Residence: Euclid, Ohio; Family: Wife Carole, sons Doug (Cathy) and Tim (Gina), Grandchildren: Douglas, Eric, Nicholas, Adam, and Marrisa; Education: Euclid Senior High School; Occupation: Retired, prior to retirement Plant Manager for Ameritech and Ohio Bell Telephone for 39 1/2 years retiring during 1991; Hobbies: Baseball, Basketball, Fishing and Golf; Favorite Team: Cleveland Indians.

Looking Back: When California's George "Hats" Omachi was killed in a automobile accident, John added yet another title to his resume; Commissioner and Newspaper Editor for the Continental Amateur Baseball Association. President Williams appointed John to fulfill the term of office "Hats" had been elected to, and John was elected to that same position at the next Annual Meeting.

Being Commissioner is like being Vice-President. Carl E. Williams is our President. The Continental Amateur Baseball Associations one of the best amateur baseball organizations in the Nation. When he first got started he thought being Commissioner of The Euclid Boys league (800+ players) was a large undertaking. Being Commissioner of the Continental Amateur Baseball Association represents numerous challenges which John enjoys handling.

When President Williams asked John to assume the responsibilities as Commissioner he looked into his credentials: Lifetime Euclid, Ohio resident including editor of The Continental Amateur Baseball Association's Winter and Fall News plus the High School World Series Edition of the Baseball City News. Also included are many civic offices. He was Chairman of the City of Euclid, Ohio Enterprise Zone Committee. John's Euclid Boys League offices held include: Commissioner, Vice-Commissioner, Treasurer, League President, Manager, Coach, First Life member, First Mr. Euclid Boys League. John has been a Trustee in the Euclid Chamber of Commerce, has been Chairman, and is now the Vice-Chairman of the City of Euclid, Ohio Planning and Zoning Commission. John said "I have held every office in the Euclid Boys League except secretary, and if I had a computer at the time I would have held that position."

With Mocny's devotion to the diamond, his fondest coaching memories have come in basketball, where as Athletic Director and Coach at St. Christine's, he led his teams to eight championship seasons in the St. Joseph CYO League.

John got involved in Euclid, Ohio baseball when his oldest son Doug, then nine years old, signed up to play in the Euclid Boys League.

John said "Sports keeps me busy and I enjoy it. My philosophy when working with the youth of our nation is, if we can provide them with a place to play, we can keep them off the streets and off drugs. Maybe this gives them a fighting chance. It's tough being a young person these days, a lot tougher than when I was growing up. I'll do it as long as I am able. You meet a lot of wonderful people and a lot of nice players. It's so rewarding to have players return ten years later and say Hi Mr. Mocny.

EnRico Heirman is president of Unique Perspectives Plus, Inc., an innovative firm specializing in creative management, strategic marketing, sales enhancement, community development and the orchestration of special projects and events.

He is responsible for bringing nationally known motivational speakers into the Northwest Chicagoland area including the presentation of the Golden Corridor Speaker Series featuring Lou Holtz, noted author Stephen R. Covey, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chairman John F. Sandner, and Notre Dame Vice President Dr. William P. Sexton.

His guest speaker profile list includes legendary college basketball coach Al McGuire, Vietnam hero and four time Super Bowl winner Rocky Bleier, former Chicago Bear Al Harris, Arizona State Baseball Coach Pat Murphy, LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri, former Bears Coach Dave Wannstedt, comedians Basile, and Harry Caray impressionist Ken Sevara, and Dan “Rudy” Ruettiger, who was the inspiration for the Tri-Star blockbuster hit movie “RUDY”.

He is a graduate of St. Joseph College, majoring in political science, and was a four-year starter and co-captain of their baseball team, a perennial NCAA Division II finalist. His athletic accomplishments include a high school state championship in football, a national championship in men’s major fast pitch softball, and a gold medal in the 1988 United States Olympic Festival. He has also done graduate degree work at the University of Notre Dame specializing in the development field.

He is the executive director of the Greater Midwest Sports Association, responsible for orchestrating the internationally acclaimed CABA 9, 11 and 15 Year Old World Series, featuring nearly 100 state or regional championship teams from across America plus Brazil, Canada, Guam, Japan, Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico, hosted in Northern Illinois for the past 16 consecutive years. The ten day event is known for it’s spectacular opening ceremonies that include world class pageantry, fireworks and appearances such as the Zooperstars, Jesse White Tumblers, The Skyriders Trampoline Team, Dutchie Caray and several major college coaches and MLB celebrities. Over 1500 players, coaches, families and fans are transported annually, via luxury buses, to a Major League Baseball game. Each year the event has earned Tournament of Excellence honors and was again selected as the National World Series Site of the Year in 2008. The Famous San Diego Chicken is tentatively slated for an appearance in 2009. The economic impact generated from the event is well over $1 million for the Northern Illinois region.  Heirman also serves as the CABA National VP of Marketing and is the liaison with respective sports commission representatives, and prospective sponsorship partnerships.

The Jaycees honored him with their Lifetime Achievement Award and he was recently elected to the Global Baseball Alliance Board of Directors. In 2007, he was inducted to the CABA National Hall of Fame and in 2008 was inducted into the Indiana ASA Hall of Fame with his Trans-Aire International national championship team. This year he was also selected as the recipient of the prestigious Roger Tremaine Memorial CABA National Person of the Year Award.

EnRico is also the promoter of the McHenry County High School Boys and Girls Basketball All Star Extravaganza held at the historic Alden-Hebron HS gymnasium in Hebron in honor of the legendary 1952 Illinois High School Boys Basketball State Champions. Benny the Bull and the the Rim Rockers have entertained between games.

He is currently working on a major Inspirational Family Movie / Speaker Series, and is a frequent speaker at community related, cause oriented events. He is also a key player in the successful efforts toward building a new Multi Purpose Events Venue / Baseball Stadium located in Woodstock, Illinois scheduled to open in 2010.

Mr. Heirman’s philosophy . . . “Ninety percent of what happens in America is positive and we need to start reemphasizing these positives. Strong kids, strong families, and strong communities is what it’s all about and it’s time to get back to basics. Let’s start nurturing one another, for when people feel good about themselves, good things tend to happen.”

EnRico resides in northern Illinois with his wife, Amy, who is an organizational management consultant for United Airlines certified in multiple disciplines. His daughter, Jacqueline Kronk, was recently married (Adam) and serves as the Director of Development at The Center for the Homeless in South Bend, Indiana. His son, Montana played basketball at Bradley University and the University of South Florida where he is in his senior season and just returned from an educational excursion to Moscow. His youngest son, Shane, is pursuing his degree while playing basketball at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.

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Just starting into his fourth year of service to C.A.B.A. as Executive Director , Larry Redwine has a long trail of baseball experience from which to draw pearls for leadership. 

As a player, Larry was a starting pitcher/outfielder on the first Princeton HS team to ever win a league baseball championship. He then continued on to be a starting pitcher at Cumberland College (now University of the Cumberlands) a perennial FAVC power in those days. 

Larry coached for the first time between his freshman and sophomore years in college. After his honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1971, (Where his final assignment was in the Customs and Investigations Section of his police squadron at C.C.K. Air Base, Taiwan, serving as liaison to the O.S.I.) he then began a 32 consecutive year run as a coach, before taking a break after the 2003 season. As a summer team head coach from 1978 through 2003, his teams compiled a record of 1,248 wins against 328 losses. Thirteen of his teams from 1985, (when he began coaching at the national level), through 2003, finished in the top four in the nation, including six third place finishes, three runners-up and a 1988 national championship team that also reached the rained out championship game in the USA Baseball sponsored Junior Olympics.  Larry served as assistant coach at Xavier University for nearly two years before serving as Head Coach for more than 9 years. During that time, Xavier captured Midwestern Collegiate Conference division championships in 1984, ’85 and ’87 and Larry was named MCC Coach of the Year in 1984 & 1987, when the team set the current season wins record despite being the lowest funded team in the conference.  The list of his former players includes current or former major leaguers Ken Griffey Jr., Mark Lewis, Jay(hawk) Owens, David Bell, Ricky Stone, Aaron Cook and Adam Hyzdu. Former player Mike Hill has also reached the position of General Manager/Vice President for the Florida Marlins. A total of 104 of Larry’s former players have worn a professional uniform and  over 250 have played in colleges from Stanford to Harvard, Michigan to Miami of Florida and all points between. Larry freely admits that C.A.B.A. Vice President for Public Relations Mike Montgomery, Kentucky and Central indiana Director Todd Montgomery and C.A.B.A. Vice President of Legal Mike Maundrell carried him through many of those years.

As an Athletic Administrator, Larry is the founder and the only President of the 25 year-old Southwest Ohio League, C.A.B.A.'s largest affiliate. Along with serving as Executive Director of C.A.B.A., he also serves as Mickey Mantle National Vice President for the A.A.B.C. and in state leadership capacities for a few other national organizations.  Larry is also on the Executive Board of the Global Baseball Alliance. 

Despite his insistence that he would not coach a high school team, God had other plans.  In four years as the Head Varsity baseball Coach at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Larry's teams have compiled a 48-1 record in league play capturing four league titles. In addition, those teams have won 4 sectional championships, 3 district, one regional and in 2005, were the only CHCA baseball team to ever advance to the state final 4. That year, the team was also the state poll champions in Division III. During Redwine’s four years, the team has a 96-21 record, all but one of those losses coming at the hands of much larger and higher division schools.

Larry’s wife Nona, who worked in upstream Product Research & Development at Procter & Gamble, retired in 2001 after 30 years on the job.  She now takes on research projects at Procter & Gamble from time to time through a company named Your Encore. Their son, Adam, was all-city three times, the FAVC Player of the Year (setting Mason High School records) and an all-state performer in 1988 at Mason H.S., before going on to play four years at Ohio University. Adam, (who works in business development and account management with Fisher Design) and wife Brandi (a Fashion Designer) was an accomplished track star. They have three beautiful daughters named Haley (9) Olivia  (7) and Ava (3), who are indeed the light of their grandfather’s eye. 

On a Spring day in 1987, Ed Carpenter and I were walking between diamonds in Euclid’s Memorial Park talking about ... what else?... baseball. Ed asked me, “What would you think if some of the best high school baseball players in the country came here to Euclid to play?”. I responded, “Heck, I’d even pay to see them play.”. He said, “Good. You’re my World Series director.” And so it began. From our rather humble beginnings of one venue, twelve teams, and some 250 players in 1987, the CABA HSWS has grown to eight venues, 40 teams, and some 900 players. It has been my pleasure to have been the World Series Director for all 23 of those years.

Besides the hundreds of volunteers with whom it has been my good fortune to work, I owe whatever success that I, and the High School World Series, may have achieved, as well as this singular honor of being inducted into the CABA Hall of Fame, primarily to three men. First, of course, to Ed Carpenter, the National Age Division Director. He knew how much I loved and respected the game of baseball and its traditions. He gives his full and unconditional support to my Director activities and responsibilities. Of the 1,001 matters for which a Tournament Director is responsible, I take care of maybe five. Ed takes care of the other 996. I will ever be grateful for his trust and confidence in me and for allowing me this opportunity. Second, to Roger Tremaine. In 1987, I knew nothing of CABA. Through Roger’s patient, but insistent instruction, I came to know and respect CABA, its purposes, objectives, and philosophy. Roger knew that any organization is only as strong as its weakest link. He instilled in me the desire to do all in my power to make the HSWS one of the strongest links in the CABA chain. Roger often came to Euclid during HSWS week because he loved to observe the care and attention his “baby” was receiving. He was a great Executive Director because he was always available when needed, but otherwise let us proceed unhindered. Third, to current Commissioner John Mocny. Baseball is ultimately a game of numbers. What are the current standings? Who are the leading hitters? Pitchers? John implemented a program for the HSWS that gave us these particulars nearly instantaneously. Our World Series format has become somewhat involved and John has truly been “Johnny on the Spot” when we needed the correct numbers to move the World Series along without undue delay. And so it has been my pleasure and privilege to direct the CABA HSWS these many years. Days at the park from 7:00 in the morning until 11:00 at night seem hardly a burden when I have been able to watch such stellar HSWS players as this year’s Alumni of the Year, Jayson Werth, Alex Rodriguez, Andy Sonnanstine, Johnny Damon, Josh Hamilton, and scores of others who have played in the Major Leagues.

I am deeply honored as an inductee into the Continental Amateur Baseball Association Hall of Fame and I thank all who have made this honor possible.

Becky has been involved with youth sports for over 30 years. Baseball is her first love, however because of her son Joel, she found herself involved in several youth sports. Football, Basketball and Baseball, to name a few, kept her busy.

In 1987 she became a team mom and coaches wife that participated in the Washington State Sandy Koufax select league. The President/Director at that time appointed Becky’s husband, Steve Buckley, to the Director position for the 1988 season. That same season, CABA appointed Steve the Regional Director for the Pacific Northwest. For the next 7 seasons, Becky and Steve worked together in the running of the Sandy Koufax league and promoting CABA World Series berths. Baseball continued to grow in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

In 1995, Becky and Steve’s marriage ended. At that time, Steve appointed Becky as the President/Director of the Washington State Sandy Koufax Baseball league and CABA Regional Director. With Becky’s hard work, guidance and direction, CABA saw a stable increase in the Region. Youth Baseball without “politics” is one of Becky’s philosophies. The Sandy Koufax program and Continental Amateur Baseball Association is run exactly that way.

In 1999, Becky was chosen “Woman of the Year” by American Amateur Baseball Congress and “Person of the Year” by Continental Amateur Baseball Association.

In 2003, Becky was given the “Presidents Choice” award from Continental Amateur Baseball Association for her hard work in promoting Post Season/World Series play.

In 2005, on a cruise ship for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, in the middle of the Panama Canal Becky met Jim Brookhart. Jim is a professional/entertainer and performs in the “Schooner Bar“, singing and playing piano. Jim and Becky were married in July 2008 and are now working on baseball and music together. Jim is the Washington State league game scheduler and Becky sings with Jim as a duo called “The Brookhart’s”. Jim and Becky say, “We both love what we do and have a wonderful time doing both jobs together”.

The future for CABA in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest continues to grow and is bright. Becky is very proud to have played a part in that success.

The Continental Amateur Baseball Association is proud to announce that Mr. Andy Nieto former CABA Southwest Regional Director was approved unanimously at the 2009 National Rules Meeting Held in Puerto Rico as one of the 2009 recipients of one of their most prestigious award, “The CABA Hall Of Fame.”

Mr. Nieto was born in Chihuahua, Chih, Mexico where he received a degree in Business Administration and Physical Education.

Andy migrated to the United States of America, (El Paso, Texas) during 1955. He moved to Los Angeles, California during 1959 to Present. Mr. Nieto became a citizen of the United states of America during 1970.

Then along came Miss Ana M. Contreras who Andy made his wife and they had four children Andy, Angie, Tony, and Adrian. Some of Andy’s accomplishments include but are not limited to:

1982 -Founder of the Monterey Park “Angles” Traveling Teams

1985 - CABA World Series -Seattle, Washington (14 and Under Division).

1987 - CABA State Director of The Year

1995 - CABA South West Regional Director

1996 - Honorary Mention - City of Monterey Park, California Proclamation 25 years of Community Service

Whereas for more than 25 years Andy Nieto was involved in youth sports activities in the Monterey Park area and he had coached and managed teams with the Monterey Park Sports Club for more than 10 years, of which his coaching experience included Basketball, Baseball and Soccer.

While with the Sports Club, he was the Co-Founder of Pee Wee Basketball which introduced basketball to boys and girls between the ages of five and seven years old. In 1982 Mr. Nieto was one of the key founders of the Monterey Park Angels. As director of the program, Andy worked tirelessly to raise funds. Under his leadership thousands of Monterey Park youngsters varying in ages had an opportunity to participate in competitive youth sports.

I was very proud to represent CABA as the Southwest Regional Director, and very thankful to the national board members who supported and trusted me to run one of the best baseball programs in California throughout the years respectfully.