A Special Request

Every year, the staff and students of the Wendelstedt Umpire School host annual charitable and other philanthropic events to assist those special causes in need of our efforts. On January 29th, we will host our annual blood drive. Though you may not be able to join us for this event, we encourage you to donate what you can to the Red Cross, and support their efforts in saving lives.

In addition, we will host our annual Ed Randall's Ump for the Cure event. This is in association with the Bat for the Cure charity, and will include contributions from staff, students, and guests at our annual live game tournament held on February 4th. If you can make it out to watch plenty of baseball and our umpires work, we'd love to have you. But if you can't make it down, we'd would appreciate any financial contribution you can make to this terrific cause. All donations are tax deductable, and will help with researach, development, and awareness of prostate cancer. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, please click the link below. Thank you for your consideration!

A Note From the Chief's Desk

To My Fellow Umpire and Potential Student:

I want to take a moment to thank you for your interest in attending our school. We have prepared more umpires to move into professional baseball, and more umpires to move into the Major Leagues, than all other programs in history, combined! I am very happy to hear that you are interested in becoming one of our next success stories. Whether your aspirations in umpiring are to become a Big League umpire, or just to improve your skills at the amateur level, our training program is designed for you. . . Continue

Did You Know?

• The Wendelstedt Umpire School is proud of of record as the oldest and most attended umpire school in the world! At #26, our State of Florida Education License is one of the oldest for all institutions, including Major Universities, within the state. Please feel free to contact the Florida Department of Education at 888-224-6684 for confirmation.
  
  
• 100% of the Wendelstedt Graduates sent to PBUC were called for placement in professional baseball, as well as our entire school reserve list! More of our umpires are placed in positions at the highest levels than any other program in history.
  
  
• We are the ONLY program that also provides its students with exclusive opportunities with independent professional leagues all over the world.
  
  
• We are the only program with current Major League Umpires on staff! It is also composed of a Baseball Hall of Fame Nominee, Minor League umpires from all levels of professional baseball, and international professional umpires.
  
  
• We are recognized and Approved Training Program for Umpires by the Florida Department of Education, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation, and many Independent Professional Leagues all over the country.
  
  
• Our former and current instructors are some of the most successful in the world. Two more of our former instructors were selected as MLB Supervisors following their retirements from the field. The list of former instructors on the MLB supervisory staff is now seven, and includes Charlie Reliford, Cris Jones, Bruce Froemming, Rich Rieker, and Chuck Meriwether. These supervisors are part of the group that determines umpires' promotions to the big leagues. The success of our students is, in part, due to the ability of our staff members to reach the highest levels of the Major Leagues.