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Softball tournaments have been held at the Pan American Games since 1979. [1] The men's tournament was discontinued after the 2003 Pan American Games, but made a comeback for the 2015 Pan American Games. [2]
The fastpitch style is also used in college softball and other international competition. It is the form used in the American Women's Professional Fastpitch league, a women's professional league whose inaugural season began in June 2022. [1] [2] Pitchers throw the ball with an underhand motion at speeds up to 77 miles per hour (124 km/h) for women.
The USA Softball Men's Fast Pitch National Team has won five World Championships (1966, 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1988) and three other medals. In the Pan-American Games, Team USA has made the finals in all seven appearances at the Games when Men's Fast Pitch was played. [83]
[1] [2] The American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) was the first such league, launching in an era of experimentation in professional sports leagues. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The APSPL was formed in 1977 by former World Football League executive Bill Byrne , who would go on to found the Women's Professional Basketball League . [ 5 ]
The men's and women's softball tournaments at the 2003 Pan American Games were held in August 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.The men's tournament was discontinued after the 2003 Pan American Games, as it was decided to eliminate all non-Olympic Sports from the Pan American Games.
Abbott was an All-American pitcher for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers in college before starting a professional career in the NPF and in the Japan Softball League. In international competition, she has played for Team USA from 2005 including the national softball team winning a silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics .
Of their selections in the 2015 NPF Draft, the Pride signed All-American and 2013 Big 12 Player of the Year Shelby Pendley of Oklahoma, [1] two-time All-American and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year Emilee Koerner of Notre Dame, [2] and All-American and 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year Amber Freeman of Arizona State. [3]
The International Softball Congress (ISC) is a non-profit association for the promotion and administration of men's and boys fastpitch softball throughout North America with athletes coming from all over the world.