1998 WPF Draft explained

1998 WPF Draft
Sport:	softball
Date:	December 6, 1997
Location:	Palm Springs, CA
League:	Women's Pro Fastpitch
Teams:	6
First:	Desarie Knipfer P Cal Poly-SLOselected by Georgia Pride
Most:	Carolina Diamonds, 12 picks
Fewest:	Durham Dragons, Virginia Roadsters, Orlando Wahoos 9 picks each
Overall:	60
Prev:	1997 WPF Draft
Next:	1999 WPSL Draft

The 1998 WPF Draft was the second annual collegiate draft for the WPSL/WPF's 1998 season, and was held on December 7, in Palm Springs, CA in conjunction with the 1998 NFCA National Convention.^[1] Draft order was based on teams' finish in 1997. Georgia Pride and Carolina Diamonds tied with the same record during the 1997 regular season. Georgia lost more games to Carolina in the 1997 head-to-head series and chose ahead of Carolina in the odd-numbered rounds. Carolina chose ahead of Georgia in the even numbered rounds.

Following are the 60 selections from the 1998 WPF draft:^{[2] [3]}

1998 WPF Draft

Position key:
C = catcher; INF = infielder; SS = shortstop; OF = outfielder; UT = Utility infielder; P = pitcher; RHP = right-handed pitcher; LHP = left-handed pitcher
Positions will be listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
1		Desarie Knipfer	P	Georgia Pride	Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo
2	Eve Gaw	P	Carolina Diamonds	Washington
3	Debbie Bilbao	P	Tampa Bay Firestix	Iowa
4		Sheryl Scheve	P	Durham Dragons	Purdue
5		Jodi Dolan	OF	Virginia Roadsters	Ohio State
6		Ali Viola	SS	Tampa Bay Firestix	Nebraska

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
7	Leanne Tyler	P	Carolina Diamonds	Oklahoma State
8	Whitney Floyd	P	Georgia Pride	California
9		Kristi Bolle	IF	Tampa Bay Firestix	Oklahoma State
10	Cheri Shinn	UT	Georgia Pride	CS-Northridge
11		Jennifer Jaime	P	Virginia Roadsters	Oklahoma
12		Sandy Rhea	OF	Orlando Wahoos	Utah

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
13		Chelo Lopez	IF	Georgia Pride	CS-Northridge
14		Jodi Otten	2B	Carolina Diamonds	LSU
15		Rachel Johnson	OF	Tampa Bay Firestix	Oklahoma
16		Jen Smith	C	Durham Dragons	Nebraska
17	Raja Woods	UT	Carolina Diamonds	Arizona State
18		Monica Armendarez	3B	Orlando Wahoos	Indiana

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
19		Jen Buford	2B	Carolina Diamonds	Colorado State
20	Stephanie Bonillas	3B	Carolina Diamonds	New Mexico State
21	Kim Slover	1B	Tampa Bay Firestix	Missouri
22	Jennifer Schoen	OF	Durham Dragons	Purdue
23	Kelly Buckley	C	Virginia Roadsters	Massachusetts
24	Kellyn Tate	OF	Orlando Wahoos	Michigan

Round 5

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
25	Tia Morenz	C	Georgia Pride	Hawaiʻi
26	Victoria Ruelas	IF	Carolina Diamonds	San Jose State
27	Cara Johnson	UT	Tampa Bay Firestix	Western Illinois
28	Roxanne Tsosie	P	Durham Dragons	Arizona State
29	Kim Peck	P	Virginia Roadsters	Fresno State
30	Kristy Hull	C	Orlando Wahoos	Fresno State

Round 6

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
31	Corina Lilly	P	Carolina Diamonds	San Jose State
32	Nina Lindenberg	2B	Georgia Pride	Fresno State
33	Jennifer Kintz	OF	Tampa Bay Firestix	Fla. Atlantic
34	Jill Haas	3B	Durham Dragons	Sacramento State
35	Julie Garcia	OF	Virginia Roadsters	Columbus St.
36	Lori Osterberg	SS	Orlando Wahoos	University of Southwestern Louisiana [4]

Round 7

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
37	Amanda Favorite	IF	Georgia Pride	Long Beach St.
38	Erin Hickey	OF	Carolina Diamonds	DePaul
39	Michelle Reeve	OF	Tampa Bay Firestix	Centenary
40	Sky Brown	P	Durham Dragons	South Carolina
41	Sara Fredstrom	SS	Virginia Roadsters	Colorado State
42	Amy Robertson	P	Orlando Wahoos	TN-Chattanooga

Round 8

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
43		Brandy Arthur	P/OF	Carolina Diamonds	North Carolina
44	Lety Pineda	C	Georgia Pride	Arizona
45	Nicola Walsh	OF	Tampa Bay Firestix	Long Beach St.
46	Julie Crandall	IF	Durham Dragons	UNLV
47	Jenny Ackley	1B	Virginia Roadsters	California
48	Trish Charbonneau	IF	Orlando Wahoos	Ill.-Chicago

Round 9

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
49	Diedre Shores	OF	Georgia Pride	SW Mo. St.
50	Jen Dean	3B	Carolina Diamonds	Northern Iowa
51	Laurie Fritz	2B/OF	Tampa Bay Firestix	UCLA
52	Kristen Drake	2B/SS	Durham Dragons	California
53	Lith Webb	3B	Virginia Roadsters	California University of Pennsylvania
54	Michelle Oswald	SS	Orlando Wahoos	NE Illinois

Round 10

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPF Team	College
55	Kim Guthridge	1B	Carolina Diamonds	Massachusetts
56	Carolyn Wilson	C	Georgia Pride	Fresno State
57	Alison Johnsen	OF	Tampa Bay Firestix	Arizona
58	Laura Redding	IF	Durham Dragons	CS-Northridge
59	Tammy Pytel	2B	Virginia Roadsters	N. Illinois
60	Missy Kaczor	C	Orlando Wahoos	N. Illinois

Draft notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hiller. WPF compost draft list. Sport Today. 16 June 2017. 25 December 1997.
2. Web site: 1998 Women's Professional Fastpitch Draft Selections.pdf. Box.com. 11 June 2016. 6 December 1997.
3. Web site: AC. About Baseball Basketball Football Hockey Other Sports Soccer Store Archive for the ‘Women’s Professional Softball League’ Category. Fun While It Lasted. 16 June 2017. 15 August 2014.
4. Web site: Dearrel Bates. Osterberg takes job with LSU. Quad-City Times. 14 June 2016. 17 August 2000.