Northern Kentucky Baseball Umpires Association

Earn part-tme income! Up to $25 per hour - Your local high schools need umpires and referees.

THE CHALLENGE of officiating can provide some great personal rewards. As an official you must make instantaneous decisions, resolve conflicts and deal with stress and pressure. You are in a position to be a positive role model around children and young adults.

Sports officials must be able to bring control to chaos; understand fairness; promote safety and encourage good sportsmanship. A sports official must have the positive characteristics of a police officer, lawyer, judge, accountant, reporter, athlete and diplomat. If you are ready to start enjoying officiating, Contact us at: [email protected]

We will walk you through the 6 simple steps on becoming a high school sports official.

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Follow These Steps!

Verify that you meet the qualifications to become an KHSAA Official (sec 8 link)

The minimum standards for licensing of all offi cials shall be:
1. Applicant for licensing to offi ciate high school age (grades
  9-12, freshmen, JV, varsity) competition and competition for
  students in grades 6-8 shall be a graduate of an accredited
  high school or be at least eighteen years of age. The
  Commissioner, with approval of the Board of Control, may
  authorize a program to allow for the licensing of high school
  seniors, who may or not be eighteen (18) years of age and
  who are otherwise in compliance with licensing requirements
  and agree to be eligible to offi ciate only contests involving
  students below grade nine (9);
2. Licensing fee shall accompany application form. The fee shall
  be returned if applicant does not meet requirements or if the
  proper amount is not enclosed;
3. Able to physically perform the duties of being a sports offi cial
  including having an annual physical prior to offi ciating grade
  nine through twelve competition;
4. Annually document completion of the KHSAA rules clinic. If
  not, schedule is subject to immediate cancellation following
  the end of the clinic time period and the offi cial is subject to
  other penalty such as lack of postseason assignment;
5. Licensed with KHSAA and in good fi nancial standing; and
6. Submit to a Criminal Records and Background check upon
  request by KHSAA in accordance with adopted policy.
Register with a local officials association.
You must join and maintain membership in a local official association which has been sanctioned by the KHSAA Office. You will want to contact one of the association's officers via email or phone if you are joining. Please email Our Board Member at: [email protected]
Register with the KHSAA .
You must register with the Kentucky High School Athletic Association through an application. During this process, you will select which sport(s) you want to officiate, and which official's associations you are a member of. Have your existing KHSAA Official's ID if you are a returning KHSAA Official. http://khsaa.org/officials/officiating-information/
Register and take the mandatory Online Rules Examination
You must take a mandatory rules exam for your sports. The exam will be 100 questions and is available online. The schedules of the exams will be posted on that website as well as http://khsaa.org/officials/officiating-information/
To purchase official uniforms visit on of our recommneded vendors:
- Gerry Davis Sports / Cliff Keen Athletic
- Honig's Whistle Stop