UF Club Softball

UF Club Softball

By Kelsey Bodziner

Founding the Club

Founded in 2008 by Jessica Neer First competitive fast-pitch team on UF’s

campus aside from the varsity team Newest Club Team at UF

The Beginning

Club team began with a group of 17 girls

Practices were run by the team without a coach

Created a board consisting of 3 officers: President, Vice President, Treasurer

National Club Softball Association

Entered in the NCSA, too compete nationwide NCSA World Series: Consists of 16 best teams in

the country- determined by regular season play South Atlantic Conference Teams: FSU, UCF,

Florida Gulf Coast, Embry Riddle

Team Bonding

Team is close-knit group of girls

Bond on and off the field

Has team dinners, parties, events

Excellent opportunity to make friends

UF’s Inaugural Season

South Atlantic Conference Champions 2008 Georgia Southern Softball Tournament

Champions Placed 4th at Club World Series

Club Softball Branding

During the off-season, board members tried to develop club identity

Created a logo for the club

Started to sell Club Softball sweatshirts

Try to spread campus-wide awareness

My Personal Experience

Coming from NY I wanted an opportunity to join a team and make new friends

2008 tryouts were a 3-day process

Turnout doubled from year before

I was one of 4 freshman that made the team

2009 Season

Undefeated in conference play

SAC Conference Champions

Placed 2nd at Nationals behind FSU

Began ‘09-’10 season with fundraising push

Extra $ for additional tournaments

Held car washes and pancake breakfasts

Fundraising

Adversity

With additional games came problems

Team began to fight amongst itself

3 girls quit the team Most losses in

team’s history Did not win SAC

Conference for first time

National Championship Season

Despite the rocky start, finished out the ‘10 season receiving the at-large bid to the World Series

Went undefeated at the World Series National Champions, defeat FSU

Get Involved!

In midst of ‘10-’11 season, 6-0 so far through conference play

Next home games are on March 20th against Johns Hopkins University

If you are interested in joining the team or learning more about the club contact:

President (Kristin Cline): slf8907@ufl.edu

Hope To See You Soon!

We encourage all of you to come and and become apart of the team. Not only is it a great opportunity to become

apart of this great campus community but also a fantastic way to stay in shape, play the sport you love,

and meet some great people during your college years!!!

GO GATORS