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2001 Women's Pro Softball League season

November 30, 2023

The 2001 Women's Professional Softball League season was the first year that the WPSL suspended play before relaunching the league in 2004 under the name National Pro Fastpitch. From 1997, WPSL operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL).

2001 WPSL Season
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Teams edit

When the WPSL suspended the 2001 season, there were four teams in the league: Tampa Bay FireStix, Akron Racers, Ohio Pride, and Florida Wahoos. When the league relaunched in 2004 as the NPF, the Racers were the only WPSL team to continue playing.

Milestones and Events edit

The 2001 year began as normally scheduled for the WPSL. The league had its draft in December 2000 and had a schedule for the upcoming season. However, on February 27, 2001, WPSL announced that the 2001 had been cancelled, and the league would focus on expansion for a league relaunch in 2002. (The relaunch was eventually postponed until 2004.) To maintain public awareness of the league and to test future markets for expansion, in lieu of a WPSL season the league sponsored the "Tour of Fastpitch Champions" during the summer, featuring a team of WPSL All-Stars against a team of USA and international Olympians, called WPSL Gold.[1]

The WPSL announced a plan to restart play in "six to eight markets in 2002, with growth to 12 markets by 2004." The tour moved through 14 cities, as the two WPSL teams played each other and other international and local all-stars. Ten of these games were televised, eight on ESPN2 and two "live" on ESPN, a first for the WPSL.[2] In 2002, the league continued to explore where its new teams would play, and had a 2003 tour as an opener to the return of league play in 2004.

College Draft edit

Further information: 2001 WPSL Draft

Before play was suspended, WPSL held their regularly scheduled 2001 WPSL Senior Draft.[3][4] Many draftees never played in the league, but some did, even making an All-Star team. These results are indicated below.

+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least NPF All-Star team
# Denotes player who never played in the NPF

Draft Selections edit

Round 1 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

College

Drafted by

WPSL/NPF Experience

1 Courtney Dale# P/OF UCLA Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF
2 Lindsey Collins+ C Arizona Akron Racers NPF All-Stars(2003),
NY/NJ Juggernaut(2004)
3 Becky Lemke# P Arizona Ohio Pride Never played in NPF
4 Ashley Lewis# P LSU Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF

Round 2 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

College

Drafted by

WPSL/NPF Experience

5 Allison Andrade INF Arizona Akron Racers NPF All-Stars(2003),
California Sunbirds(2004)
6 Lisa Carey# SS Oklahoma Ohio Pride Never played in NPF
7 Ashli Barrett# C Oklahoma Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF
8 Kim DePaul# 3B Washington Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF

Round 3 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

College

Drafted by

WPSL/NPF Experience

9 Serita Brooks# OF Florida State Ohio Pride Never played in NPF
10 Lauren Bauer OF Arizona Florida Wahoos NPF All-Stars(2003),
NY/NJ Juggernaut(2004),
Arizona Heat(2005)
11 Ginger Jones-Powers 1B Alabama Tampa Bay FireStix Texas Thunder(2004)
12 Racheal Goodpaster# SS UNLV Akron Racers Never played in NPF

Round 4 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

College

Drafted by

WPSL/NPF Experience

13 Brenda Iglesia# 3B/DP Cal State Fullerton Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF
14 Andrea Davis# UT Oklahoma Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF
15 Nicole Giordano# OF Arizona Akron Racers Never played in NPF
16 Toni Mascarenas 3B Arizona Ohio Pride Arizona Heat(2005–06)

Round 5 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

College

Drafted by

WPSL/NPF Experience

17 Bronwyn Blair# OF Virginia Tech Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF
18 Janette Koshell# OF/P Tennessee Akron Racers Never played in NPF
19 Lupe Brambila# OF UCLA Ohio Pride Never played in NPF
20 Charla Moore# P Texas Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF

Round 6 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

College

Drafted by

WPSL/NPF Experience

21 Kelley Askew# C/OF Alabama Akron Racers Never played in NPF
22 Stephanie Swenson# P UCLA Ohio Pride Never played in NPF
23 Jamie Fuente# P Nebraska Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF
24 Sarah Farnworth# P/OF Cal State Northridge Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF

Tour Rosters edit

The rosters of the 2001 WPSL All-Stars[5] and WPSL Gold[6] are listed below:

WPSL Gold edit

Head Coach: Judy Martino

WPSL All-Stars edit

Name Position College Hometown Years in WPSL
Monica Armendarez 3B/UT Indiana Carlsbad, NM 3
Patti Benedict OF Michigan Lamont, FL 3
Kaci Clark P UCLA Brentwood, TN 3
Danielle Cox OF Florida State Anniston, AL 2
Julie Crandall C UNLV San Jose, CA 2
Jaime Foutch 1B/OF Oklahoma State Edmond, OK 1
Stephanie Klaviter P Minnesota New Ulm, MN 2
Lyndsey Klein SS UCLA Roseville, CA 1
Amy Kyler P Cleveland State Marshallville, OH 3
Marty Laudato C Bloomsburg Malvern, PA 4
Kim Maher OF/UT Fresno State Oakland, CA 1
Kendall Richards 3B/UT Texas A&M Eugene, OR 2
Julie Smith 2B Fresno State Glendora, CA 1
Kellyn Tate OF Michigan Chesterfield, MO 3

Head Coach: Tim Kiernan

Tour Schedule and Results edit

WPSL Gold schedule and results:[7]

Date W/L Score Opponent Pitcher Location
6/1 W 7-5 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (1-0) Plant City, FL
6/8 W 8-0 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (2-0) Allentown, PA
6/9 W 5-4 WPSL All-Stars Henderson (1-0) Allentown, PA
6/14 W 5-2 WPSL All-Stars Smith (1-0) Oklahoma City, OK
6/15 W 6-2 WPSL All-Stars Henderson (2-0) Oklahoma City, OK
6/17 L 1-2 USA Red[a] Fernandez (1-2) Los Angeles, CA
6/23 L 2-3 WPSL All-Stars Henderson (2-1) Akron, OH
L 2-3 WPSL All-Stars Smith (1-1) Akron, OH
6/24 W 14-1 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (3-1) Akron, OH
6/28 W 4-1 Tennessee All-Stars Smith (2-1) Chattanooga, TN
6/29 T 1-1[b] WPSL All-Stars N/A Chattanooga, TN
7/1 W 6-5 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (4-1) Houston, TX
7/2 L 1-2 WPSL All-Stars Smith (2-2) Houston, TX
7/4 Cancelled[b] WPSL All-Stars N/A Plant City, FL
7/13 W 9-0 White Sox All-Stars Fernandez (5-1) Rockford, IL
7/14 W 5-0 WPSL All-Stars Smith (3-2) Rockford, IL
7/21 L 0-1 Canada Henderson (2-2) Madison, WI
7/22 W 4-0 Canada Fernandez (6-1) Madison, WI
7/31 Cancelled[b] WPSL All-Stars N/A Plant City, FL
8/8 W 3-0 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (7-1) Salem, VA
8/9 L 2-4 WPSL All-Stars Henderson (2-3) Salem, VA
8/9 W 2-0 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (8-1) Salem, VA
8/17 W 6-0 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (9-1) Akron, OH
8/18 W 3-2 WPSL All-Stars Smith (4-2) Akron, OH
W 6-3 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (10-1) Akron, OH
8/29 W 4-0 WPSL All-Stars Smith (5-2) Omaha, NE
8/30 W 2-1 WPSL All-Stars Fernandez (2-1) Omaha, NE

WPSL All-Stars schedule and results:[9]

Date W/L Score Opponent Pitcher Location
6/1 L 5-7 WPSL Gold Klaviter (0-1) Plant City, FL
6/8 L 0-8 WPSL Gold Clark (0-1) Allentown, PA
6/9 L 4-5 WPSL Gold Kyler (0-1) Allentown, PA
6/14 L 2-5 WPSL Gold Kyler (0-2) Oklahoma City, OK
6/15 L 2-6 WPSL Gold Klaviter (0-2) Oklahoma City, OK
6/17 W 1-0 USA Blue[a] Kyler (1-2) Los Angeles, CA
6/23 W 3-2 WPSL Gold Clark (1-1) Akron, OH
6/23 W 3-2 WPSL Gold Kyler (2-2) Akron, OH
6/24 L 1-14 WPSL Gold Klaviter (0-3) Akron, OH
6/29 T 1-1[b] WPSL Gold N/A Chattanooga, TN
7/1 L 5-6 WPSL Gold Kyler (2-3) Houston, TX
7/2 W 2-1 WPSL Gold Klaviter (1-3) Houston, TX
7/4 Cancelled[b] WPSL Gold N/A Plant City, FL
7/14 L 0-5 WPSL Gold Klaviter (1-4) Rockford, IL
7/14 W 7-0 White Sox All-Stars Kyler (3-3)[c] Rockford, IL
7/31 Cancelled[b] WPSL Gold N/A Plant City, FL
8/8 L 0-3 WPSL Gold Klaviter (1-5) Salem, VA
8/9 W 4-2 WPSL Gold Kyler (4-3) Salem, VA
L 0-2 WPSL Gold Clark (1-2) Salem, VA
8/17 L 0-6 WPSL Gold Clark (1-3) Akron, OH
8/18 L 2-3 WPSL Gold Klaviter(1-6) Akron, OH
L 3-6 WPSL Gold Kyler (4-4) Akron, OH
8/29 L 0-4 WPSL Gold Kyler (4-5) Omaha, NE
8/30 L 1-2 WPSL Gold Clark (1-4) Omaha, NE

Game notes edit

  1. ^ a b The USA Olympic softball team split into two teams, USA Red and USA Blue, to play a doubleheader against the two WPSL tour teams.[8]
  2. ^ a b c d e f Called due to rain
  3. ^ Perfect game

References edit

  1. ^ . profastpitch.com. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 19 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ . ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ . ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. ^ . ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  5. ^ . ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  6. ^ . ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. ^ . ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  8. ^ Lance Swan (17 June 2001). "WPSL Teams Split With USA National Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  9. ^ . ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

External links edit

See also edit

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The 2001 Women s Professional Softball League season was the first year that the WPSL suspended play before relaunching the league in 2004 under the name National Pro Fastpitch From 1997 WPSL operated under the names Women s Pro Fastpitch WPF and Women s Pro Softball League WPSL 2001 WPSL SeasonLeagueWomen s Pro Softball LeagueSportsoftball2001 WPSL DraftWPSL seasons 20002002 Contents 1 Teams 2 Milestones and Events 2 1 College Draft 2 2 Draft Selections 2 2 1 Round 1 2 2 2 Round 2 2 2 3 Round 3 2 2 4 Round 4 2 2 5 Round 5 2 2 6 Round 6 3 Tour Rosters 3 1 WPSL Gold 3 2 WPSL All Stars 4 Tour Schedule and Results 5 Game notes 6 References 7 External links 8 See alsoTeams editWhen the WPSL suspended the 2001 season there were four teams in the league Tampa Bay FireStix Akron Racers Ohio Pride and Florida Wahoos When the league relaunched in 2004 as the NPF the Racers were the only WPSL team to continue playing Milestones and Events editThe 2001 year began as normally scheduled for the WPSL The league had its draft in December 2000 and had a schedule for the upcoming season However on February 27 2001 WPSL announced that the 2001 had been cancelled and the league would focus on expansion for a league relaunch in 2002 The relaunch was eventually postponed until 2004 To maintain public awareness of the league and to test future markets for expansion in lieu of a WPSL season the league sponsored the Tour of Fastpitch Champions during the summer featuring a team of WPSL All Stars against a team of USA and international Olympians called WPSL Gold 1 The WPSL announced a plan to restart play in six to eight markets in 2002 with growth to 12 markets by 2004 The tour moved through 14 cities as the two WPSL teams played each other and other international and local all stars Ten of these games were televised eight on ESPN2 and two live on ESPN a first for the WPSL 2 In 2002 the league continued to explore where its new teams would play and had a 2003 tour as an opener to the return of league play in 2004 College Draft edit Further information 2001 WPSL Draft Before play was suspended WPSL held their regularly scheduled 2001 WPSL Senior Draft 3 4 Many draftees never played in the league but some did even making an All Star team These results are indicated below Denotes player who has been selected for at least NPF All Star team Denotes player who never played in the NPFDraft Selections edit Round 1 edit Pick Player Pos College Drafted by WPSL NPF Experience1 Courtney Dale P OF UCLA Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF2 Lindsey Collins C Arizona Akron Racers NPF All Stars 2003 NY NJ Juggernaut 2004 3 Becky Lemke P Arizona Ohio Pride Never played in NPF4 Ashley Lewis P LSU Florida Wahoos Never played in NPFRound 2 edit Pick Player Pos College Drafted by WPSL NPF Experience5 Allison Andrade INF Arizona Akron Racers NPF All Stars 2003 California Sunbirds 2004 6 Lisa Carey SS Oklahoma Ohio Pride Never played in NPF7 Ashli Barrett C Oklahoma Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF8 Kim DePaul 3B Washington Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPFRound 3 edit Pick Player Pos College Drafted by WPSL NPF Experience9 Serita Brooks OF Florida State Ohio Pride Never played in NPF10 Lauren Bauer OF Arizona Florida Wahoos NPF All Stars 2003 NY NJ Juggernaut 2004 Arizona Heat 2005 11 Ginger Jones Powers 1B Alabama Tampa Bay FireStix Texas Thunder 2004 12 Racheal Goodpaster SS UNLV Akron Racers Never played in NPFRound 4 edit Pick Player Pos College Drafted by WPSL NPF Experience13 Brenda Iglesia 3B DP Cal State Fullerton Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF14 Andrea Davis UT Oklahoma Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF15 Nicole Giordano OF Arizona Akron Racers Never played in NPF16 Toni Mascarenas 3B Arizona Ohio Pride Arizona Heat 2005 06 Round 5 edit Pick Player Pos College Drafted by WPSL NPF Experience17 Bronwyn Blair OF Virginia Tech Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPF18 Janette Koshell OF P Tennessee Akron Racers Never played in NPF19 Lupe Brambila OF UCLA Ohio Pride Never played in NPF20 Charla Moore P Texas Florida Wahoos Never played in NPFRound 6 edit Pick Player Pos College Drafted by WPSL NPF Experience21 Kelley Askew C OF Alabama Akron Racers Never played in NPF22 Stephanie Swenson P UCLA Ohio Pride Never played in NPF23 Jamie Fuente P Nebraska Florida Wahoos Never played in NPF24 Sarah Farnworth P OF Cal State Northridge Tampa Bay FireStix Never played in NPFTour Rosters editThe rosters of the 2001 WPSL All Stars 5 and WPSL Gold 6 are listed below WPSL Gold edit Name Position College Hometown44 Laura Berg OF Fresno State Santa Fe Springs CA2 Jennifer Brundage 3B UCLA Ann Arbor MI6 Crystl Bustos SS Palm Beach Community College Santa Clarita CA22 Sheila Douty 1B UCLA Diamond Bar CA16 Lisa Fernandez P 3B UCLA Long Beach CA4 Danielle Henderson P UMass Commack NY21 Kelly Kretschman OF Alabama Indian Harbour Beach FL10 Teri Klement Goldberg OF Colorado State Ft Collins CO11 Jackie Lance OF New Mexico North Delta BC3 Jennifer McFalls UT INF Texas A amp M Grand Prairie TX32 Michele Smith P 1B Oklahoma State Califon NJ23 Michelle Venturella C Indiana Indianapolis IN12 Erin White C OF Iowa State Richmond BC7 Cindy Yan Fang 2B Beijing ChinaHead Coach Judy Martino WPSL All Stars edit Name Position College Hometown Years in WPSLMonica Armendarez 3B UT Indiana Carlsbad NM 3Patti Benedict OF Michigan Lamont FL 3Kaci Clark P UCLA Brentwood TN 3Danielle Cox OF Florida State Anniston AL 2Julie Crandall C UNLV San Jose CA 2Jaime Foutch 1B OF Oklahoma State Edmond OK 1Stephanie Klaviter P Minnesota New Ulm MN 2Lyndsey Klein SS UCLA Roseville CA 1Amy Kyler P Cleveland State Marshallville OH 3Marty Laudato C Bloomsburg Malvern PA 4Kim Maher OF UT Fresno State Oakland CA 1Kendall Richards 3B UT Texas A amp M Eugene OR 2Julie Smith 2B Fresno State Glendora CA 1Kellyn Tate OF Michigan Chesterfield MO 3Head Coach Tim KiernanTour Schedule and Results editWPSL Gold schedule and results 7 Date W L Score Opponent Pitcher Location6 1 W 7 5 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 1 0 Plant City FL6 8 W 8 0 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 2 0 Allentown PA6 9 W 5 4 WPSL All Stars Henderson 1 0 Allentown PA6 14 W 5 2 WPSL All Stars Smith 1 0 Oklahoma City OK6 15 W 6 2 WPSL All Stars Henderson 2 0 Oklahoma City OK6 17 L 1 2 USA Red a Fernandez 1 2 Los Angeles CA6 23 L 2 3 WPSL All Stars Henderson 2 1 Akron OHL 2 3 WPSL All Stars Smith 1 1 Akron OH6 24 W 14 1 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 3 1 Akron OH6 28 W 4 1 Tennessee All Stars Smith 2 1 Chattanooga TN6 29 T 1 1 b WPSL All Stars N A Chattanooga TN7 1 W 6 5 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 4 1 Houston TX7 2 L 1 2 WPSL All Stars Smith 2 2 Houston TX7 4 Cancelled b WPSL All Stars N A Plant City FL7 13 W 9 0 White Sox All Stars Fernandez 5 1 Rockford IL7 14 W 5 0 WPSL All Stars Smith 3 2 Rockford IL7 21 L 0 1 Canada Henderson 2 2 Madison WI7 22 W 4 0 Canada Fernandez 6 1 Madison WI7 31 Cancelled b WPSL All Stars N A Plant City FL8 8 W 3 0 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 7 1 Salem VA8 9 L 2 4 WPSL All Stars Henderson 2 3 Salem VA8 9 W 2 0 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 8 1 Salem VA8 17 W 6 0 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 9 1 Akron OH8 18 W 3 2 WPSL All Stars Smith 4 2 Akron OHW 6 3 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 10 1 Akron OH8 29 W 4 0 WPSL All Stars Smith 5 2 Omaha NE8 30 W 2 1 WPSL All Stars Fernandez 2 1 Omaha NEWPSL All Stars schedule and results 9 Date W L Score Opponent Pitcher Location6 1 L 5 7 WPSL Gold Klaviter 0 1 Plant City FL6 8 L 0 8 WPSL Gold Clark 0 1 Allentown PA6 9 L 4 5 WPSL Gold Kyler 0 1 Allentown PA6 14 L 2 5 WPSL Gold Kyler 0 2 Oklahoma City OK6 15 L 2 6 WPSL Gold Klaviter 0 2 Oklahoma City OK6 17 W 1 0 USA Blue a Kyler 1 2 Los Angeles CA6 23 W 3 2 WPSL Gold Clark 1 1 Akron OH6 23 W 3 2 WPSL Gold Kyler 2 2 Akron OH6 24 L 1 14 WPSL Gold Klaviter 0 3 Akron OH6 29 T 1 1 b WPSL Gold N A Chattanooga TN7 1 L 5 6 WPSL Gold Kyler 2 3 Houston TX7 2 W 2 1 WPSL Gold Klaviter 1 3 Houston TX7 4 Cancelled b WPSL Gold N A Plant City FL7 14 L 0 5 WPSL Gold Klaviter 1 4 Rockford IL7 14 W 7 0 White Sox All Stars Kyler 3 3 c Rockford IL7 31 Cancelled b WPSL Gold N A Plant City FL8 8 L 0 3 WPSL Gold Klaviter 1 5 Salem VA8 9 W 4 2 WPSL Gold Kyler 4 3 Salem VAL 0 2 WPSL Gold Clark 1 2 Salem VA8 17 L 0 6 WPSL Gold Clark 1 3 Akron OH8 18 L 2 3 WPSL Gold Klaviter 1 6 Akron OHL 3 6 WPSL Gold Kyler 4 4 Akron OH8 29 L 0 4 WPSL Gold Kyler 4 5 Omaha NE8 30 L 1 2 WPSL Gold Clark 1 4 Omaha NEGame notes edit a b The USA Olympic softball team split into two teams USA Red and USA Blue to play a doubleheader against the two WPSL tour teams 8 a b c d e f Called due to rain Perfect gameReferences edit NPF History profastpitch com 4 August 2011 Archived from the original on 2008 07 05 Retrieved 19 July 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Tour of Fastpitch Champions Features Olympians All Stars ProSoftball com Archived from the original on 11 March 2003 Retrieved 22 July 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link 2001 Women s Pro Softball League Senior Draft ProSoftball com Archived from the original on 25 January 2001 Retrieved 22 June 2015 Twenty four collegiate seniors drafted by Women s Pro Softball League s four teams ProSoftball com Archived from the original on 2 February 2001 Retrieved 22 June 2015 2001 WPSL All Stars ProSoftball com Archived from the original on 8 October 2002 Retrieved 20 July 2015 2001 WPSL Gold ProSoftball com Archived from the original on 8 October 2002 Retrieved 20 July 2015 2001 WPSL Gold Team Results ProSoftball com Archived from the original on 8 October 2002 Retrieved 22 July 2015 Lance Swan 17 June 2001 WPSL Teams Split With USA National Teams NFCA org Retrieved 22 July 2015 2001 WPSL All Star Team Results ProSoftball com Archived from the original on 8 June 2002 Retrieved 22 July 2015 External links editNational Pro Fastpitch Usurped See also edit nbsp Sports portalList of professional sports leagues List of professional sports 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