More than 300 Little League coaches, volunteers and parents across the Southwest Region are demanding Little League International strip Tulsa National Little League of its charter and fire the state and regional officials who oversaw a scandal-plagued tournament season.
Pottawatomie County Little League and Deer Creek Little League issued the formal demand on Aug. 13, according to the Tulsa World. The two leagues represent two of Oklahoma's five chartered Little League programs.
Their joint letter calls on Little League International to remove Oklahoma District Administrator Mindy Abbott and Southwest Region Director Blaine Whitmire, revoke Tulsa National's charter and vacate all 2025 and 2026 Oklahoma State and Southwest Regional tournament titles awarded to Tulsa National.
The demand escalates a crisis that began Aug. 10, when Little League International disqualified Tulsa National's 10-to-12-year-old baseball team from the Southwest Region Tournament over an ineligible player. As we reported Aug. 15, a Texas judge briefly issued a temporary restraining order before dissolving it the next day, ending Tulsa National's World Series bid.
The eligibility violation centered on a player whose younger sibling was registered as a 7-year-old in the Challenger Division to qualify the older player under Little League's sibling participation rule. Little League Vice President Dan Velte confirmed in court documents that the sibling was actually 10 years old and never participated in any Challenger program practice or game.
Tulsa National's softball team was also disqualified from the 2026 Southwest Region Tournament roughly three weeks before the baseball team's removal, The Oklahoman reported, after the Tournament Committee determined that sufficient documentation could not verify all players were eligible.
Abbott, the Oklahoma district administrator targeted for removal, pushed back. She told The Oklahoman that "the two Leagues that have made this request are not in compliance with Little League regulations," though she did not specify which regulations.
The joint letter stated the group stands united in demanding immediate accountability from Little League International following what it called several eligibility controversies and disqualifications involving Tulsa National.
Separately, Sports Illustrated reported that evidence indicates neither Tulsa National nor Washington County, the other finalist in the Oklahoma state tournament, was eligible to compete. Washington County reportedly fielded a nearly intact travel team known as the 11U Bartlesville Bombers.
Tulsa National Little League President Stephen Skocik also operates multiple related entities, including Tulsa Area Youth Softball and Baseball, Inc., Tulsa Little League, Inc. and Tulsa Little League Baseball, Inc., according to IRS 990-EZ filings reviewed by Sports Illustrated. A civil lawsuit alleging more than $113,000 in unpaid electric, water and sewer bills at LaFortune Park has a status conference scheduled for Sept. 15 in Tulsa County District Court.
Little League International had not publicly responded to the charter revocation demand as of Aug. 14, according to Front Office Sports. The Little League World Series begins Aug. 19 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with Boerne Little League representing the Southwest Region after winning the championship 4-1 over Louisiana's Ascension Parish.
