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Aug. 2—Elma Xtreme Fastpitch had two teams earn trophies at the conclusion of the North American Fastpitch Association's Summer Nationals in Newberg, Oregon on Sunday. Xtreme 14U places fourth ...
Each year's All-NPF Team recognizes players for excellence on the field during the season. Since 2006, the All-NPF Team has been selected by the league and announced during the awards banquet after the end of the regular season. In 2019, a player is named at each fielding position, four pitchers, a designated player, and five 'At-Large' selections.
The USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch league started play in May 2017 in the newly renamed USSSA Space Coast Stadium. Currently, USSSA nationally governs 13 amateur sports. Slow-pitch softball, baseball, fast-pitch softball, and basketball athletes make up approximately 90% of USSSA's membership.
Association of Fastpitch Professionals (AFP) is a professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States consisting of independent teams in collaboration to create a platform for competition at the highest level. The new league began its promotional campaign in 2023 and launched its first official season to begin June, 19 2024. [2]
The Athletes Unlimited Softball League is a women's fastpitch softball league with four, currently geographically-neutral teams, that'll be assigned home grounds in its 2026 season. As of its 2025 season, the average salary for a player will be $40,000–45,000, with salaries up to $75,000 achievable through bonus payments. [24] [25]
Aug. 5—SNOW HILL, Md. — The Junior Swamp Bats 14U softball team went 3-3 at the 2022 Class B Eastern Nationals last week at John Walter Smith Park in Snow Hill, Md. The double-elimination ...
While the teams are most often segregated by sex, coed fast-pitch leagues also exist. Considered the most competitive form of softball, fastpitch is the format played at the Olympic Games . Softball was on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) program in 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 , and 2020 .
The new league began its promotional campaign in 2021 [3] and launched its first official season in 2023. [4] [5] [6] The league is unrelated to the defunct league that used the names National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL) along with Women's Professional Fastpitch.