2019 National Pro Fastpitch season

2019 NPF Season
2019 NPF Season
League	National Pro Fastpitch
Sport	softball
Duration	May 28, 2019 – August 17, 2019
Number of teams	6
2019 NPF Draft
Top draft pick	Kelly Barnhill P; Florida
Picked by	Chicago Bandits
Regular Season
Season champions	Chicago Bandits
Pitcher of the Year	Jolene Henderson ; USSSA Pride
Player of the Year	Amanda Chidester ; Chicago Bandits
Rookie of the Year	Abbey Cheek ; Chicago Bandits
Gold Glove Award	Jessie Warren ; USSSA Pride
Cowles Cup
Champions	USSSA Pride
Runners-up	Chicago Bandits
NPF seasons
	← 2018 2020 →

Last updated July 11, 2023

The 2019 National Pro Fastpitch season was the 16th season of professional softball under the name National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) for the only professional women's softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). Each year, the playoff teams battle for the Cowles Cup.

Milestones and events

On October 30, 2018, National Pro Fastpitch announced the addition of the expansion team Canadian Wild for the 2019 season, which features members of Canada women's national softball team.^[1]

Teams, cities and stadiums

Team^[2]	City	Stadium	Coaches
Aussie Peppers	North Mankato, Minnesota	Caswell Park	Head coach: Laing Harrow Assistants: Melanie Roche, Kerrie Porter
Beijing Eagles	Daytona Beach, Florida	Jackie Robinson Ballpark	Head coach: Hunter Veach Assistants: Kasey Fagan, Cheyenne Coyle, Tang Changdong, Zhang Welhong, Lin Bin, Yang Jie
Canadian Wild	Marion, Illinois	Rent One Park	Head coach: Mark Smith Assistants: Melissa Basilio, Russell Cooper, Dave Paetkau
Chicago Bandits	Rosemont, Illinois	Parkway Bank Sports Complex	Head coach: Lauren Lappin Assistant: Amber Flores, Lance McMahon
Cleveland Comets	Avon, Ohio	Sprenger Stadium	Head coach: TBA Assistants: TBA
USSSA Pride	Viera, Florida	Space Coast Complex	Head coach: Gerry Glasco Assistants: Kelsi Dunne, Stephanie Ceo

Player acquisition

College draft

The 2019 NPF College Draft was the 16th annual collegiate draft held on April 15, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee. Pitcher Kelly Barnhill of Florida was selected first overall by the Chicago Bandits.^[3]

League standings

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago Bandits	45	38	7	.844	—
USSSA Pride	45	32	13	.711	6
Canadian Wild	42	22	20	.524	16
Cleveland Comets	42	20	22	.476	18
Aussie Peppers	43	12	31	.279	26
Beijing Eagles	45	7	38	.156	31

Updated as of the results of all games through August 11, 2019.^[4]

Results table

2019 NPF Records
Team	Peppers	Eagles	Wild	Bandits	Comets	Pride
Aussie Peppers	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Beijing Eagles	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Canadian Wild	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0
Chicago Bandits	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0
Cleveland Comets	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0
USSSA Pride	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—

Game log

2019 National Pro Fastpitch Game Log

May/June
Date	Visitor	Home	Venue	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
May 28	Wild (1–0)	Eagles (0–1)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	4–2	Caira (1–0)	Lan (0–1)	Hovinga (1)	344
May 29	Wild (2–0)	Eagles (0–2)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	6–2	Hovinga (1–0)	Xinxing (0–1)	—	72
May 30	Wild (3–0)	Eagles (0–3)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	7–6	Friesen (1–0)	Wanbing (0–1)	—
May 30	Wild (4–0)	Eagles (0–4)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	1–0	Caira (2–0)	Fan (0–1)	Rackel (1)
May 31	Wild (5–0)	Eagles (0–5)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	3–1	Hovinga (2–0)	Lan (0–2)	Groenewegen (1)	242
June 1	Eagles (0–6)	Wild (6–0)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	2–4	Groenewegen (1–0)	Fan (0–2)	—
June 6	Bandits (1–0)	Comets (0–1)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	2–0	O'Toole (1–0)	Tarango (0–1)	Carda (1)	275
June 6	Pride (0–1)	Wild (7–0)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	0–6
June 7	Pride (0–2)	Wild (8–0)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	4–5
June 7	Bandits (2–0)	Comets (0–2)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	8–0
June 8	Pride (1–2)	Wild (8–1)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	6–2
June 8	Bandits (3–0)	Comets (0–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	9–8
June 9	Bandits (4–0)	Comets (0–4)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	6–1
June 9	Pride (1–3)	Wild (9–1)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	2–5
June 9	Bandits (5–0)	Comets (0–5)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	10–3
June 9	Eagles (1–6)	Peppers (0–1)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	3–2
June 10	Pride (2–3)	Wild (9–2)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	3–1
June 10	Eagles (1–7)	Peppers (1–1)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	2–3
June 11	Eagles	Peppers	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN		Postponed (inclement weather) (Rescheduled as doubleheader on June 12)
June 12	Eagles (1–8)	Peppers (2–1)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	0–3
June 12	Eagles (1–9)	Peppers (3–1)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	1–5
June 12	Wild (10–2)	Comets (0–6)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	4–1
June 13	Pride (3–3)	Bandits (5–1)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	8–0
June 13	Pride (4–3)	Bandits (5–2)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	6–1
June 13	Wild (11–2)	Comets (0–7)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	1–0
June 14	Eagles (1–10)	Wild (12–2)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	0–4
June 14	Wild (12–3)	Comets (1–7)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	2–4
June 15	Eagles	Wild	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	Postponed
June 15	Eagles	Wild	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	Postponed
June 16	Eagles (1–11)	Comets (2–7)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	2–8
June 16	Wild (13–3)	Comets (2–8)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	2–1
June 18	Comets (3–8)	Peppers (3–2)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	2–1
June 18	Peppers (3–3)	Pride (5–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	0–2
June 20	Comets (3–9)	Eagles (2–11)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	0–1
June 20	Peppers (3–4)	Pride (6–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	1–9
June 20	Bandits (6–2)	Wild (13–4)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	8–0
June 20	Comets (4–9)	Eagles (2–12)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	5–0
June 20	Peppers (3–5)	Pride (7–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	1–8
June 20	Bandits (6–3)	Wild (14–4)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	2–8
June 21	Comets (5–9)	Eagles (2–13)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	6–0
June 21	Peppers (3–6)	Pride (8–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	0–8
June 22	Comets (6–9)	Eagles (2–14)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	1–0
June 22	Bandits (7–3)	Wild (14–5)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	8–4
June 22	Peppers (3–7)	Pride (9–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	0–3
June 22	Bandits (8–3)	Wild (14–6)	Rent One Park Marion, IL	5–4
June 24	Peppers (3–8)	Eagles (3–14)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	0–6
June 24	Eagles (4–14)	Peppers (3–9)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	12–0
June 24	Comets (6–10)	Pride (10–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	3–4
June 25	Peppers (3–9)	Eagles (4–14)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	2–3
June 25	Comets (6–11)	Pride (11–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	1–4
June 26	Peppers (4–9)	Eagles (4–15)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	5–2
June 26	Peppers (4–10)	Eagles (5–15)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	1–4
June 26	Comets (6–12)	Pride (12–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	2–3
June 27	Peppers (4–11)	Eagles (6–15)	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	2–6
June 27	Comets (6–13)	Pride (13–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	2–4
June 28	Wild (14–6)	Bandits (9–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	1–3
June 29	Comets (7–13)	Peppers (4–12)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	3–2
June 29	Wild (14–7)	Bandits (10–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	1–3
June 30	Comets (8–13)	Peppers (4–13)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	5–3
June 30	Comets (9–13)	Peppers (4–14)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	4–1
June 30	Wild (14–8)	Bandits (11–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	6–7

July
Date	Visitor	Home	Venue	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
July 1	Wild (14–8)	Bandits (12–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	3–4
July 1	Wild (14–9)	Bandits (13–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	2–3
July 1	Eagles (6–16)	Pride (14–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	0–4
July 2	Eagles (6–17)	Pride (15–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	0–10
July 3	Wild (14–10)	Peppers (5–14)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	5–6
July 3	Comets (9–14)	Bandits (14–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	1–8
July 3	Eagles (6–18)	Pride (16–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	0–13
July 4	Wild (15–10)	Peppers (5–15)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	5–2
July 4	Comets (9–15)	Bandits (15–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	0–4
July 4	Eagles (6–19)	Pride (17–3)	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL	0–4
July 5	Wild	Peppers	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	Postponed
July 5	Comets (9–16)	Bandits (16–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	1–5
July 6	Wild (16–10)	Peppers (5–16)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	3–1
July 6	Wild (17–10)	Peppers (5–17)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	4–1
July 6	Comets (9–17)	Bandits (17–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	1–3
July 6	Comets (9–18)	Bandits (18–3)	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	2–3
July 8	Bandits (19–3)	Peppers (5–18)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	6–0
July 9	Bandits (19–4)	Peppers (6–18)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	1–5
July 9	Pride (17–4)	Comets (10–16)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	1–3
July 10	Bandits (19–5)	Peppers (7–18)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	3–5
July 10	Bandits (20–5)	Peppers (7–19)	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN	17–0
July 10	Pride (18–4)	Comets (10–17)	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH	5–1
July 11	Bandits	Peppers	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN
July 11	Pride	Comets	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH
July 12	Pride	Comets	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH
July 13	Peppers	Comets	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH
July 14	Peppers	Comets	Sprenger Stadium Avan, OH
July 15	Peppers	Comets	Firestone Stadium Akron, OH
July 15	Peppers	Comets	Firestone Stadium Akron, OH
July 15	Bandits	Pride	T-Bones Stadium Kansas City, KS
July 16	Peppers	Comets	Firestone Stadium Akron, OH
July 16	Bandits	Pride	T-Bones Stadium Kansas City, KS
July 18	Peppers	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
July 18	Wild	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
July 19	Eagles	Comets	Firestone Stadium Akron, OH
July 19	Peppers	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
July 19	Wild	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
July 20	Eagles	Comets	Firestone Stadium Akron, OH
July 20	Eagles	Comets	Firestone Stadium Akron, OH
July 20	Peppers	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
July 20	Wild	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
July 20	Wild	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
July 21	Eagles	Comets	Firestone Stadium Akron, OH
July 21	Wild	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
July 23	Peppers	Wild	Rent One Park Marion, IL
July 23	Eagles	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
July 24	Pride	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL
July 24	Peppers	Wild	Rent One Park Marion, IL
July 24	Peppers	Wild	Rent One Park Marion, IL
July 25	Peppers	Wild	Rent One Park Marion, IL
July 25	Eagles	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
July 26	Bandits	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL
July 26	Pride	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL
July 27	Bandits	Eagles	Halpatiokee Regional Park Stuart, FL
July 27	Comets	Wild	Charlotte-West Stadium Carbondale, IL
July 28	Bandits	Eagles	Halpatiokee Regional Park Stuart, FL
July 28	Comets	Wild	Rent One Park Marion, IL
July 28	Comets	Wild	Rent One Park Marion, IL
July 29	Bandits	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL
July 29	Comets	Wild	Rent One Park Marion, IL
July 30	Bandits	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL
July 30	Pride	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL
July 30	Pride	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL
July 31	Pride	Eagles	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL

August
Date	Visitor	Home	Venue	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
August 1	Bandits	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
August 2	Bandits	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
August 3	Bandits	Pride	Space Coast Complex Viera, FL
August 5	Pride	Peppers	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN
August 5	Eagles	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
August 6	Pride	Peppers	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN
August 6	Pride	Peppers	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN
August 6	Eagles	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
August 6	Eagles	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
August 7	Pride	Peppers	Caswell Park North Mankato, MN
August 7	Eagles	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
August 10	Pride	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL
August 11	Pride	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL

NPF Championship
Date	Visitor	Home	Venue	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
August 15	Pride	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	3–0					1–0
August 16	Bandits	Pride	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	4–5					2–0
August 17	Pride	Bandits	Parkway Bank Sports Complex Rosemont, IL	8–2					3–0

Winning team Postponement
Reference:^[5]

Players of the Week

Week		Player of the Week		Pitcher of the Week		Rookie of the Week		Ref.
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
1	May 27–June 2	Victoria Hayward	Canadian Wild	Jenna Caira	Canadian Wild	Morgan Rackel	Canadian Wild	^[6]
2	June 3–June 9	Kristyn Sandberg	Chicago Bandits	Danielle O'Toole	Chicago Bandits	Holly Speers	Canadian Wild	^[7]
3	June 10–June 16	Jennifer Gilbert	Canadian Wild	Jenna Caira	Canadian Wild	Amanda Lorenz	USSSA Pride	^[8]
4	June 17–June 23	Bianka Bell	USSSA Pride	Sierra Hyland	Cleveland Comets	Abbey Cheek	Chicago Bandits	^[9]
5	June 24–June 30	Chelsea Goodacre	USSSA Pride	Angel Bunner	Beijing Eagles	Abbey Cheek	Chicago Bandits	^[10]
6	July 1–July 7	Jennifer Gilbert	Canadian Wild	Jolene Henderson	USSSA Pride	Holly Speers	Canadian Wild	^[11]
7	July 8–July 14	Amanda Chidester	Chicago Bandits	Kaia Parnaby	Aussie Peppers	Abbey Cheek	Chicago Bandits	^[12]
8	July 15–July 21	Victoria Vidales	Cleveland Comets	Rachele Fico	Chicago Bandits	Lilli Piper	Cleveland Comets	^[13]
9	July 22–July 28	Sydney Romero	USSSA Pride	Jolene Henderson	USSSA Pride	Jenna Caira	Canadian Wild	^[14]
10	July 29–August 4	Amanda Chidester	Chicago Bandits	Rachele Fico	Chicago Bandits	Abbey Cheek	Chicago Bandits	^[15]
11	August 4–August 11	Abbey Cheek	Chicago Bandits	Kaia Parnaby	Aussie Peppers	Sydney Romero	USSSA Pride	^[16]

NPF Championship

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2019 NPF Semifinals
Game	Date	Score	Winning Pitcher	Save	Losing Pitcher	Player of the Game	Series

2019 NPF Semifinals
Game	Date	Score	Winning Pitcher	Save	Losing Pitcher	Player of the Game	Series

2019 NPF Championship Series
Game	Date	Score	Winning Pitcher	Save	Losing Pitcher	Player of the Game	Series

Championship Game

Team	Top Batter	Stats.
USSSA Pride	Shay Knighten	2-3 3RBIs 2B
Chicago Bandits	Abbey Cheek	3-4 RBI HR

Team	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
USSSA Pride	Taran Alvelo	1.1	4	2	2	0	1
USSSA Pride	Jolene Henderson (W)	2.0	5	0	0	0	1
USSSA Pride	Jailyn Ford (SV)	3.0	2	0	0	0	5
Chicago Bandits	Rachele Fico (L)	0.2	3	3	3	0	0
Chicago Bandits	Aleshia Ocasio	1.2	2	1	1	0	1
Chicago Bandits	Danielle O'Toole	1.2	2	1	1	1	1
Chicago Bandits	Ally Carda	2.1	4	3	3	0	3
Chicago Bandits	Haylie Wagner	0.2	0	0	0	0	2

2019 NPF Championship Series MVP
Player	Club	Stats.
Jailyn Ford	USSSA Pride	1-0 15Ks 0.00 ERA 2SVs 0.50 WHIP (3Hs+BB/8.0 IP)^[17]

Annual awards

Award^[18]	Player	Team
Player of the Year	Amanda Chidester	Chicago Bandits
Pitcher of the Year	Jolene Henderson	USSSA Pride
Gold Glove Presented by Rawlings	Jessie Warren	USSSA Pride
Offensive Player of the Year	Amanda Chidester	Chicago Bandits
Rookie of the Year	Abbey Cheek	Chicago Bandits
Legacy Award	Kelly Kretschman	USSSA Pride
Stolen Bases Award	Sammy Marshall	Cleveland Comets
Home Run Award	Amanda Chidester	Chicago Bandits
Jennie Finch Award	Victoria Hayward	Canadian Wild
Coaching Staff of the Year	Lauren Lappin Amber Flores Lance McMahon	Chicago Bandits
Umpire of the Year	Scott Mair

All-NPF Team

2019 All-NPF Team
Position	Name	Team
Catcher	Chelsea Goodacre	USSSA Pride
First base	Amanda Chidester	Chicago Bandits
Second base	Abby Ramirez	Chicago Bandits
Third base	Jessie Warren	USSSA Pride
Shortstop	Hannah Flippen	Chicago Bandits
Outfield	Allexis Bennett	USSSA Pride
Outfield	Victoria Hayward	Canadian Wild
Outfield	Brenna Moss	Chicago Bandits
Designated player	Kelly Kretschman	USSSA Pride
At Large	Sydney Romero	USSSA Pride
At Large	Rachele Fico	Chicago Bandits
At Large	Jennifer Gilbert	Canadian Wild
At Large	Abbey Cheek	Chicago Bandits
At Large	Gwen Svekis	Chicago Bandits
Pitcher	Jolene Henderson	USSSA Pride
Pitcher	Sara Groenewegen	Canadian Wild
Pitcher	Aleshia Ocasio	Chicago Bandits
Pitcher	Taran Alvelo	USSSA Pride

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The 2019 NPF College Draft was the 16th annual collegiate draft for the National Pro Fastpitch. It took place April 15, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee at Acme Feed & Seed, a downtown entertainment venue. It was available for internet viewing via NPFTV, the league's streaming platform. The Chicago Bandits selected Kelly Barnhill from Florida with the first overall pick in the draft.

The 2020 NPF College Draft was to have been the 17th annual collegiate draft for the National Pro Fastpitch. It was scheduled to take place on March 30, 2020 in Rosemont, Illinois, however, on March 16, 2020, the draft was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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[1] "Canadian Wild of Southern Illinois set to join NPF in 2019". espnW.com. October 30, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2019.

[2] "NPF Team Rosters". profastpitch.com. July 1, 2019. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] "Kelly Barnhill Selected First in 2019 NPF College Draft presented by Park Planet". profastpitch.com. April 15, 2019. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] "League Standings". profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.

[5] "NPF Schedule". profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[6] "Week 1 Players of the Week 2019". profastpitch.com. June 2, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[7] "Week 2 Players of the Week 2019". profastpitch.com. June 9, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[8] "Week 3 Players of the Week 2019". profastpitch.com. June 16, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[9] "Week 4 Players of the Week". profastpitch.com. June 23, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[10] "Goodacre, Bunner and Cheek Named Week 5 Players of the Week". profastpitch.com. June 30, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[11] "Gilbert, Henderson and Speers Named Week 6 Players of the Week". profastpitch.com. July 7, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[12] "Chidester, Parnaby and Cheek Recognized in Week 7 Honors". profastpitch.com. July 14, 2019. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[13] "Week 8 NPF Players of the Week". profastpitch.com. July 22, 2019. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[14] "Week 9 NPF Players of the Week". profastpitch.com. July 29, 2019. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[15] "Week 10 Players of the Week". profastpitch.com. August 4, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[16] "Week 11 Players of the Week". profastpitch.com. August 11, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[17] "Jailyn Ford Game Log 2019 Championships". Stats.805stats.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

[18] "NPF Awards Banquet Kicks Off 2019 Championship Series". profastpitch.com. August 14, 2019. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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