1999 WPSL Draft

1999 WPSL Senior Draft
1999 WPSL Senior Draft
General information
Sport	softball
Date(s)	December 5, 1998
Location	St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
Overview
	60 selections total selections
League	Women's Pro Softball League
First selection	Isonette Polonius 3B East Carolina ; selected by Durham Dragons
Most selections	Akron Racers, 13 picks
Fewest selections	Virginia Roadsters, 7 picks
	← 1998 WPF Draft 2000 WPSL Draft →

Last updated January 18, 2024

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.^[2]

Draft Selections

Following are the 60 selections from the 1999 WPSL draft:^[3]

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.

^#	Denotes player who has not played in the WPSL or the NPF^{[Draft note 1]}

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
1	Isonette Polonius ^#	3B	Durham Dragons ^{[Draft note 2]}	East Carolina
2	Monica Triner	P/DP	Tampa Bay FireStix	South Florida
3^[5]	Traci Conrad	1B	Akron Racers ^{[Draft note 3]}	Michigan
4	Brandee McArthur	P/UT	Carolina Diamonds	Pacific
5	Jaime Maxey ^#	3B	Georgia Pride	Fresno State
6^[5]	Liza Brown ^[5]	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^[6]	Jamie Lowry ^#	2B	Georgia Pride	Missouri
12^[5]	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^[5]	Jaime Chenevey	C	Akron Racers ^{[Draft note 4]}	Ohio State
17^[6]	Kim Slover ^{[Draft note 5]}	1B	Georgia Pride	Missouri
18^[5]	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^[5]	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^[5]	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^[7]	Marcy Crouch ^#	RHP	Durham Dragons	Stanford
34	Julie Eggert ^#	1B	Carolina Diamonds	Kennesaw State
35	Samantha Digirolamo	3B	Georgia Pride	Nicholls State
36^[5]	Raven Coberg ^#	3B	Akron Racers	UNLV

Round 7

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
37	Melanie Muniz ^#	OF	Durham Dragons ^{[Draft note 6]}	Long Beach State
38	Stephanie Carew ^#	DP	Tampa Bay FireStix	Chapman
39	Jen Morris ^#	1B	Durham Dragons	Ohio University
40^[7]	Jennie Foyle ^#	2B	Carolina Diamonds	Stanford
41	Dana Bennett ^#	2B	Georgia Pride	Hofstra
42^[5]	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^[5]	Cheryl Anne Palaroan ^#	OF	Akron Racers	Ohio State

Round 9

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPSL Team	College
49^[7]	Becky Blevins ^#	RHP	Virginia Roadsters	Stanford
50^[5]	Jana Jenkins	2B	Akron Racers ^{[Draft note 7]}	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^[5]	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^[5]	Nicole Cefaratti ^#	OF	Akron Racers	Buffalo State

Draft notes

↑ Unless otherwise noted, this was verified against the Historical Roster on the NPF's website.^[4]
↑ Virginia Roadsters → Durham Dragons: Dragons traded P Carla Brookbank to the Roadsters for the first overall pick.^[2]
↑ Durham Dragons → Akron Racers: The Racers traded Liz Mizera for the third overall pick.^[2]
↑ Akron Racers: The Racers received this pick as compensation for Corina Lilly ^[2]
↑ Slover was drafted by the Tampa Bay Firestix in the 1998 draft, but opted to complete her collegiate eligibility before going pro.^[6]
↑ Durham Dragons: The Dragons received this pick as compensation for Carla Brookbank ^[2]
↑ Akron Racers: The Racers received this pick as compensation for Amber Wright ^[2]

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External links

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