BPA Hall of Fame: Curt Jageman (2022)

CATEGORY: Umpire

YEAR INDUCTED: 2022

2002 was the year that NSA/BPA witnessed a very good umpire emerge, and after 19 years his legacy is already well established. Curt began his career with NSA as a league umpire and his ability grew due to the leadership and mentorship of Karl Swihart. A few years later Curt was introduced to the NSA Fast Pitch and BPA programs, and he found he has a passion for all 3 programs.

Curt takes pride in his knowledge of the rules for Fast and Slow Pitch and BPA. To help build the umpire base and keep umpires focused, he created an umpire blog on the BPA FaceBook, where he weekly puts out rules that encourage umpires to think about and offer their opinions for discussions. Curt may be the best recruiter of umpires in the Midwest and once he gets them on the field he will spend endless hours training them.

The number of times that Curt has helped bail out Fast, Slow Pitch, and BPA programs that are short umpires at the last minute is countless. Curt may be in the middle of a job and he will drop what he is doing to come to the aid of NSA and BPA. Curt has represented NSA/BPA in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Florida, Illinois, and the Carolinas.

Over the last five years Curt has done something that may have never been accomplished before by a NSA/BPA umpire. In those five years, Curt worked the NSA Fast Pitch World Series, BPA World Series, and the NSA Slow Pitch Super World.

Curt has worked many qualifiers, State, Worlds, and the adult Super Worlds. He has worked multiple plate championship games in BPA, NSA Adult and NSA Youth Worlds/Super Worlds.

Curt has be the recipient of many awards including the Indiana Director’s Award of Excellence, National BPA Umpire of the Year, and multiple 110% Awards. In 2017 Curt was inducted into the Indiana NSA/BPA Hall of Fame. Curt can now add being a member of the NSA/BPA Hall of Fame as the 36th umpire to be inducted to his resume.

On November 6, 2022, Curtis “Curt” Jageman was inducted into the NSA-BPA Sports Hall of
Fame in the Umpire Category.