Leo Trich DEMDemocrat

Leo Joseph Trich, Jr. (born July 23, 1951) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He is a 1969 graduate of Washington High School. He attended California University of Pennsylvania and Washington and Jefferson College. Prior to elective office, he served as Commissioner of PONY Baseball the Washington, Pennsylvania-based international youth baseball program, where he worked from 1971 thru 1986. He also served as Vice President of the USA Baseball1978-1986 and as a member of the United States Olympic Committee 1980–1985. Trich served a member of baseball's organizing committee, which earned him a position on that sport's task force at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, CA. Trich later served as United States representative for the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). In 1989, then IBAF President Dr. Robert Smith, offered Trich the Executive Director's position with the international baseball organization, but Trich declined, opting instead to pursue a career in government. At age 24, he was the youngest person to be elected and become a member of the Washington City Council from 1976 through 1980.