2000 WPSL Draft

The 2000 WPSL Drafts were held on December 4, 1999 at the Tradewinds Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida during the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Convention for the 2000 season. Draft Day 2000 actually featured three drafts:[1]

2000 WPSL Draft
General information
Sport	softball
Date(s)	December 4, 1999
Location	St. Petersburg, FL
Overview
League	Women's Pro Softball League
Teams	4
First selection	Elite/Supplemental Draft: Nina Lindenburg SS Fresno State selected by Florida Wahoos Senior Draft: Amanda Scott P Fresno State selected by Ohio Pride National Team Draft: Lisa Fernandez P selected by Akron Racers

• The 2000 Elite/Supplemental Draft selected players from a pool of players on the rosters of the Durham Dragons and Carolina Diamonds, 1999 USA Softball Olympic Trial and Olympic Festival invitees who had completed their collegiate eligibility, and WPSL players who were not on their teams' protected list. The players from the Diamonds and the Dragons were available to draft because the teams were contracted and their players unassigned.
• The 2000 Senior Draft selected from collegiate senior fastpitch players.
• The 2001 National Team Draft drew from the 2000 USA Olympic roster, with the hope the players selected would play in the WPSL in 2001. (However, the WPSL suspended play before the 2001 season.)

^+	Denotes player who has been selected to at least one All-NPF team/NPF All-Star team/WPSL All-Star team, played for WPSL Gold in 2001, and/or NPF All-Stars in (2003)
^#	Denotes player who has not played in the WPSL or the NPF[Draft note 1]

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.

2000 Women's Pro Softball League Elite/Supplemental Draft

Prior to the Elite/Supplemental Draft, each of the existing WPSL teams presented a listed of 'protected players' from their rosters. Rostered players who were not on the protected list could be drafted by any of the three other teams. Each team was allowed to protect six to eight of the players on their rosters. Protecting more than six players forced teams to surrender picks in rounds seven and eight of the elite/supplemental draft.[3]

In addition to the unprotected players, the pool of players eligible to be drafted in the Elite/Supplemental draft included players on the rosters of the former Durham Dragons and the former Carolina Diamonds, and 1999 USA Softball Olympic Trial and Olympic Festival invitees who had completed their collegiate eligibility.

Following are the Protected Player Lists:[1]

Akron Racers' Protected Players Player Pos. College Carla Brookbank^+ P/1B Kent State University Liza Brown OF/P DePaul University Traci Conrad^+ OF University of Michigan Sarah Dawson P Northeast Louisiana University Amy Kyler^+ P Cleveland State University Kellyn Tate^+ OF University of Michigan Nicole Odom^+ SS UCLA Tobin Echo-Hawk^+ 2B University of Nebraska Florida Wahoos' Protected Players Player Pos. College Desarie Knipfer^+ P Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Stephanie Klaviter^+ P University of Minnesota Patti Benedict^+ OF University of Michigan Julie Crandall^+ C UNLV Randi Berg 2B Fresno State University Kendall Richards^+ 3B Texas A&M University

Ohio Pride's Protected Players Player Pos. College Kaci Clark^+ P UCLA Sarah Fredstrom 2B/SS Colorado State University Tamara Ivie^+ OF/1B Cal State Northridge Sarah Pickering 2B University of Washington Cheri Shinn^+ 3B/OF Cal State Northridge Priscilla Welch OF Illinois State University Tampa Bay FireStix' Protected Players Player Pos. College Heather Compton^+ P UCLA Nancy Evans^+ SS University of Arizona Sara Graziano^+ 1B/DP Coastal Carolina University Marty Laudato^+ C Bloomsburg (Pa.) University Christine Parris-Washington^+ 3B UNLV Venus Taylor^+ OF Western Illinois University Monica Triner P University of South Florida DeeDee Weiman-Garcia^+ P UCLA

Following are the selections from the Elite/Supplemental Draft: [4]

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
1[5]	Nina Lindenberg^+	SS	Florida Wahoos	Fresno St.
2[5]	Julie Smith^+	2B	Ohio Pride	Fresno St.	1996 U.S. Olympic Team
3	Monica Armendarez^+	3B	Akron Racers	Indiana University	Carolina Diamonds
4	Holly Aprile^#	OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	University of Massachusetts	United States National Team participant (1993-99)[6]

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
5	Stephanie Little^+	C	Ohio Pride	Cal State Fullerton	Durham Dragons
6	Jen Smith^+	C	Akron Racers	University of Nebraska	Durham Dragons
7	Jen Cline	C	Tampa Bay FireStix	University of Washington	Virginia Roadsters
8[5]	Kim Maher^+	3B/OF/DP	Florida Wahoos	Fresno St.	1996 U.S. Olympic Team

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
9	Andrea D'Innocenzo	OF	Akron Racers	University of Connecticut	Carolina Diamonds
10	Barbara Jordan^+	OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	Cal State Northridge	Virginia Roadsters/1996 U.S. Olympic Team Alternate
11	Dawn Wuthrich	OF	Florida Wahoos	Texas A&M University	Carolina Diamonds
12	Jamie Foutch^+	1B	Ohio Pride	Oklahoma State University

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
13	Jodi Chmielewski	OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	Oregon State University	Tampa Bay FireStix
14	Keri Lemasters	2B	Florida Wahoos[Draft note 2]	Michigan State University	Durham Dragons
15	Patti Raduenz^+	SS	Ohio Pride	Michigan State University	Durham Dragons
16	Danielle Cox^+	OF	Akron Racers	Florida State University	Georgia Pride

Round 5

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
17	Lynette Velazquez	1B	Florida Wahoos	University of Oklahoma	Georgia Pride
18	Catherine Davie	OF	Ohio Pride	University of Michigan	University of Michigan
19	Jane Teixeira^#	OF	Akron Racers	University of Texas
20	Amber Wright	OF	Tampa Bay FireStix	University of South Florida	Tampa Bay FireStix

Round 6

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
21	Brandee McArthur^+	P	Ohio Pride	University of the Pacific	Carolina Diamonds
22	Kelli Metzger	C	Akron Racers	University of Akron	Akron Racers
23	Christy Hebert	SS	Tampa Bay FireStix[Draft note 3]	University of Iowa	Carolina Diamonds
24	Jen Buford	2B	Florida Wahoos	Colorado State University	Carolina Diamonds

Round 7

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
25	Jodi Otten	OF	Florida Wahoos	Louisiana State University	Durham Dragons
26	Alison Johnsen^#	OF	Ohio Pride	University of Arizona

Round 8

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College	Previous team
27	Scia Maumausolo^+	DP/C	Florida Wahoos	Cal State Northridge	Virginia Roadsters
28	Mandy Galas	OF	Ohio Pride[Draft note 4]	University of Massachusetts	Georgia Pride

2000 Women's Pro Softball League Senior Draft

Following are the selections from the Senior Draft: [7]

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
1	Amanda Scott^+[Draft note 5]	P	Ohio Pride[Draft note 6]	Fresno State
2	Courtney Blades^#	P	Ohio Pride	University of Southern Mississippi
3	Amy Berman^#	SS	Akron Racers	University of Southern Mississippi
4	Audra Thomas	C	Tampa Bay FireStix	Kennesaw State University

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
5	Tina Kinney^#	P	Ohio Pride	Central Michigan University
6	Jennifer Lizama	2B	Akron Racers	University of Nebraska
7	Lea Mishlan^#	SS	Tampa Bay FireStix	University of South Florida
8	Alyson Carter^#	C/1B	Ohio Pride[Draft note 7]	Colorado State University

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
9	Ashlee Ducote	3B	Akron Racers	Louisiana State University
10	Keri McCallum^#	UT	Tampa Bay FireStix	Mississippi State University
11	Kaci Coffee^#	3B	Ohio Pride[Draft note 8]	University of Mississippi
12	Jen Collins^#	OF	Ohio Pride	University of Southern Mississippi

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
13	Lyndsey Klein^+	SS/2B	Tampa Bay FireStix	UCLA
14	Julie Marshall[Draft note 9]^+	1B/C	Florida Wahoos	UCLA
15	Tiffany Clark^#	OF	Ohio Pride	University of Louisiana-Lafayette
16	Melissa Gentile^#	C	Akron Racers	University of Michigan

Round 5

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
17	Kellie Wiginton^#	C	Florida Wahoos	Stanford University
18	Amanda Michalsky^#	OF	Ohio Pride	University Texas-San Antonio
19	Jamie Graves^#	P	Akron Racers	University of Washington
20	Jennifer Spediacci^#	P	Tampa Bay FireStix	University of Washington

Round 6

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
21	Jessica Polo^#	SS	Ohio Pride	Iowa State University
22	Jeanine Giordano^#	C	Akron Racers	University of Washington
23	Stacey Phillips^#	SS/1B/DP	Tampa Bay FireStix	Michigan State University
24	Tarrah Beyster^+	P	Florida Wahoos[Draft note 10]	Oregon State University

2001 Women's Pro Softball League National Team Draft

Following are the selections from the National Team Draft: [8]

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
1	Lisa Fernandez^+	P	Akron Racers[Draft note 11]	UCLA
2	Michelle Smith^+	P	Florida Wahoos[Draft note 12]	Oklahoma State University
3	Dot Richardson^#	SS	Tampa Bay FireStix	UCLA
4	Danielle Henderson^+	P	Ohio Pride[Draft note 13]	University of Massachusetts

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
5	Shelia Douty^+	1B	Florida Wahoos[Draft note 14]	UCLA
6	Lori Harrigan^#	P	Tampa Bay FireStix	UNLV
7	Laura Berg^+	OF	Ohio Pride[Draft note 15]	Fresno State University
8	Jennifer Brundage^+	3B	Akron Racers[Draft note 16]	UCLA

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
9	Jennifer McFalls^+	SS	Tampa Bay FireStix[Draft note 17]	Texas A&M University
10	Christa Williams^+	P	Ohio Pride[Draft note 18]	University of Texas
11	Christie Ambrosi^#	OF	Akron Racers	UCLA
12	Leah O'Brien-Amico^#	OF	Florida Wahoos	University of Arizona

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
13	Michelle Venturella^+	C	Ohio Pride[Draft note 19]	Indiana University
14	Crystl Bustos^+	SS	Akron Racers	Palm Beach Community College
15	Teri Klement^+	SS	Florida Wahoos[Draft note 20]	Colorado State University
16	Shelly Stokes^#	C	Tampa Bay FireStix	Fresno State University

Draft Notes

1. Unless otherwise noted, this was verified against the Historical Roster on the NPF's website.[2]
2. Lemasters did not play for the Wahoos
3. Hebert did not play for the FireStix
4. Galas did not play for the Ohio Pride in 2000
5. Scott did not play for the Pride, but did play for the NY/NJ Juggernaut in the NPF.[5]
6. The Pride acquired the first overall pick and two additional selections from the Wahoos for 1999 WPSL MVP and two-time WPSL Pitcher of the Year Kaci Clark.[5]
7. Florida Wahoos → Ohio Pride: The Pride received this pick from the Wahoos as compensation for Kaci Clark[1]
8. Florida Wahoos → Ohio Pride: The Pride received this pick from the Wahoos as compensation for Kaci Clark[1]
9. Marshall did not play for the Wahoos, but did play for the California Sunbirds in the NPF.
10. Beyster did not play for the Wahoos, but did play for the NPF All-Stars (2003), Arizona Heat(2004), and New England Riptide(2006-07).
11. Fernandez did not play for the Racers, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001.
12. Smith did not play for the Wahoos, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001 and the NPF's NY/NJ Juggernaut in 2004.
13. Henderson did not play for the Pride, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001, and in the NPF with Akron Racers (2004) and New England Riptide (2005-07).
14. Douty did not play for the Wahoos, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001.
15. Berg did not play for the Pride, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001.
16. Brundage did not play for the Racers, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001.
17. McFalls did not play for the Firestix, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001.
18. Fernandez did not play for the Racers, but did play in the NPF for the Texas Thunder(2004-06).
19. Venturella did not play for the Pride, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001 and previously for the Durham Dragons in 1999.
20. Teri Klement-Goldberg did not play for the Wahoos, but did play for the WPSL Gold in 2001.

References

1. "Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL) Holds "Draft Day 2000"". ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
2. "Historical Rosters". ProFastpitch.com. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
3. "WPSL teams select world's top fastpitch talent". ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
4. "1999 WPSL Elite/Supplemental Draft". ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
5. "Amanda Scott Bio". Go Bulldogs. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
6. "HOLLY APRILE BIO". Pitt Softball. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
7. "1999 WPSL Senior Draft". ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
8. "1999 WPSL National Team Draft". ProSoftball.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

External links

• Official NPF Page