For nearly 50 years, Dan Graves has found himself behind home plate or on the base paths, calling balls and strikes, out or safe throughout the Puget Sound region. 

Born May 12, 1956, in Anacortes, Graves was a three-sport athlete at Evergreen High School in Burien, playing baseball, football, and basketball before graduating at 1974. Shortly after his prep playing career ended, he beginumpiring Little League Baseball District 7, a role he filled from 1978 to 1990. 

Since beginning his umpiring career, Graves has been a member of a variety of local umpiring associations. Those include the Northwest Baseball Umpires Association NPSL, Metro Kingo, and Westco (1994-2016); the Northwest College Umpires Association NWAC (2000-2003); the Western Washington Umpires Association SPSL, NPSL, PCL, and Nisqually (2016-2018); the Northwest Umpires Association NWAC (2018-2021); and the Pierce County Umpires Association SPSL, NPSL, PCL, and Nisqually (2019-present).