1999 WPSL Draft explained

1999 WPSL Senior Draft
Sport:	softball
Date:	December 5, 1998
Location:	St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
League:	Women's Pro Softball League
First:	Isonette Polonius 3B East Carolina selected by Durham Dragons
Most:	Akron Racers, 13 picks
Fewest:	Virginia Roadsters, 7 picks
Overall:	60 selections
Prev:	1998 WPF Draft
Next:	2000 WPSL Draft

The 1999 WPSL Senior Draft was the third annual collegiate draft for the WPSL/WPF's 1999 season, and was held on Saturday, December 5, in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla,^[1] at the Tradewinds Resort in conjunction with the 1998 NFCA National Convention.

Draft Selections

Following are the 60 selections from the 1999 WPSL draft:^[2]

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.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
1	Isonette Polonius	3B	Durham Dragons	East Carolina
2	Monica Triner	P/DP	Tampa Bay FireStix	South Florida
3^[3]	Traci Conrad	1B	Akron Racers	Michigan
4	Brandee McArthur	P/UT	Carolina Diamonds	Pacific
5	Jaime Maxey	3B	Georgia Pride	Fresno State
6	Liza Brown	P/OF	Akron Racers	DePaul

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
7	Shannon Beeler	SS	Virginia Roadsters	Minnesota
8	Jaime Foutch	1B	Tampa Bay FireStix	Oklahoma State
9	Autumn Anderson	P	Durham Dragons	Mississippi State
10	Megumi Takasaki	C	Carolina Diamonds	California
11^[4]	Jamie Lowry	2B	Georgia Pride	Missouri
12	Stephanie Midthun	OF	Akron Racers	Minnesota

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
13	Jody Dean	OF	Virginia Roadsters	Northern Iowa
14	Jody Chmielewski	OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	Oregon State
15	Katie Cichy	SS	Durham Dragons	Cal State Sacramento
16	Jaime Chenevey	C	Akron Racers	Ohio State
17	Kim Slover	1B	Georgia Pride	Missouri
18	Kelly Gentle	P	Akron Racers	Hawaiʻi

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
19	Catherine Davis	OF	Virginia Roadsters	Michigan
20	Nikki Cockrell	2B/SS	Tampa Bay FireStix	Texas
21	Evette Grayson	OF	Durham Dragons	Louisiana Tech
22	Tara Glaister	P	Carolina Diamonds	Cal State Northridge
23	Danielle Cox	OF	Georgia Pride	Florida State
24	Kellie Metzger	C	Akron Racers	Akron

Round 5

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
25	Jenny Oermann	SS	Virginia Roadsters	Southeast Missouri State
26	Janeen Sobush	C/OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	South Florida
27	Stephanie Norton	3B	Durham Dragons	Colorado State
28	Katie May	SS/3B	Carolina Diamonds	California
29	Jennifer Thompson	P	Georgia Pride	South Florida
30	Heidi Geier	2B	Akron Racers	Creighton

Round 6

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
31	Heather Stella	3B	Virginia Roadsters	Illinois State
32	Amy Doyle	OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	Ball State
33^[5]	Marcy Crouch	RHP	Durham Dragons	Stanford
34	Julie Eggert	1B	Carolina Diamonds	Kennesaw State
35	Samantha Digirolamo	3B	Georgia Pride	Nicholls State
36	Raven Coberg	3B	Akron Racers	UNLV

Round 7

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
37	Melanie Muniz	OF	Durham Dragons	Long Beach State
38	Stephanie Carew	DP	Tampa Bay FireStix	Chapman
39	Jen Morris	1B	Durham Dragons	Ohio University
40	Jennie Foyle	2B	Carolina Diamonds	Stanford
41	Dana Bennett	2B	Georgia Pride	Hofstra
42	Michelle Singer	UT	Akron Racers	Oklahoma State

Round 8

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
43	Kris McCleary	C	Virginia Roadsters	Notre Dame
44	Samantha Mercier	2B	Tampa Bay FireStix	Purdue
45	Stephanie Little	C	Durham Dragons	Cal State Fullerton
46	Lori Reese	SS	Carolina Diamonds	Virginia
47	Lindsey Parker	P	Georgia Pride	Fresno State
48	Cheryl Anne Palaroan	OF	Akron Racers	Ohio State

Round 9

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
49	Becky Blevins	RHP	Virginia Roadsters	Stanford
50		Jana Jenkins	2B	Akron Racers	Akron
51	Janine Repole	2B/P	Durham Dragons	North Carolina-Charlotte
52	Martha Covington	3B	Carolina Diamonds	Campbell
53	Erryn Gutjahr	1B	Georgia Pride	San Diego State
54	Sunny Litteral	OF	Akron Racers	Ashland

Round 10

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
55
56	Dana Bailey^#	OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	Florida State
57	Kim Pietro	OF	Durham Dragons	South Carolina
58	Jane Teixeira	OF	Carolina Diamonds	Texas
59	Chris Puccio	UT	Georgia Pride	San Diego State
60	Nicole Cefaratti	OF	Akron Racers	Buffalo State

Draft notes

External links

• National Pro Fastpitch

See also

• List of professional sports leagues
• List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada

Notes and References

1. Web site: NPF History. ProFastpitch.com. 4 November 2015. 4 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705041346/http://www.profastpitch.com/about/history/#1998. 2008-07-05. dead.
2. Web site: Larry Cain. Durham Dragons Choose Isonette Polonius No. 1 in. NFCA.org. 17 June 2016. 9. 1 January 1999.
3. Web site: RACERS PARTICIPATE IN FIRST WPSL DRAFT. AkronRacers.com. 18 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/19990820150248/http://www.akronracers.com/pr/DraftPR.html. 20 August 1999.
4. Web site: TWO SENIOR SOFTBALL PAYERS DRAFTED BY THE WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE.. MU Tigers. 14 June 2016. 21 June 1999.
5. Web site: Three Cardinal Selected in Women's Pro Softball League Sr. Draft. GoStanford.com. 11 June 2016. 21 June 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530022737/http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600. 30 May 2016. dead. dmy-all.