Women's Professional Fastpitch Explained
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Current Season: | 2024 Women's Professional Fastpitch season |
Pixels: | 220px |
Sport: | Fastpitch softball |
Founded: | [1] |
Inaugural: | 2022 |
Teams: | 4 |
Champion: | Texas Smoke |
Most Champs: | Texas Smoke (1 title) |
Country: | United States |
Headquarters: | 4801 Gaillardia Parkway[2] Oklahoma City |
Website: | wprofastpitch.com |
Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) is a professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States. The new league began its promotional campaign in 2021[3] and launched its first official season in 2023.[4] [5] [6]
The league is unrelated to the defunct league that used the names National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL) along with Women's Professional Fastpitch. Not to be confused with a new competing league, the Association of Fastpitch Professionals.
History
Following the 2023 season, the Oklahoma City Spark announced their departure from the WPF in December 2023.[7] In April 2024, the Smash It Sports Vipers and USSSA Pride both announced they would not participate in the 2024 season.[8] [9] Three new teams in Texas were added to replace the teams that left the league, the Coastal Bend Tidal Wave, Hub City Adelitas and Texas Monarchs.[10]
In April 2024, B4Real Enterprises was named the league's operations and management team.[11] On April 16, 2024, the WPF announced their intentions to expand internationally and add two teams from Mexico.[12]
Teams
Championship Series
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: New US professional softball league: Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) . . 23 October 2021.
- Web site: Contact WPF . Women's Professional Fastpitch . 23 October 2021.
- Web site: Protect Her Dream . youtube.com . 29 September 2021 . Women's Professional Fastpitch . en.
- Web site: Women's Professional Fastpitch Kicks Off In June 2022 . National Fastpitch Coaches Association . 2021-09-30 . 2021-10-16 .
- News: USSSA partners with USA Softball to launch new women's professional softball league. 2021-10-16. Florida Today.
- Web site: FAQ . WPF . 9 June 2023.
- Web site: OKC Spark Announce Departure from Women’s Professional Fastpitch (WPF) . extrainningsoftball.com . Roger . McAfee . December 22, 2023 . June 13, 2024.
- Web site: USSSA Pride, professional woman's softball team in Florida, will not operate in 2024: 'We are saddened' . fox35orlando.com . Aurielle . Eady . April 4, 2024 . June 19, 2024.
- Web site: No Vipers in ’24 . easportstoday.com . Joe . Medley . April 24, 2024 . June 19, 2024.
- Web site: Women's Professional Fastpitch make South Texas splash with Coastal Bend Tidal Wave . kristv.com . Larissa . Liska . June 13, 2024 . June 19, 2024.
- Web site: WPF League Update . wprofastpitch.com . April 5, 2024 . June 19, 2024.
- Web site: WPF Expands Internationally . wprofastpitch.com . April 16, 2024 . June 19, 2024.
- Web site: Smash It Sports Vipers announce they won't participate in 2024 season . . July 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240706135852/https://www.annistonstar.com/free/smash-it-sports-vipers-announce-they-wont-participate-in-2024-season/article_74f15a08-0280-11ef-9dc1-8f064ac91b14.html . July 6, 2024 . April 24, 2024 . The team released a statement Wednesday saying it would not be participating in the 2024 season. However, the Vipers do plan to return to Oxford in 2025. . live.
- Web site: Eady . Aurielle . USSSA Pride, professional woman's softball team in Florida, will not operate in 2024: 'We are saddened' . . July 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240404120611/https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/usssa-pride-professional-womans-softball-team-in-florida-will-not-operate-in-2024-we-are-saddened . April 4, 2024 . April 4, 2024 . ["...] the USSSA Pride will not operate in 2024," the statement read. . live.