APA Ratings Policy and Guidelines

If you have any questions regarding your APA rating, contact Jamie Zito– Ratings Chair.

Player Ratings Policy

Objective: To establish fair and timely ratings throughout the zones to improve seeding of teams and competition.

  1. Players should be rated at a minimum of every year that they play in a sanctioned tournament.
  2. Raters should be APA members for at least 3 years. They should be fair, unbiased and follow the criteria to the best of their ability. Raters should be able to justify changes to a player’s ratings.
  3. There should be a rater for every 24 players in a tournament.
  4. Ratings Chair and Zone Rater in conjunction with Tournament Organizer will assign Raters.
  5. Ratings Chair will update ratings and address any inconsistencies noted with Tournament Raters. Ratings Chair will have final say on updates to ratings.
  6. Score sheets from tournaments should be scanned and forwarded to Ratings Chair within 3 days of tournament completion.
  7. Ratings Chair will develop opinions on ratings from multiple sources that may include score sheets, Tournament Raters, experienced player’s opinions and performance appraisals.
  8. Players can submit a request for a rating by email to the Ratings Chair who will inform the Tournament Raters.
  9. Players who have been consistently playing for 3 or more years will be rated at every tournament they attend.
  10. No player should go to the National Championship unrated. If unrated: the coach, club president and Zone Rater should recommend a rating which will be in effect for seeding teams for the tournament and reviewed for accuracy after the tournament results.
  11. No ratings should be officially changed within 6 weeks of Nationals except for Unrated and 0 ratings.
  12. At all times raters should take into account how that player is performing against their peers. Performance ratings shall take precedence over skills evaluation and numbers of penalties.

Player Ratings Guidelines

  1. A player is rated on ability only, not the length of time they have played or age or gender. Every player gets rated on ability and ability alone.
  2. The lowest rating is 0 out of 20.
  3. The highest rating is 20 out of 20. It should be noted that 20 out of 20 does not mean the player is perfect; it only means that the player belongs to the group of best players currently playing the sport at the highest level.
  4. Minimum rating rules are used to prevent under-rating. This is achieved by setting a minimum mandatory rating once a player can perform a predetermined skill. An example of this is: “Consistently pick a ball up at a gallop: If a player can do this they are to be rated no less than a 8”.
  5. To accommodate varying degrees of proficiency, skills are to be assessed against three levels of proficiency. Raters should circle the top 3 to 5 proficiency levels on the ratings chart applicable to the player and assign the rating closest to the average (unless that rating is lower than an applicable minimum rating rule; in which case the player is given the rating assigned to that rule). For example:
    1. The Skill: Can consistently pick the ball up at a gallop.
    2. The Proficiency: Sometimes or Mostly or Almost Always.
  6. The point of implementing these guidelines is to more easily be able to appropriately rate lower level players, which will better affect ratings up through the highest rankings.
First Name Last Name Date Rating
SiennaAdams3/21/20216
CameronAdylett5/30/20213
HomeroAguilar9/1/20185
CharlesAlexander3/17/20186
IzzyAlken10/15/20226
KerstieAllen10/5/201810
GabbyAlyce3/18/20233
VanessaAnderson3/18/20233
SarahAndrews3/18/20234
BennArmstrong7/21/20196
HugoArnold8/21/20222
MenaArnold8/21/20221
CarolineArtz9/5/20211
CameronAydlett9/24/20223
KristenAvery10/5/20184
ReeseAvery11/6/20223
CamaronAydleh9/26/20201
AdinaBaer7/31/20212
GloriaBaer9/5/20211
EmilyBall9/21/20192
KarlBalogh3/18/202316
NickBalogh9/3/202213
PeterBalogh9/3/202212
RichardBalogh9/24/20223
KiraBanks9/3/20223
AshleyBarbour3/18/202310
JeremyBarbour3/18/20239
NoahBarbour3/18/20233
ShelbyBarner7/27/20193
MaggieBarnett3/18/20233
JeannetteBarnhard9/3/20223
JenniferBarnhard8/21/20223
MarleyBarrett3/18/20234
JasonBarrett3/26/20222
BradleyBashaw11/6/20221
ShannonBates3/18/20235
BrianBeall8/4/20197
RebeccaBeardsley9/5/20211
BarbraBeaufilis7/27/20194
AveryBell8/7/20211
CodyBelow (Weaver)6/19/20222
BarryBerkelhammer3/17/20182
EvelynBerry10/19/20192
Glenn V (G5)Bigsby3/18/202312
MarleeBigsby4/23/20228
JaniceBinkley9/28/20191
JimByrd8/7/20218
HaleyBlend9/3/20229
KierstenBolden3/18/20234
RonaldBorta10/5/20187
GabrielleBoyd9/5/20212
BradleyBradshaw3/18/20232
JamesBrazell10/15/20222
MaddyBremel7/21/20192
AddisonBrennan6/19/20221
BrittneyBristol7/27/20195
NoniBristol7/27/20194
AlexandraBroadhurst9/3/20226
JanetBroadhurst5/28/20222
JonathanBroadhurst5/28/20226
RichardBroadhurst9/24/20223
SarahBroadhurst9/24/20228
DawsonBrooks8/7/202211
RobBrooks8/7/20228
AddieBrouillette9/5/20211
DanielleBrouillette9/5/20215
JackieBrouillette9/3/20225
JoelleBrouillette9/5/20213
NikkiBruyneel4/25/20218
NikkiBryan8/7/20212
KenBunn11/6/20222
StephenBunn4/6/20192
SydneyBurch4/17/20216
BarbaraBurgio3/17/20181
BambBurguo11/13/20171
KayleighBurke11/6/20222
SamBurrows4/23/202212
MadisonButler3/18/20238
DaltonByrd4/23/20227
JimByrd4/23/20228
BraelynCagle3/18/20234
MaleahCagle3/16/20191
SarahCaldwell3/13/20221
AnthonyCameron6/16/20185
CharlaCameron9/3/20228
TammyCameron10/15/20225
CasonCamp3/17/201810
KayleeCamp11/6/202210
ToddCamp3/18/20237
StacyCampbell10/10/20214
DanielleCarlton5/5/20186
ShaunCarlton5/5/20182
JenniferCarpenter3/18/20233
Scott SrCarpenter3/18/20234
VirginiaCarpenter3/18/20238
ScottCarpenter Jr.3/18/20238
JamesChaffin3/18/20233
CatalinaCheesman5/2/20216
LuliCheesman5/2/20217
NickCheesman5/2/202111
KarenChilders9/3/20222
KateChilders9/3/20222
HaileyChurch9/28/20195
SaraCifelli3/18/202310
ValerieClabough9/3/20223
PamelaClanton4/6/20193
LachlanClarke7/27/201910
LindaClarke7/27/20194
KrisClawson8/11/20183
KatieClemens6/16/20181
MasonCoble9/21/20195
JuliannaCochran3/18/20233
GenevieveCoe8/7/20222
TristanCole9/28/20199
AlexandraCovington5/26/20182
AubryCox5/30/20216
ClaytonCrabdree10/15/20229
KaylahCrabdree10/15/20222
LoriCrabdree10/15/20223
NathanCrabdree10/19/20191
RichieCrockett3/16/20196
RebeccaCross7/31/20212
TheaCross8/7/20228
HaleyCulpepper5/28/20227
MarleneCulpepper9/20/20201
BenCunningham11/6/20221
MayaCuriej8/25/20182
OliviaCuriej8/25/20182
FeliciaD’Alonzo3/16/20193
KennyD’Evelyn7/28/20188
AnnaDanner7/28/20185
JulieDault6/19/20227
ClarkDavidson7/28/20182
CooperDavidson7/28/20189
HallieDavis8/7/20211
ChristyDean9/3/20223
ManyaDeehr8/31/20193
KyraDeehr-Lewis8/31/20192
AdaDekkers10/15/20229
BeckyDekkers8/7/20226
EliDekkers8/7/20225
MadelineDekkers10/15/20228
MattDekkers4/23/20227
FrankieDenietolis9/26/20203
RahulDesai3/18/202318
SarahDesai3/18/202314
AdamDial3/18/20236
AsherDial10/19/20192
Denver GraceDial3/18/20232
KellyDial3/18/20236
LibbyDial3/18/20235
GabbyDiaz de Arce11/6/20222
GracieDietrich6/15/20191
SabrinaDobbins9/3/20225
SamDobbins6/15/20191
SavannahDobbins9/3/20224
EliDoelz8/7/20224
EuniceDoelz8/7/20222
PaulDoelz8/7/20223
JoeDouglas3/18/20235
PiperDoust7/28/20188
SedonaDoust7/28/20184
KatrinaDrimmel8/7/20212
AllenDuff10/15/20224
AnnaDuff10/15/20229
GordonDuff11/6/202214
HelenDuff11/6/20222
IanDuff11/6/20229
JeffDunkelberger9/28/20191
ClaireDuvall5/26/20182
AdiDyson9/24/20223
EmilyDyson9/24/20223
LuciEason5/30/20214
SadieEdwards6/15/20191
FernandaEisler8/11/20183
DonnaEllis3/18/20235
AbbyEngwall4/21/20181
KristinaFarthing5/25/20191
HattieFaulkner11/6/20221
HaileeFelicano4/21/20181
PeggyFerebee9/28/20193
KylieFerrentino9/24/20224
BrennaFerrentino9/24/20222
DavidFinch8/7/20225
EmmaFinch10/5/20188
HaleyFinch8/7/20216
CameronFirmin4/23/202210
PatrickFirst3/18/20238
PennyFleming11/8/20201
DonnaFowble6/15/20193
KiriFreeman5/2/20217
RebekahFrye3/18/20233
ShaneFulfer4/23/20229
EleanorFunkhouser9/28/20195
SheanaFunkhouser9/28/20193
ChrisGaiter3/18/20233
JohnGaiter3/18/20235
MattGaiter11/6/20224
ReaceGalerno3/26/20221
KatrinaGamer8/4/20191
CarolineGardiner4/23/20227
LiamGarvey9/28/20192
LucasGarvey9/28/20193
CarlosGarza5/5/20182
HectorGarza4/25/20213
TiaGay6/15/20192
GaryGayler10/15/20224
ConnieGeary3/18/20236
BryaGillespie5/15/202210
ChrisGilroy9/26/20201
NicoleGoddard6/19/20222
BlissGooding7/27/20191
LilyGooding7/27/20191
LilyGooding7/28/20181
ValerieGordon6/16/20182
ShaylinGotsis9/24/20226
JennaGoveronski8/7/20222
MollyGray9/28/20195
SeanGray9/28/20196
TerryGray9/28/20193
SophiaGreen7/27/20192
MarisGreges10/5/20182
KeelyGriffin3/18/20232
ScottGriffin3/18/20232
CarolynGusick10/15/202210
KaseyGusick10/5/20184
KristyGusick8/7/20227
AlexGuzman3/18/202313
JoeGuzman3/18/202310
CarliHall3/18/20235
JordanHall8/31/20192
GwenHalverson8/7/20221
GrantHamilton10/19/201912
AmyHamlin5/5/20185
BraxtonHamlin3/18/202318
DougHamlin3/18/202310
GarrettHamlin3/18/202316
SloanHamlin3/18/202312
TheaHamlin11/6/20224
CatherineHanagan9/3/202213
AshlynnHanan4/23/20226
JamesHanske8/31/20197
AlexisHart1
AlexHarvey9/26/202012
SusanHatch4/25/20216
AshbyHatcher9/3/20227
Ella/BeanHatcher6/19/20226
AndrewHatchett3/18/20238
JamesHatchett3/18/20233
CathyHaugh8/11/20181
TerryHawkins8/7/20224
GraceHecker5/25/20193
TrinityHenn3/21/20214
TaylorHensley8/7/20212
MeganHolmes7/27/20194
AlinaHood9/21/20193
Jack Jr.Hood9/21/20195
KevinHorton8/21/202213
MadeleineHostler9/24/20221
OliviaHostler9/24/20221
HeidiHowell3/17/20182
ElizaHuges7/27/20191
AndrewHugh5/25/20195
KarlieHulbert3/18/20234
ZacharyHulbert3/18/202316
LaurenHumphreys7/27/20192
HoltHutcherson10/15/202211
HoustonHutcherson3/18/202318
TinaHutcherson11/6/20229
DominickJamerson10/5/20185
KatelynJames3/18/20237
WilmaJenkins3/18/20233
AnnaJessen8/11/20183
DoriJohnson3/18/202314
IsabellaJohnson11/6/20221
JessicaJohnson11/6/20223
KendallJohnson8/7/20222
KristiJohnson10/10/20218
LukeJohnson11/6/20221
TheaJohnson8/7/20225
AbbigailJones3/18/20233
HannahJones9/3/20222
LexiJones9/3/20222
RobbieKarl3/18/20234
KerryKaylor5/30/20213
PeterKearns10/5/20187
NinaKempner10/15/20223
AnnaKendall7/21/20193
GarrettKepley5/30/20211
PiperKibbe7/14/20191
AllyKimbrough3/18/202310
KatherineKirik3/17/20185
AlanaKirk9/20/20203
CarterKlein9/3/20222
MollyKrotz9/3/20222
TannerKneese10/15/20229
JeremyKnutson10/19/20196
KlariKona4
UmaKrastin3/21/20211
KeelyKuhl4/25/20214
BelleLadiges5/2/202110
MaryLadnier11/6/20226
KateLahr3/18/202310
MicheleLahr5/25/20193
AndrewLambert Cole7/27/20193
AdrianLanda5/5/20184
NachoLanda4/23/20225
SofiaLanda9/1/20183
PatrickLandrum6/16/20185
AndrewLanier6/19/20226
DanicaLanthier9/5/20211
EllaLavorgna8/21/20227
MiaLavorgna6/19/20224
SophiaLavin6/15/20191
DillonLayman9/24/20225
JustinLayne9/21/20197
NikkiLee4/23/20226
AmyLewis3/18/20233
FionaLiao9/3/20227
AmberLindaman5/2/20212
AveriLindley8/7/20212
MarcusLindquist8/7/20222
CrawfordLiner5/26/20187
KatLiner3/18/202314
AnthonyLukas8/4/20191
CassiLukas10/19/20194
JeannetteLussi8/31/20191
TylinLutton7/14/20192
ClareLynam9/3/20225
AmberLynch1
AnthonyLynch9/24/20227
JasonLynch10/5/20189
KatrinaLyon8/7/20222
HaileyMaloney7/27/20192
MollyMangefrida9/3/20222
MeganMann3/17/20181
AmberManni8/4/20197
ChescaMayer8/11/20181
AlyMayhall9/21/20192
AhnaMayo11/6/20229
ElyseMcAteer8/7/20227
GeffMcAteer8/7/20227
KathyMcAteer8/7/20226
JoeMcDonald11/6/20223
DylanMcDowell8/11/20183
EmmaMcGeough4/23/20223
SaraMckeown8/7/20217
SteveMcKeown8/7/20222
KellyMcPeek6/16/20183
SummerMealy4/23/20228
MaggieMiller6/16/20181
JamieMoczydlowski9/3/20223
CameronMoore5/28/20223
JulieMouton11/6/20228
EricaMurphy9/26/20201
RyanMurphy9/3/202215
LexiNalley9/21/20191
QuinnNarcissian7/27/20191
CharlesNee Dels7/28/20182
PearceNee Dels7/28/20181
GraceNelson5/5/20185
RobbieNoiles10/19/20197
AndrewNordstrom8/4/20193
JillNordstrom8/4/20191
NaomiNutwell7/14/20191
KendraOliphant8/7/20221
PatrickO’Reilly10/15/202210
ClaraOyer7/14/20194
EmmaOyer7/14/20195
MitchPace3/21/20214
NataliePachinger8/31/20195
KikiPantaze10/19/20197
EvannaParker8/21/20221
TiffanyParker10/15/20225
BenPaterson8/4/201911
PJPenor7/21/20193
ChrisPetersib7/21/20195
CaeleePeterson7/21/20193
AlisonPeticolas7/14/20193
KatherinePeticolas7/27/20193
CatherinePickens10/15/20228
StephanPierce3/26/20222
EvanPlant7/21/20198
LesleyPlant8/11/20185
StevePlant7/21/20196
HaileyPoe 3/18/20232
LillyPoe3/18/20234
LisaPoe9/3/20222
StephaniePollinger9/26/20203
TerriPompey3/17/20181
JacobPorter5/26/20185
CassidyPosey3/6/20212
LydiaPowell11/6/20221
Lyn-EliseQuave3/6/20211
DanikaQuenemoen10/5/20182
BennettRackham7/27/20191
ZaighamRanhawa9/5/20211
DustinRawls10/19/20195
RebeccaRawls10/19/20194
TravisRawls10/19/20195
KerryRaylor9/26/20203
SarahReal7/27/20192
DaveReese7/21/20193
DavidReiber3/18/20233
SophiaReiber11/6/20222
AlexReis8/21/20221
MargaritaReis8/21/20221
Kira LeighRegan-Banks6/19/20222
PaulRepenning9/3/202214
ChristinaReynolds9/24/20221
MollyRiermann10/19/20193
AshleighRiffe10/19/20195
BaileyRigg7/21/20182
MaggieRigg7/21/20183
BrittanyRigglemen8/11/20182
SaraRisseeuw3/16/20198
RowanRockafellow5/2/20218
BastianaRodedaugh11/6/20224
LeslieRoots8/11/20183
ReaganRoy6/19/20221
DerekRumel10/15/202215
PrissyRumel8/4/201910
Gregory M.Russell9/28/20195
JessaRussell9/3/20227
KatieRyan3/18/20235
ChristopherSalas7/28/20188
AlejandroSanchez11/6/20221
UliSalas7/28/20186
LaylaSapp3/18/20235
MichelleSapp3/17/20181
CharlotteSaraceni9/3/20222
MarcSaurez8/7/20221
CharlesSaussy5/15/20227
KarenSaussy5/15/20226
ParkerSaussy3/26/20222
CileSavoy10/5/20183
SusanSchaub6/16/20181
KevinScott8/7/20214
PaulSchnatz9/28/20193
HeidiSchrader8/7/20213
KarinaSharma8/31/20192
KierstenSheehan7/27/20192
BriannaShipley7/27/20191
AubreyShuttles3/18/202314
HaydonShuttles11/6/20228
HeatherShuttles10/15/202210
RobShuttles10/15/202216
SammyShuttles10/19/20193
StephanieShuttles10/19/201911
AbbeySimon7/21/20193
AmandaSlade7/21/20194
CheySlaton11/6/20223
BaileySmith7/28/20182
BuffySmith7/28/20184
MarisaSmith3/6/20212
MegSmith4/6/201910
TySmith7/28/20186
ErinSmoyer9/5/20219
JillianSmoyer9/3/20222
SophiaSolomon3/18/202311
MattSouth4/23/20221
HayleySpicknall6/15/20191
BrookeSprague5/2/20215
BethStacy3/26/20222
SkylerStacy3/6/20214
KaitlynStegan6/19/20223
KatelynnSterger9/5/20212
AmandaStrickland9/1/20182
EmmaStrider3/18/202313
ErinStrider6/19/20229
RyanStrider4/23/202215
TessaStrider10/19/201911
HaleeStroh9/24/20229
SharonStroh10/5/20183
ElizabethStrohbeen8/4/20192
GraceStrosnider9/28/20195
NatalieSturtz6/20/20216
CalderStutts9/28/20192
ElizabethStutts9/26/20202
JackStutts9/26/20202
AnneSullivan3/16/20191
AlissaSundstedt7/21/20183
CharlotteSvaldi8/7/20216
LoganSvaldi7/27/20194
MissySvaldi8/7/20216
DanielSwanepoel4/17/20214
JacoSwanepoel Jr.8/7/20214
JacoSwanepoel Sr.8/7/20214
MonikaSwetkowski8/31/20191
MeganSwift11/6/202213
AshleyTabor11/6/20223
GordonTalk11/6/20223
NatalieTanski10/5/20182
CorynnTant9/5/20215
KeryTaylor9/28/20192
ShainaTaylor9/3/20226
ChandlerTerry3/18/20235
KennethTerry9/28/20191
IsabellaTholt8/7/20221
MichaelThompson3/26/20225
ReneeThompson11/6/202210
TallieThompson10/5/201810
KellyThurston7/28/20183
GraceTison9/5/20212
BaileyTreadwell3/18/20235
BrauchTreadwell3/18/20238
EvanTrettel10/10/202110
AdrianTrevino5/5/20183
IsabellaTrot7/31/20211
RobinTrot7/31/20211
AlvinTrue11/6/202212
BriannaTrue11/6/202212
EmilyTurner3/18/20236
JohnTurner11/6/20221
BernieUechtritz10/19/201911
OliviaUechtritz5/2/202111
JackUnderwood11/6/20228
LuluUnderwood11/6/20222
GarrettUpshaw3/26/20229
JoslynUpshaw11/6/202211
KateUpshaw4/21/20181
StacyUpshaw3/18/20235
EricaVallee10/15/20224
EvanVallee6/19/202215
JordanVallee6/20/20216
PaigeVallee4/23/20229
ColtonVessey7/21/20193
HadenVig8/7/20221
KatherineVogel3/18/20234
AmberWalker8/4/20197
ElizabethWalker10/19/20198
AmyWalters8/7/20214
BrianWard8/31/20195
MikeWard8/31/20194
HankWatson3/13/20229
MelanieWatson6/20/20216
TJWatson3/18/20235
SkylerWeaver9/5/20214
TylerWebb9/26/20205
SummerWeldon (Pollinger)3/18/202311
ZachWeldon11/6/202212
AaronWells5/15/20221
MayaWentz9/24/20223
AdalidaWeynand4/23/20222
ReneeWeynand10/15/20229
BakerWhite6/16/20188
AlyssaWhitehead6/15/20191
KyleighWhitlock5/30/20213
ElyWickander8/7/20224
JamieWickander8/7/20222
KarenWiggins3/18/20238
SteveWiggins10/5/20186
RileyWight6/19/20224
SammieWiles6/15/20191
CallieWilliams3/17/20186
EllieWilson3/18/20234
MelissaWilson5/25/20191
RachelWilson8/7/20213
AlecWinney8/31/20192
AndrewWinney8/7/20225
AllisonWix3/18/20235
DanielWix9/24/20229
HudsonWix3/18/20232
LillyWolff6/15/20191
AutumnWrangler7/14/20191
RileyWright9/24/202225
RachelWroble9/3/20225
LelyYanega6/15/20191
ZoeyYates3/18/20234
ThomasYoder8/7/20213
TaylorYoungblood6/19/20223
BethYounger5/28/20226
ChristopherYounger9/28/201911
ChuckYounger9/28/20195
GingerZaky10/5/20182
LaylaZaky4/25/20213
MiaZaky10/15/20226
MichelenaZalopany3/26/20225
FernandoZaragoza5/5/20182
NicoleZarate9/24/20221
JuliaZentgraft9/5/20211
JamieZito5/25/20196