Matt Wixon: In 2001, high school pitcher Alicia Hollowell of Fairfield, Calif., went the distance in a 30-inning game and struck out 61 hitters. If that’s not enough evidence of how dominant a softball pitcher can be, there’s this: Hollowell was the losing pitcher in that game. Fairfield lost, 1-0, which is a common score [...]

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April 20, 2010, Cypress, CA – Megan Willis signed a 3-year professional athlete contract with Diamond Sports on March 22, 2010 that extends through 2012. Willis will be playing for the National Pro Fastpitch Tennessee Diamonds this summer in Knoxville, TN. This will be Willis’ third year in the NPF. She was the starting catcher [...]

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Sparks, MD – Maryland-based firm API Sports Management & Marketing, parent company of All-ProFastpitch, LLC, has partnered with Atlanta-based Dynasty Media and Entertainment, LLC, to create All-ProDynasty Fastpitch, LLC, an entity that has established two women’s professional softball teams that willtour the United States in 2010. The U.S. Professional All-Stars and the Dynasty 6 teams [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – It was announced this week that the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights will withdraw a controversial Title IX policy that allowed schools to measure the athletic interests of female students through online surveys. The George W. Bush administration had put the unpopular guidelines into place, which many athletics administrators felt [...]

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ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Ryan Sanders Showdown National Pro Fastpitch Softball Series will be held Aug. 12-15 at The Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. Hosted by Ryan Sanders Baseball, the series features two professional teams: the Chicago Bandits and the USSSA Florida Pride. The teams will play five games in the four-day period [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY — For the 11th consecutive time, Washington (33-3, 5-1 Pac-10) claimed the No. 1 spot in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll announced today by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America. The Huskies have held the top spot since June 9, 2009, just days after winning the Women’s College World Series [...]

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