
    • Played Friday-Sunday - May 24-26
  • 14A-18U Divisions
    • Played Saturday-Monday - May 25-27
Event Fee:  $375 (daily gate fee charged)
 Format:  6 Game Guarantee with Double Elimination Bracket
Daily Gate Fee:
  • Adults (16 & Older):  $6
  • Kids (6-16 years):  $2
  • Seniors (65+): $2

$1 from each gate entry will be donated directly to NAMI-KC.


A/B Memorial Day NIT Look Who's Coming


C Memorial Day NIT

May 25-27, 2013 (Saturday - Monday only)
Various locations in the Kansas City Metro Area

Event Fee:  $225 (daily gate fee charged)
Format:  5 Game Guarantee with Double Elimination Bracket
Daily Gate Fee:
  • Adults (16 & Older):  $6
  • Kids (6-16 years):  $2
  • Seniors (65+): $2
$1 from each gate entry will be donated directly to NAMI-KC.

C Memorial Day NIT Look Who's Coming

Field Assignments by Division

For the Memorial Day NIT, we will have an East and West block of fields.  Teams will be slotted for the East or West areas and will play their games around that portion of the Metro Area.

West

    

East

Facilities
 		    Facilities
  • Field of Dreams (MAP)
  • Mid America West (MAP)
  • Stump Park
    
  • Adair Park (MAP)
  • Frank White Sp. Comp. (MAP)
  • Markey Park (MAP)
  • Memorial Park (Belton)
Age/Divisions
 		    Age/Divisions
  • 10 & Under A
  • 10 & Under B
  • 12 & Under B
  • 14 & Under A
  • 16 & Under B
  • 18 & Under B
   
  • 12 & Under A
  • 14 & Under B
  • 16 & Under A
  • 18 & Under A
  • All C Divisions

A/B NIT Prize Packages

Travel Fund Award

 For this event, we are going to take a portion of the entry fees and put them towards a travel fund.  This travel fund will be distributed to the winning teams of each age group.

  • 12UA/14UA/16UA/18UA
    Divisions = $100 per team
  • 10U/12UB/14UB/16UB/18UB
    Divisions = $50 per team

We will distribute to the winning teams as follows:

  • 12 teams or less in a division
    • Champion = 70% of fund
    • Runner-Up = 30% of fund
  • 13 teams or more in a division
    • Champion = 60% of fund
    • Runner-Up = 25% of fund
    • 3rd Place = 15% of fund

Example:

  • 18 & Under “A”  -  12 teams    Travel fund of $1200
    • Champion receives $840
    • Runner-Up receives $360
  • 14 & Under “B” - 24 teams    Travel Fund of $1200
    • Champion receives $720
    • Runner-Up receives $300
    • 3rd Place receives $180