2004 NPF Draft
{{Infobox NPF Draft
| name = 2004 Elite Draft
| image =
| caption =
| sport = softball
| date = December 6, 2003
| time =
| network =
| location = Montgomery, TX
| league=National Pro Fastpitch
| teams = 8
| expansion_teams =
| expansion_season =
| first = Stacey Phillips 1B Michigan State
selected by San Antonio Armadillos
| most = San Antonio Armadillos 5 picks
| fewest = New England Riptide 3 picks
| overall = 32
|prev=2001 WPSL Draft
|next=2005 NPF Draft
}}
{{Infobox NPF Draft
| name = 2004 College Senior Draft
| image =
| caption =
| sport = softball
| date = December 6, 2003
| time =
| network =
| location = Montgomery, TX
| league=National Pro Fastpitch
| teams = 8
| expansion_teams =
| expansion_season =
| first = Iyhia McMichael OF Southern Illinois
selected by Akron Racers
| most = New England Riptide 7 picks
| fewest = San Antonio Armadillos 5 picks
| overall = 48
|prev=2001 WPSL Draft
|next=2005 NPF Draft
}}
{{Infobox NPF Draft
| name = 2004 NPF Supplemental Draft
| image =
| caption =
| sport = softball
| date = March 30, 2004
| time =
| network =
| location =
| league=National Pro Fastpitch
| teams = 6
| expansion_teams =
| expansion_season =
| first = Tara Knudsen SS Georgia Tech
selected by New England Riptide
| most = NY/NJ Juggernaut, Arizona Heat; 4 picks each
| fewest = California Sunbirds 1 pick
| overall = 17
|prev=2001 WPSL Draft
|next=2005 NPF Draft
}}
The 2004 NPF Draft denotes a series of player drafts as a part of the launch of the NPF inaugural season.
On December 6, 2003 in conjunction with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Convention at the Del Lago Resort in Montgomery, Texas the eight original NPF teams (Akron, Arizona, Colorado, New England, New York/New Jersey, Sacramento, San Antonio, and Texas ) selected players in two drafts: a four-round Elite Draft that selected players who had completed their college eligibility and a six-round College Senior Draft which selected players in their final year of college.{{cite web|author1=Chad Wallace|title=NPF Holds Inaugural Draft at NFCA Convention|website=NFCA Fastpitch Delivery Vol. 9, No.1 December 2003|url=https://nfca.org/web_docs/fastpitchdelivery/2003/fddecember2003.pdf|accessdate=14 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040200/https://nfca.org/web_docs/fastpitchdelivery/2003/fddecember2003.pdf|archivedate=4 March 2016|pages=1, 11}} Athletes are not allowed by the NCAA to sign professional contracts until their collegiate seasons have ended.
After the decision was made to launch the 2004 season without the Colorado Altitude and San Antonio Armadillos, a Supplemental Draft was held to allocate players whose rights were held by Colorado and San Antonio.{{cite web|title=NPF HOLDS SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT|url=http://profastpitch.com/news/npfnews/index.html?article_id=67|website=ProFastpitch.com|accessdate=7 June 2015|date=1 April 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905202957/http://www.profastpitch.com/news/npfnews/index.html?article_id=67|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
San Antonio selected Michigan State 1B, and Indiana assistant coach Stacey Phillips with the first overall selection in the Elite Draft. In the College Senior Draft Iyhia McMichael of Mississippi State was selected first by the Akron Racers.{{cite web|title=NATIONAL PRO FASTPITCH (NPF) HOLDS NATIONAL TRYOUT IN TEXAS|url=http://profastpitch.com/news/npfnews/index.html?article_id=57|website=profastpitch.com|accessdate=13 June 2015|date=7 December 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626121429/http://profastpitch.com/news/npfnews/index.html?article_id=57|archive-date=26 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=NPF Holds Draft for 2004|url=http://www.profastpitch.com/news/?id=4227|website=ProFastpitch.com|accessdate=7 June 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031220070340/http://www.profastpitch.com/news/?id=4227|archivedate=20 December 2003}}
For the first pick of the Supplemental Draft, New England chose Georgia Tech's Tara Knudsen whose rights were previously held by San Antonio.
2004 NPF Draft
Position key:
C = Catcher; UT = Utility infielder; INF = Infielder; 1B = First base; 2B =Second base SS = Shortstop; 3B = Third base; OF = Outfielder; RF = Right field; CF = Center field; LF = Left field; P = Pitcher; RHP = right-handed Pitcher; LHP = left-handed Pitcher; DP =Designated player
Positions are listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.
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| {{!}} align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC00" width="20" {{!}} +
{{!}} Denotes player who has been selected to at least one All-NPF team |
| {{!}} align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" {{!}} #
{{!}} Denotes player who has not played in the NPF |
=Elite Draft=
Following are the 32 selections from the 2004 NPF Elite Draft:
==Round 1==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Stacey Phillips# | 1B | San Antonio Armadillos | Michigan State |
| 2 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Lindsay Chouinard+ | P | Texas Thunder | DePaul |
| 3 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Brenda DeBlaes# | SS | Sacramento Sunbirds | Belgium |
| 4 | Liz Bouck | 2B | Arizona Heat | DePaul |
| 5 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Lindsey Gardner+ | 2B | Colorado Altitude | Texas |
| 6 | Monica Triner | P | NY/NJ Juggernaut | South Florida |
| 7 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Kathy Morton# | OF | San Antonio Armadillos from New England Riptide | SW Louisiana |
| 8 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Elizabeth Blake Baskin# | C | Texas Thunder from Akron Racers | West Florida |
==Round 2==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
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| 9 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Lea Mishlan# | SS | San Antonio Armadillos | South Florida |
| 10 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Tiffany Bolton# | 2B | Akron Racers from Texas Thunder | Ohio |
| 11 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Kasey Poet# | 3B | Sacramento Sunbirds | Cal Poly |
| 12 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Amanda Jensen# | SS | Arizona Heat | Olivet Nazarene |
| 13 | Randi Berg | 2B | Colorado Altitude | Fresno State |
| 14 | Alicia Smith | OF | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Hofstra |
| 15 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Sarah Lockett# | 3B | New England Riptide | Kennesaw State |
| 16 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Gina Ramacci# | C | Akron Racers | DePaul |
==Round 3==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Stormy Hanson# | C | San Antonio Armadillos | Indiana |
| 18 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Mindy Williams-Cleeland# | OF | Texas Thunder | Washington |
| 19 | Nikki Beal | 2B | Sacramento Sunbirds | Canada |
| 20 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Rosette Rough# | LF | Arizona Heat | Long Island |
| 21 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Nikki Bowey# | OF | Colorado Altitude | Mercer |
| 22 | Jen Smith | OF | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Hofstra |
| 23 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Mary Flynn# | IF | New England Riptide | Maine |
| 24 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Leslie Poole# | P | Akron Racers | Fresno State |
==Round 4==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jessica Wheeler# | SS | San Antonio Armadillos | San Jacinto College |
| 26 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Stephanie DeFeo# | 1B-WPSL | Texas Thunder | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 27 | Jaime Wohlbach | C | Sacramento Sunbirds | Kutztown |
| 28 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Tiffany Maddox# | IF | Arizona Heat | Judson College |
| 29 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Rachel Gensch# | CF | Colorado Altitude | Bradley |
| 30 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Emily Marino# | C | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Florida |
| 31 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Cherry Fu# | IF | New England Riptide | Harvard |
| 32 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Stacey Nagel# | C | Akron Racers | Mercer |
=Senior Draft=
Following are the 48 selections from the 2004 NPF Senior Draft:
==Round 1==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
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| 1 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Iyhia McMichael+ | OF | Akron Racers | Mississippi State |
| 2 | Jessica Allister | C | New England Riptide | Stanford |
| 3 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jenny Gladding# | P | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Florida |
| 4 | Phelan Wright | 3B | Colorado Altitude | Arizona State |
| 5 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Keira Goerl# | P | Arizona Heat | UCLA |
| 6 | Stephanie Ramos | OF | Sacramento Sunbirds | UCLA |
| 7 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Mackenzie Vandergeest+ | C | Texas Thunder | Arizona |
| 8 | Dana Sorenson | P | New England Riptide from San Antonio Armadillos | Stanford |
==Round 2==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
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| 9 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Jen Poore+ | Akron Racers | Oregon | |
| 10 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jennifer Jessup# | IF | New England Riptide | Mississippi State |
| 11 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Tamara Poppe# | UT | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Texas |
| 12 | Nicole Barber | OF | Colorado Altitude | Georgia |
| 13 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Claire Sua# | 1B | Arizona Heat | UCLA |
| 14 | Christen Bedwell | OF | Sacramento Sunbirds | Cal-State Northridge |
| 15 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Peaches James+ | P | Texas Thunder | Nebraska |
| 16 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Carri Leto+ | IF | San Antonio Armadillos | Northwestern |
==Round 3==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jami Trinidad# | C | Akron Racers | UC Santa Barbara |
| 18 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jackie McClain# | 1B | New England Riptide | Alabama |
| 19 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Aisha Franke# | OF | NY/NJ Juggernaut | UMass |
| 20 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Nicole Trimboli+ | OF | Colorado Altitude | Nebraska |
| 21 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Wendy Allen+ | P | Arizona Heat | Arizona |
| 22 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Amanda Simpson# | OF | Sacramento Sunbirds | UCLA |
| 23 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Kristen Zaleski+ | CF | Texas Thunder | Southwest Texas State |
| 24 | Tara Knudsen | SS | San Antonio Armadillos | Georgia Tech |
==Round 4==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
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| 25 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Oli Keohohou+ | Akron Racers | Long Beach State | |
| 26 | Rachel McGinnis | New England Riptide | Missouri | |
| 27 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Alexis Gary# | C | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Temple |
| 28 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Kristen Farber# | P | Colorado Altitude | Arizona State |
| 29 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Amanda Oleson# | IF | Arizona Heat | Washington |
| 30 | Heather Field | SS | Sacramento Sunbirds | Virginia |
| 31 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Elisa Vasquez# | C | Texas Thunder | Florida State |
| 32 | LaDonia Hughes | OF | San Antonio Armadillos | LSU |
==Round 5==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
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| 33 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Tia Bollinger# | P | Akron Racers | Washington |
| 34 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Brooke Gentzler# | 1B | New England Riptide | St. Cloud State |
| 35 | Laura Harms | SS | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Bradley |
| 36 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Ricki Walker# | UT | Colorado Altitude | Colorado State |
| 37 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jessica Van der Linden# | P | Arizona Heat | Florida State |
| 38 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Annie Stevens# | 3B | Sacramento Sunbirds | Nevada |
| 39 | Laura Leonetti | IF | Texas Thunder | Brown |
| 40 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Amissu Meashintubby# | P | San Antonio Armadillos | Oregon |
==Round 6==
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Kelcy Murphy# | IF | Akron Racers | San Diego State |
| 42 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jamie Carey# | UT | New England Riptide | Miami(Ohio) |
| 43 | Callie Piper | C | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Florida Atlantic |
| 44 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Meghann Reiss# | 1B | Colorado Altitude | Wisconsin |
| 45 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Cheryl Bolding+ | Arizona Heat | Point Loma Nazarene | |
| 46 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Nicole Deathridge# | P | Sacramento Sunbirds | Sacramento State |
| 47 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jennifer Waterman# | C | Texas Thunder | Mississippi State |
| 48 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Meghan Clark# | 1B | San Antonio Armadillos | Mercer |
=Supplemental Draft=
Following are the 17 selections from the 2004 NPF Supplemental Draft:
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Pick ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Pos. ! style="background:#ddf;"| NPF Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| College | ||||
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| 1 | Tara Knudsen | SS | New England Riptide | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Carri Leto+ | IF | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Northwestern |
| 3 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Stormy Hanson# | C | California Sunbirds | Indiana |
| 4 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Stacey Phillips# | 1B | Akron Racers | Michigan State |
| 5 | Nicole Barber | OF-Washington Glory | Texas Thunder | Georgia |
| 6 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Ricki Walker# | UT | Arizona Heat | Colorado State |
| 7 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Nikki Bowey# | OF | New England Riptide | Mercer |
| 8 | LaDonia Hughes | OF | NY/NJ Juggernaut | LSU |
| 9 | style="background:#FFCC00;"|Nicole Trimboli+ | OF | Akron Racers | Nebraska |
| 10 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Jessica Wheeler# | SS | Texas Thunder | San Jacinto College |
| 11 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Brenda DeBlaes# | SS | Arizona Heat | Belgium |
| 12 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Kathy Morton# | OF | NY/NJ Juggernaut | S Western Louisiana |
| 13 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Lea Mishlan# | SS | Texas Thunder | South Florida |
| 14 | Monica Triner | P | Arizona Heat | South Florida |
| 15 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Anissa Meashintubby# | P | NY/NJ Juggernaut | Oregon |
| 16 | Alicia Smith | OF | Arizona Heat | Hofstra |
| 17 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|Meghan Clark# | 1B | Akron Racers | Mercer |
References
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