Sorry it’s been so long since my last blog! I’ve started back to school and life is crazy lol! My to do list is ever growing! We are at a week before the college softball season is set to start! I can’t speak for anybody else but I am so ready for this season!! I can’t believe the season is already about to start. It seems like yesterday that I watched UW get knocked out of the WCWS and cried with Danielle Lawrie as they interviewed her after the game! It was heartbreaking to say the least. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long ago that I watched UW with the 2009 National Championship and also cried lol! It was a wonderful moment and one I will cherish always! I can’t wait to see what this season holds not just for UW but also for my other two teams Alabama and OU! I’ve got my bulletin board almost completely done! I’ve got a few more things to add to it but it looks great so far (I will include a picture! It was taken with my crapy webcam but you’ll get the picture!)!
I’m still not so thrilled about the whole big names leaving the Team USA to go the NPF. But I’m coming to terms with it lol! I hope it accomplishes what they want it to and I hope they put a team somewhere around here so I can see some games lol! The NPF draft should be coming up pretty quickly as well! I’m excited to see who they will draft this time! I have a few names I’m hoping to see playing the NPF but we’ll see what happens! The 2011 USA Softball Player of the Year watch list was released this week and I was very pleased to see some great names on there.
Valerie Arioto (California) – Senior – Utility – Pleasanton, Calif. (Great player but I’ve heard several rumors that she broke her leg and is out for the season. So I guess we will wait and see!)
Hillary Bach (Arizona State) – Junior – Pitcher – Tulsa, Okla.
Donna Bourgeois (Houston) – Senior – Pitcher – Lafayette, La.
Katelyn Boyd (Arizona State) – Junior – Infield – Phoenix, Ariz.
Kayla Braud (Alabama) – Sophomore – Infield – Eugene, Ore.
Stephanie Brombacher (Florida) – Senior – Pitcher – Pembroke Pines, Fla. (As long as she has overcome her IP problem she is going to have a great season!)
Anna Cahn (Cal Poly) – Senior – Pitcher/Designated Player – Los Alamitos, Calif.
Raven Chavanne (Tennessee) – Sophomore – Outfield – Thousand Oaks, Calif. ( Loved watching her play for the Futures team! She is a very great talented young woman!)
GiOnna DiSalvatore (UCLA) – Senior – Infield – Palm Harbor, Fla.
Kelsi Dunne (Alabama) – Senior – Pitcher – Port Orange, Fla. (You all know how I feel about this girl and if you don’t I LOVE HER! She is my second favorite pitcher only to Danielle Lawrie!)
Rachel Fico (LSU) – Sophomore – Pitcher – Oxford, Conn.
Kenzie Fowler (Arizona) – Sophomore – Pitcher – Tucson, Ariz. (Great Young pitcher! Can’t wait to see what is in her future!)
Olivia Galati (Hofstra) – Sophomore – Pitcher – West Babylon, NY
Alisa Goler (Georgia) – Senior – Infield – Frankfort, Ill.
Melissa Gonzalez (Hawaii) – Senior – Infield – Moreno Valley, Calif.
Kelly Grieve (Tennessee) – Senior –Outfield –Asheville, N.C.
Ashley Guile (Nebraska) – Junior – Utility – Olathe, Kan.
Meredith Hackett (Illinois) – Junior – Infield – Corona, Calif.
Sarah Hamilton (Florida State) – Senior – Pitcher – Tallahassee, Fla.
Ashley Hansen (Stanford) – Junior – Infield – Chandler, Ariz. (We all know this girl can play! I am excited to watch her have another great season for Stanford!)
Andrea Harrison (UCLA) – Junior – Outfield – Garden Grove, Calif.
Alicia Herron (Ohio State) – Junior – Shortstop – Cypress, Calif.
Alex Holmes (UC Davis) – Senior - Pitcher/DP – San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Whitney Kiihnl (Lipscomb) – Junior – Pitcher/Outfield – Batesville, Miss.
Brittany Lastrapes (Arizona) – Senior – Outfield - Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Another talented player that I enjoyed watching on the Futures team!)
Blaire Luna (Texas ) – Sophomore – Pitcher – Austin, Texas (This girl blew me away when she was playing for the Futures team!)
Kelly Majam (Hawaii) – Sophomore – Outfield - Pine Valley, Calif.
Jenna Marston (Missouri) – Sophomore – Infield - St. Louis, Mo.
Meagan May (Texas A&M) – Sophomore – Catcher/1B – Spring, Texas
Morgan Melloh (Indiana) – Senior - Pitcher – Fishers, Ind.
Jen Mineau (Fordham) – Junior – Pitcher - Schaghticoke, N.Y.
Abby Olson (Illinois State) –Senior- Infield – Hartsburg, Ill.
Toni Paisley (East Carolina) – Senior – Pitcher/Utility – Lakewood, Calif.
Samantha Pappas (Oregon) – Sophomore – Outfield – Las Flores, Calif.
Sara Plourde (Massachusetts) – Junior – Pitcher – Bristol, Conn.
Jessica Purcell-Fitu (BYU) – Senior – Catcher – Walnut, Calif.
Jamia Reid (California) – Junior - Outfield – Buena Park, Calif.
Ivy Renfroe (Tennessee) - Sophomore – Pitcher – Jackson, Tenn. (This girl can pitch and I’ve heard her sister is even better! Would not want to face their pitching staff any day of the week!)
Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma) – Sophomore - Pitcher – San Jose, Calif. (She is a terrific young pitcher and I think she going to be the person to lead OU to their next WCWS and National Championship!)
Hope Rush (Georgia Tech) – Sophomore – Pitcher – Stockbridge, Ga.
Jenn Salling (Washington) – Senior – Infield – Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada (You know how I feel about this girl! She is something special and I am going to miss watching her in the purple after this season!)
Taylor Schlopy (Georgia) – Senior – Outfield – West Hills, Calif. (This girl is scary good with her bat like the rest of the UGA offense!)
Brittany Schutte (Florida) – Sophomore – Utility – Fountain Valley, Calif.
April Setterlund (Boston) – Senior – Outfield –Torrance, Calif.
Dorian Shaw (Michigan) – Senior – Infield – Burke, Va.
Kristen Shifflett (Radford) – Senior – Shortstop – Charlottesville, Va.
Jessica Shults (Oklahoma) – Sophomore – Catcher – Valencia, Calif.
Jordan Taylor (Michigan) – Senior – Pitcher – Valencia, Calif.
Rhea Taylor (Missouri) – Senior – Outfield – Buford, Ga. (This girl left me speechless last year at the WCWS! She is quite the softball player and athlete in general!)
Niki Williams (Washington) – Junior – Outfield – Mission Viejo, Calif (Niki is great person and softball player and she has more than earned her place on this list!)
Well I guess I will close by saying this sport never stops amazing me or exciting me! I see such great development and growth in this sport and I can’t wait to see what will have with this sport and the NPF! I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be great!
Let’s go Huskies, Roll Tide, and Boomer Sooner! Let’s get this season started!!
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