North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance

The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) is a non-profit, international association of gay and lesbian softball leagues.^[1] As of 2023, NAGAAA rebranded to International Pride Softball.

NAGAAA was founded in 1977 and the first elected Commissioner was Warren Shepell, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It currently has 54 member leagues in the United States and Canada. The current Commissioner is Jeff Sloan.

NAGAAA recognizes seven divisions of play, from the competitive A division through B, C, D and E, plus two Legends Divisions for players age 50 and above. NAGAAA also maintains a player rating system used to evaluate player skill levels to ensure safety and competitive play. While each member city operates independently, NAGAAA membership allows for a consistent framework for operating interleague play during numerous tournaments hosted by member cities and at the two annual NAGAAA hosted tournaments, the Gay Softball World Series (GSWS) for all divisions, and the NAGAAA Cup Invitational tournament for teams from A and B divisions and the two Legends divisions. The 2019 GSWS held in Kansas City includes "208 teams and is expected to attract more than 5,000 people."^[2] The NAGAAA has grown to more than 3,000 teams and 25,000 participants.^[2] The GSWS is the largest annual, LGBTQ, "single-sport, week-long athletic competition in the world."^[2]

Prior to 2007, there was also a division for all female teams but the Amateur Sports Alliance of North America was formed from NAGAAA in 2007.

Current member leagues edit

54 member leagues:

Gay Softball World Series edit

Each year teams representing these leagues participate in the NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series (GSWS), hosted each year in a different member city.

Each member city is allowed to send an unlimited number of teams in the A division and up to three team in each of the B, C, D and E divisions based on the size of the local league, with larger cities allowed more teams. Members cities are encouraged to send at least one team to the GSWS each year.

Future sites for the Gay Softball World Series
2024 - Las Vegas, Nevada
2025 - Houston, Texas
2026 - to be determined
2027 - San Francisco, California (50th GSWS)

Gay Softball World Series Champions edit


Year	Host City	A Division Winner	B Division Winner	C Division Winner	D Division Winner	E Division Winner	Legends Division C Winner	Legends Division D Winner
2027	San Francisco, CA
2026	to be determined
2025	Houston, TX
2024	Las Vegas, NV
2023	Twin Cities, MN ^[3]	San Francisco Fury Unleashed	New Orleans Dream Skittles	Columbus United Elite	Ft. Lauderdale Riptide	Orlando Liberty Baggers	Palm Springs Greyhounds	Atlanta Daddies
2022	Dallas, TX	Phoenix Charlie's AZ Toros	Atlanta Primetime Elite	Orlando Liberty	Dallas Green Sox	Birmingham Sliders	Orlando Swag	Washington DC Big Blue
2021	Columbus, OH	Phoenix Charlie's AZ Toros	Columbus Grizz	New Orleans Skittles United	Columbus Capitals (Later determined to be a C team playing down a division)	Columbus The Columbus Ban'd	Palm Springs Grayhounds	Orlando Swag Sportswear
2020	Cancelled ^[4]
2019	Kansas City, MO	Phoenix Charlies	Los Angeles Rebels	Atlanta Wet Demons	Dallas Devils	Atlanta Chargers	Ft. Lauderdale Alive & Kicking	Ft. Lauderdale Silverhawks
2018	Tampa, FL *	Orlando Unicorns	Knoxville Cyclones / Orlando Voltage	Mid-Atlantic Thunder	Mid-Atlantic Norfolk Gunners		Houston Hey Daddy!	Palm Springs Desert Dogs / Philadelphia Triple Play Legends
2017	Portland, OR	Palm Springs Rounders 2.0	Austin Hot Flash	Twin Cities Steel	Long Beach Pegasus D		Dallas Fossil Fuel	Ft. Lauderdale Code Blue
2016	Austin, TX	Dallas Texas Force	Los Angeles Thunder	Kansas City Cocktails	Phoenix Saints		New York Cranky Yankees
2015	Columbus, OH	Houston Force	Columbus Grizzlies	Austin Outlaws	Tampa Pitch Slapped		San Diego Marine Layer
2014	Dallas, TX	Palm Springs Rounders 2.0	Atlanta Show Stoppers	Las Vegas Grease Monkeys	Los Angeles Swingers		New York Cranky Yankees
2013	Washington, DC	Houston Force	Boston Blizzard	Orlando Fury Unleashed	Mid-Atlantic Lightning		Southern New England Cranky Yankees
2012	Twin Cities, MN ^[5]	Atlanta Sluggers	Long Beach Rounders 2.0	Tampa Venom	Seattle Inferno		Seattle Strokes
2011	Chicago, IL	Atlanta Venom	Boston Alley Gators	Las Vegas The Rat Pack	Boston Good Times
2010	Columbus, OH *	Los Angeles Vipers / Orlando Force	Dallas T K O	Austin Shady Ladies	Boston Ramrod Machine
2009	Milwaukee, WI	Phoenix Toros	Chicago Spin Cougars	Ft. Lauderdale Cyclones	Nashville Players
2008	Seattle, WA	Los Angeles Vipers	Boston Crew	Dallas Woody's Xplosion	Seattle Atomic
2007	Phoenix, AZ	Atlanta Venom	Orlando Force	Memphis Heat	Atlanta Wet Demons
2006	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Los Angeles Vipers	Los Angeles Killer B's	Nashville Tribe	Chicago Jackhammer Heat
2005	San Diego, CA	Los Angeles Vipers	Washington D.C. Disturbance	Seattle Blue Sox	Tampa Titans
2004	Dallas, TX	Atlanta Venom	Phoenix Calamus/IONSZ Crush	Virginia Beach Evil Empire	Memphis Barflies
2003	Washington, DC	Los Angeles Stray Cats	Seattle Monarchs	Chicago Cougar's	Los Angeles El Dorado Knights
2002	Portland, OR	Los Angeles Stray Cats	Ft. Lauderdale Alibi Demons	Mid-Atlantic Norfolk Cavaliers	Chicago Little Dog Properties
2001	San Francisco, CA	Los Angeles Stray Cats	Los Angeles Destroyers	Ft. Lauderdale Chardees Stingrays
2000	Toronto, ON	Los Angeles Stray Cats	Boston Jackhammers	Ft. Lauderdale Chardees Stingrays
1999	Kansas City, MO	Los Angeles Stray Cats	Kansas City Dixie Belles Sharps	San Francisco Posse
1998	Atlanta, GA	Los Angeles Stray Cats	Dallas Sting	Boston Southenders
1997	San Diego, CA	Los Angeles Stray Cats	Twin Cities Gay 90's Bandits	Toronto The Crew
1996	Twin Cities, MN	Los Angeles Stray Cats	New York Sunny Day Knights	San Francisco Murderer's Row
1995	Seattle, WA	Los Angeles Stray Cats	San Diego Rich's ACES	Washington D.C. JR's Gamecocks
1994	Nashville, TN	Los Angeles Stray Cats	New York Dugout	Dallas JR's
1993	Philadelphia, PA	Mid-Atlantic Norfolk Outlaws	Seattle Elite	San Francisco Aids Foundation Golden Bears
1992	Los Angeles, CA	Boston Fritz	Philadelphia Woody's	Atlanta Ritz Sluggers
1991	Boston, MA	Los Angeles Griffs	Los Angeles Blaze
1990	Pittsburgh, PA	San Francisco Uncle Bert's Bombers	Philadelphia Blue Parrot
1989	Atlanta, GA	Los Angeles Griffs	San Francisco Galleon
1988	Dallas, TX	Twin Cities Cloud 9	New York Ty's Chelsea Breakers
1987	San Francisco, CA	Twin Cities Cloud 9
1986	New York, NY/New Haven, CT	Los Angeles Slammers
1985	Milwaukee, WI	Houston Briar Patch
1984	Houston, TX	Twin Cities Gay 90's
1983	Chicago, IL	Chicago Sidetrack
1982	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Pendulum
1981	Toronto, ON	Los Angeles Griffs
1980	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Griffs
1979	Milwaukee, WI	Los Angeles Rusty Nail
1978	New York, NY	Los Angeles Griffs
1977	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Badland

Co-Champions have been declared in 2010 and 2018 for some divisions due to inclement weather.

References edit

^ "Home". North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Gay Softball World Series draws 5,000 people to Kansas City". KMBZ FM. September 3, 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
^ Minneapolis Region to Host 2022 Gay Softball World Series | Sports Minneapolis
^ NAGAAA News | GSWS 2020 Update
^ NAGAAA 2012 Gay Softball World Series | Lavender Magazine

External links edit

[1] "Home". North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance. Retrieved 2020-02-11.

[:0-2] "Gay Softball World Series draws 5,000 people to Kansas City". KMBZ FM. September 3, 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-05.

[3] Minneapolis Region to Host 2022 Gay Softball World Series | Sports Minneapolis

[4] NAGAAA News | GSWS 2020 Update

[5] NAGAAA 2012 Gay Softball World Series | Lavender Magazine

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