College Softball in Action

Jackie Traina from Alabama pitching her sophmore year, 2012, the year they won the National Championship. Pitchers are a key role in college softball, they are in control of the game. Pitchers make the hitters do what they want them to do.

                                        

These are the top college softball homerun hitters of 2013. College softball hitters face the best of the best pitching. As I said the pitchers make hitters do what the pitchers want them to do. But some of these hitters are too powerful to control.

Jennie Finch

Who is Jennie Finch?

Jennie Finch is hands down the most influential person of softball. She changed the classic "you throw like a girl" insult to a compliment. There is nothing that Jennie couldn't do on the field. She was an excellent power hitter, a smart and fast base runner, and an overpowering pitcher. Beyond Jennie's ability to play, her work ethic and competitive drive was a cherry on top. Jennie has five pitches along with her fastball; a riser, a curveball, a screwball, a dropball, and a changeup. She has complete control over all of them and she regularly hits 70mph on a radar gun. If I were to list all of Jennie's accomplishments, I would be going on forever.

                     

Background Info

Jennie grew up in La Mirada, California. Jennie went to the University of Arizona and played on the USA softball team.

College Softball compared to MLB Baseball

The Speed of Softball by ESPN Sport Science

Many people assume softball is easy, but this video used science to prove just how hard softball is. Many will be surprised after watching, softball is a hard and fast sport. Did you know that the reaction time of a 70mph college softball pitcher, like Paige McDuffee, is faster than receiving a serve from Serena Williams and faster than an 100 mph MLB pitch?

College Softball Today

There are 335 D1 College softball teams across the nation, 269 D2 College, 408 D3 College. Arizona and UCLA have been frequent power house D1 teams that win National Championships in the Last 10 years.

College softball is a very fun sport to watch. When you watch a college softball game you can see how the players and coaches bond as a family. This picture is of UCLA softball players in 2010, they won the National title that year. UCLA is currently in 3rd place with a record of 33-2-0.

Last year Oklahoma won the National Championship vs. Tennessee 4-0. Oklahoma's fans were rowdy, as most College softball fans are. Oklahoma is currently in 23rd place with a record of 24-8-0. These are the Top 10 Division 1 College teams as of right now.

RANK	NAME	CONFERENCE	RECORD	ROAD	NEUTRAL	HOME	NON-DI
1	Alabama	Southeastern	31-5-0	8-3-0	7- 0- 0	16-2-0	0-0-0
2	Georgia	Southeastern	30-5-0	3-3-0	3- 1- 0	24-1-0	0-0-0
3	UCLA	Pac-12	33-2-0	4-1-0	8- 0- 0	21-1-0	0-0-0
4	Florida St.	Atlantic Coast	33-4-0	10-2-0	10- 2- 0	13-0-0	0-0-0
5	Tennessee	Southeastern	31-3-0	6-1-0	12- 1- 0	13-1-0	0-0-0
6	Florida	Southeastern	31-7-0	4-4-0	15- 0- 0	12-3-0	0-0-0
7	Nebraska	Big Ten	23-11-0	10-2-0	11- 7- 0	2-2-0	0-0-0
8	Missouri	Southeastern	25-9-0	3-3-0	13- 3- 0	9-3-0	0-0-0
9	Arizona	Pac-12	29-8-0	4-5-0	6- 3- 0	19-0-0	0-0-0
10	South Ala.	Sun Belt	29-3-0	5-0-0	12- 3- 0	12-0-0	0-0-0

1

Alabama

Southeastern

31-5-0

8-3-0

7- 0- 0

16-2-0

0-0-0

2

Georgia

Southeastern

30-5-0

3-3-0

3- 1- 0

24-1-0

0-0-0

3

UCLA

Pac-12

33-2-0

4-1-0

8- 0- 0

21-1-0

0-0-0

4

Florida St.

Atlantic Coast

33-4-0

10-2-0

10- 2- 0

13-0-0

0-0-0

5

Tennessee

Southeastern

31-3-0

6-1-0

12- 1- 0

13-1-0

0-0-0

6

Florida

Southeastern

31-7-0

4-4-0

15- 0- 0

12-3-0

0-0-0

7

Nebraska

Big Ten

23-11-0

10-2-0

11- 7- 0

2-2-0

0-0-0

8

Missouri

Southeastern

25-9-0

3-3-0

13- 3- 0

9-3-0

0-0-0

9

Arizona

Pac-12

29-8-0

4-5-0

6- 3- 0

19-0-0

0-0-0

10

South Ala.

Sun Belt

29-3-0

5-0-0

12- 3- 0

12-0-0

0-0-0

Welcome to My Blog

I’m Abbie M, a 14 year old fastpitch softball player. I have been playing softball for as long as my memory goes back. I am a 2 time little league Maine state champion, at the ages of 10 and 12. I pitch, play first base and third base. At the age of 12 during the Eastern Little League Regionals I had the most strike-outs (47). This blog will be about college softball. Softball is my life, and there’s nothing better than some college softball.