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American athletic conference softball
American athletic conference softball




  1. #American athletic conference softball pro#
  2. #American athletic conference softball professional#
  3. #American athletic conference softball series#

The University of Kentucky catcher Kowalik was an All-SEC selection both for her outstanding work behind and at the plate. In the second round, the club selected Kayla Kowalik. USSSA Pride concluded the first round of the 2023 WPF draft taking Faraimo, the three-time All-American, 2020 National Pitcher of the Year and 2022 WCWS All-Tournament honoree. Abbey Cheek, the NPF Rookie of the Year in 2019, holds the University of Kentucky's all-time career home-run record and is already off to the races as a power hitter early into 2023 for the Pride.ĪBBEY CHEEK GOES DEEP!!! hits a 2 run bomb to put the Pride in front 3-1! #goPride /cgAWdNg1q5- USSSA Pride JDraft Picks

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She isn't the only proven professional slugger of the lineup. Pendley hits eight home runs in 2018 and 30 for her tenure in NPF. Representing another generation of Oklahoma Sooners softball - and joining Ford in representing USSSA Pride's championship past as it sets in pursuit of a winning future - Shelby Pendley is one of the club's veteran leaders. Trautwein posted a 0.77 ERA in 126 2/3 innings for the Sooners a year ago, and was named to the WCWS All-Tournament Team. USSSA Pride's pitching staff also features Australian Ellen Roberts, a star in international competition and an All-American Athletic Conference performer at Memphis.Īnother member of the staff, Hope Trautwein, was an outstanding addition to Oklahoma's Women's College World Series-winning roster in 2022. She heads up a pitching staff rife with standout college performers, including 2023 1st Round draft pick Megan Faraimo, the UCLA All-American who produced a 1.42 ERA over 172 innings of work in the past NCAA season.įaraimo joins another former Bruin, Ally Carda, and a fellow Pac-12 standout in former Washington Huskies star Taran Alvelo. Check out how it all unfolded below! #goPride /lawybZ9jYa- USSSA Pride June 25, 2021

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🎥: The Pride tie the series behind a complete game shutout from Jailyn Ford over Team Canada. Pitcher Jailyn Ford, a product of James Madison University, compiled a 4-0 record in the Pride's 2018 title run. Though a few years, a once-in-a-century global pandemic and a new league separate USSSA Pride from its last championship, the roster features holdovers from the last championship-winning roster. The Pride play at USSSA Space Coast Stadium, the organization's home since 2017 and the former Spring Training venue of the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals. Kretschman brings collegiate coaching experience into her new role at the professional ranks.

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Kretschman's playing career is loaded with accomplishments, including a a record-setting All-America college tenure at Alabama, winning a Gold Medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, and earning three NPF Most Valuable Player Awards in NPF. One of USSSA Pride's stars in the NPF years, Kelly Kretschman, heads up the team as coach in 2023. The Viera, Florida-based club's dominance in the NPF was unparalleled for the duration of the league, and ranks among the very best decades of any professional team sport in the U.S. USSSA Pride's well-established reputation for excellence lends immediate credibility to the strength of WPF.

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#American athletic conference softball pro#

The club won NPF regular-season championships seven times, and claimed the Cowles Cup five.Īs the USSSA Pride aim to carry over that dominance into WPF, the franchise builds around some returners from that past championship glory, while welcoming into the fold standout newcomers poised to make their own impact on the pro ranks. Launched in 2009, the USSSA Pride were fixtures of the National Pro Fastpitch league from 2009 through 2019. The addition of one of college softball's most dominant pitchers, Megan Faraimo, to a roster already stocked with some of the game's best, made an emphatic statement about the championship bona fides of the USSSA Pride in 2023.īut while this marks the inaugural season of Women's Professional Fastpitch, the USSSA Pride organization is not winning to title contention.






American athletic conference softball