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Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools

Tennis, Volleyball, Shooting, and Ultimate Frisbee were further additions, and N.O.A.H. fielded its first high school girls’ fast-pitch Softball team for the summer of 2007.


2012 ISF Women's World Championship

The 2012 ISF Women's World Championship is an international softball competition being held at Pepsi Softball Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada from July 13 to July 22, 2012.

Adolfo Carrión, Jr.

In addition, $160 million will be invested in many public parks including a running track, tennis facilities, and softball and baseball fields on parkland around and including the original Yankee Stadium.

Alabama High School Athletic Association

The AHSAA sponsors state championships programs in 12 boys and 12 girls sports: Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Football, Cross Country, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling, and Indoor Track.

Americablog

AMERICAblog first received widespread media attention after it revealed that Jeff Gannon, a member of the White House press corps with a reputation for asking 'softball' questions at opportune moments for Press Secretary Scott McClellan, was actually James Guckert and had advertised his services as a gay male escort.

Amperex Electronic

The Hicksville factory had a company-sponsored softball team that played at Eisenhower Park (then called Salisbury Park) in East Meadow, New York.

Anupama Aura Gurung

Gurung spent her secondary school years at Geylang Methodist Secondary School where she was vice-captain of the softball team.

Arizona Wildcats

The softball team has won eight NCAA Women's College World Series titles, in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2007 under head coach Mike Candrea (NCAA Softball Championship).

Barbara Berger

Born in Maywood, Illinois, Berger and her younger sister, Norma, played baseball and basketball together during their childhood and later played softball in grade school.

Daisy de Peinder

In 2001 she was named as the best batter in the Dutch Softball Hoofdklasse.

David Nail

He participated in the 2010 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game, hitting a home run past the right-field fence in Angel Stadium.

Donna Lopiano

As an athlete, she participated in 26 national championships in four sports and was a nine-time All-American at four different positions in softball, a sport in which she played on six national championship teams including the Connecticut Brakettes.

Eckler

Harry Eckler, from the 1940s to 1950s considered the finest hardball and fastpitch softball first baseman in Canada

Erik Bakich

Bakich was most noted for his quote, "We want to catch that softball program" meaning Michigan's softball program, and showed great praise for head Michigan Softball coach Carol Hutchins.

Frank Aguon

Aguon is currently married to Jennifer Lujan Aguon, who played for the Women's Softball team won a gold medal for Guam at the 1998 Micronesian Games in Palau, Aguon has five children.

Ghana national baseball team

In June 2008, US President George W. Bush, Ghanaian Vice President Aliu Mahama and outgoing US ambassador Pamela Bridgewater were honored for their work in developing baseball and softball in the country.

Girls Sport Victoria

Zoned groups of schools were established for weekly interschool competitions in Netball, Basketball, Softball, Tennis, Indoor Cricket, Hockey, Waterpolo, Soccer, Volleyball and Badminton.

Grand Lake, Louisiana

In November 2010, the state of Louisiana approved disaster recovery funds for infrastructure improvement projects with $9,054,344 going to Grand Lake High School for an addition to the Career and Technology Center, installation of two new emergency generators, renovations to the gym and cafeteria, construction of a pre-K playground, the addition of a new track facility and enhancements to the softball field.

Harford Sports Complex

The complex is also occasionally used by Harford Technical High School as well as other area high schools, and by community adult baseball and softball teams.

Hsu Hsiu-ling

Hsu Hsiu-Ling (born February 9, 1982 in Nantou) is a Taiwanese softball player.

Jim Van Horne

Van Horne has broadcast from four Olympic games, including 1988 in Calgary, covering alpine skiing, 2000 in Sydney covering tennis, 2008 in Beijing, assigned to baseball and softball, and 2010 Vancouver, mentoring the commentators from APTN, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

Jonathan Budine

He directed “Town Hall Meetings” for Tom Ridge and Rick Santorum in 1994, as well as the NASCAR Silver Bullet Softball Game and several talk shows for TNT and Discovery.

Kellyn Tate

She later played professional softball for the Orlando Wahoos (1998), Akron Racers (1999-2000), WPSL All-Stars (2001), and California Sunbirds (2004).

Lo Hsiao-ting

Lo Hsiao-Ting (born May 8, 1982 in Nantou) is a Taiwanese softball player.

Mallard Creek High School

The school has a football stadium (with a turf field), a baseball–softball complex, and a large gymnasium, as well as an adjoining practice gymnasium, tennis courts, and soccer fields.

Margie Wright

In March 2000, she broke Judi Garman's mark as the all-time winningest softball coach with caeer victory No. 914, a 1-0 win over Oklahoma.

Mattingly Sports

Mattingly Sports is a baseball and softball equipment company launched by Don Mattingly in 2005, based primarily around the patented V-Grip baseball and softball bats.

Mowatt

Taryne Mowatt, former All-American pitcher for the University of Arizona softball team

Palm Springs Stadium

January 1991: Darryl Strawberry and other Dodgers play in celebrity softball game held at stadium, sponsored by MTV.

Queensland Softball Association

Softball games were televised on ABC Channel 2 and 1960/61 saw Downey Park the only ground used for the season.

23 Clubs affiliated with the Brisbane Women's Softball Association for the 1965/66 season—Athletics, Brisbane Bears, Cannon Hill Stars, Hawks, Inala Carltons, Kedron Park Teachers College, Magpies, Mitchelton Missiles, Mt Gravatt Eagles, Oxley Rockets, Pandas, Panthers, Rebels, Saints, Spiro Tots, Southside Scamps, T-Jets, Tramway Terrors, University, Wildcats, Windsors, Wolves and WRAAC and 66 teams participated in the competition at Downey Park.

Rebecca Soumeru

In 2002 and 2005 she was named the best pitcher of the Dutch Softball Hoofdklasse; in 2004 she was the MVP of the league.

Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium

With the continued success of the Arizona softball team, which has won eight national championships, thanks to Mike Candrea, remains one of the premier venues in college softball.

Rock Valley College

The Golden Eagles compete in NJCAA Division III in volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis and golf.

Saint Francis Red Flash

The Saint Francis Red Flash are the 22 sports teams representing Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track and field, and volleyball; women's-only bowling, field hockey, lacrosse, softball, and swimming; and men's-only football.

Sara Griffin

She was the fifth Michigan softball player named to the Hall of Honor, joining Penny Neer, Vicki Morrow, Alicia Seegert, and Jenny Allard.

Sommer West

Sommer West (born April 24, 1978 in Houston, Texas and raised in Bowmanville, Ontario) was a Canadian Olympic softball player at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Thornwood High School

Michelle Venturella -2000 United States Olympic Softball Gold Medalist.

Toni Stone

She moved on to play for the Girl’s Highlex Softball Club in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Troy Tulowitzki

Tulowitzki has a sister, Tiffany, who plays softball and a brother, Tyler, who plays baseball for San Francisco State University.

Twila Shively

By then, she was featured in an article signed by Carl Guldager and published in the Chicago Daily News with this headline: “She’s Hedy Lamarr of Softball, Twila Shively Looks Like Model, Runs Bases Like Ty Cobb. Has Baseball Savvy Plus Pretty Face”.

Ty Ty, Georgia

Ty Ty is the birthplace and home of Darby Cottle Veazey, a two-time All-American softball player and the only female athlete to have her number retired at Florida State University.

U.S. Cellular Community Park

It features five baseball fields which includes professional-sized field and two youth baseball fields, four softball fields, a professional-sized championship soccer field which is home to the Southern Oregon Fuego professional soccer team and two sports fields.

Waskatenau, Alberta

The town held three such softball marathons, known as the "Home Run For Life", as fundraisers for the Cross Cancer Institute and Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton.

Western Oregon Wolves

On April 26, 2008, Sara Tucholsky, a reserve outfielder on the Wolves softball team (2005–08), hit the first home run of her college career in a victory over Central Washington University, but injured her knee rounding first base; Central Washington's Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace carried Tucholsky around the rest of the bases to home plate.

WPSL

National Pro Fastpitch, formerly known as the Women's Pro Softball League


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