NQ Guidelines

NQ - NAGAAA Player Rating Questions

iPride Softball/NAGAAA (North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance), of which WESA is a proud member, uses a set of 28 skill-based questions to determine eligibility to play in one of their five divisions (A through E) at GSWS (Gay Softball World Series) annually and throughout the year in city tournaments around North America. 

NAGAAA refers to these questions as one's "Player Rating".  WESA refers to these questions as "NAGAAA Questions" or “NQs”. 

While WESA's focus is on member experience, we use a player's NQ as an objective way to place players in the most appropriate division of play.  We caution that while NQs are widely used, they offer only a partial glimpse into the most readily quantifiable individual skills and do not offer a complete means of measuring the value one player brings to a team compared to another.   The league also considers softball IQ, attitude, and experience important measures.

Starting in August 2024, NQ results are available to all WESA members.

WESA members NQ is assessed annually by the WESA NQ Committee.

Note that in 2024 the committee did not reassess all returning players.  Instead, the committee focused on players going to GSWS, new players who did not have a rating, and those returning players that were flagged for the committee as needing a reassessment.  The vast majority of assessments have not changed between 2023 and 2024.

WESA has an appeals process for members who disagree with their NQ assessment.  WESA members will be emailed details on appeal procedures and deadlines in August 2024.

For more information on NQs, the assessment process, or WESA's NQ policies please contact Commission (at) WESA.net. 

To view the NAGAAA Questions (NQ) Ratings Guidelines click here (it should go to pages 18-21).

Note: iPride Softball and NAGAAA are the same organization.