Name The Teammate

Name Your Teammate is an exciting new app that makes youth sports more fun by identifying and connecting players on the field with their biggest fans in the stands, parents! From soccer to baseball to football or lacrosse, this easy-to-use app puts team information at a parent’s fingertips so that it’s easier to follow and enjoy their children’s sporting events.

Name The Teammate is simple, efficient and safe. With each parent’s permission, a team administrator inputs the names and jersey numbers of each player on team so that every parent has an updated roster for every game. Parents on the opposing team can also opt-in so that fans on both sides can follow the game and players on the field more closely. To help keep teams and busy parents organized, the app also includes a calendar that keeps track of practice and game schedules with a link to Google maps for directions to each field.

The Name The Teammate app was created by Laura LeMond, an Austin entrepreneur and a mother of two boys. After years of attending her sons’ sporting events, she grew frustrated by not being able to keep track of the names of the players on each of her son’s teams.

LeMond says, "You would get to a game and although you knew some of the kids, you didn't know all of them and certainly not the ones on the other team. Few parents or coaches take the time to print a paper roster and of course there are player changes each season. I've been to games where someone is scoring over and over again and everyone is asking ‘Who is number 17’?“

"That was when I realized that developing an app that identifies each team mate would be a great solution. Parents, friends and family can watch the game and have more fun because they know who is doing what on the field and who is scoring!"