TRECHT, Netherlands — The Italian National Softball Team earned a place in the 2020 Olympic Games, defeating Great Britain, 5-0, in the final of the WBSC Women’s Softball Europe/Africa Qualification Event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo 2020. It will be the third time that Italy will participate and represent Europe in an Olympic softball event,…
Justin Patton announced as 2019 NFCA Convention keynote
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Headlining the NFCA’s First Pitch: Opening Welcome session at the 2019 Convention in Atlantic City, N.J. is certified executive leadership coach Justin Patton. He will speak on the first day of the Convention, which will run Dec. 4-7. “The NFCA is thrilled to have Justin Patton as our 2019 Convention Keynote speaker,” said NFCA Executive…
NFCA reveals 2019 High School All-Americans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Forty-eight student-athletes from 40 programs were selected to the 2019 NFCA High School All-America teams, announced the Association on Monday afternoon. Fourteen different institutions were represented on the first team with Howell (Mich.) High School and Spain Park High School (Hoover, Ala.) notching two accolades apiece. Overall, Donovan Catholic High School (Toms River,…
Team USA captures back-to-back International Cup titles
COLUMBUS, Ga. – In an ESPN-televised showdown, Team USA rallied from a one-run deficit in the bottom of the sixth to defeat Japan, 2-1, and capture its second straight USA Softball International Cup title. Additionally, it was a historic day for the U-19 WNT program, who took home the bronze medal for the first time…
NFCA reveals 2019 High School all-region teams
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association revealed that 160 student-athletes, representing 99 programs, received 2019 NFCA High School All-Region accolades. These awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s five regions with first- and second-team recognitions. NFCA member coaches from each region’s respective committees selected the honorees, and recipients are now eligible for the 2019…
ESPN to televise US International Cup Games
Continuing its longstanding support of women’s softball, ESPN will televise five games across four days (July 4-7) from this year’s USA Softball International Cup in Columbus, Ga., including the Championship Game on Sunday, July 7, at noon ET on ESPN. The first four games on the television schedule will feature the No. 1 ranked USA…
Japan walks off to capture 2019 Japan All-Star Series
TOKYO – Before a crowd of 20,331 fans, Japan walked off with a 1-0 eight-inning win over team USA in the finale of the Japan All-Star Series at the Tokyo Dome. With the game scoreless through regulation play, the winning run crossed the plate on an executed squeeze bunt in the bottom of the eighth…
UCLA’s Garcia wins 2019 Honda Cup
Click:公共api接口 LOS ANGELES – UCLA redshirt junior Rachel Garcia was named the winner of the 2019 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Award and the prestigious Honda Cup, as announced during a live television ceremony at USC’s Galen Center. Garcia, the back-to-back winner of the Honda Sport Award for Softball, is the third Bruin softball player to be…
Louisville Male finishes atop final USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Male completed just the second perfect season in Kentucky state history, and the Bulldogs ascended to No. 1 in Thursday’s final USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. Male (39-0), which outscored its opponents 338-39 this year, leapfrogged both Neshoba Central and Norco in the last ranking of the season….
National champs UCLA named 2019 NFCA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following UCLA’s run to its 12thNCAA Division I national championship, head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez and her staff have been voted by their peers as the NFCA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association announced Thursday afternoon. Inouye-Perez, along with assistant coaches Lisa Fernandez and Kirk Walker, Volunteer Assistant Kylee…