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UF Club Softball By Kelsey Bodziner

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Page 1: UF Club Softball

UF Club Softball

By Kelsey Bodziner

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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

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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

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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

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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

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UF’s Inaugural Season

South Atlantic Conference Champions 2008 Georgia Southern Softball Tournament

Champions Placed 4th at Club World Series

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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

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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

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2009 Season

Undefeated in conference play

SAC Conference Champions

Placed 2nd at Nationals behind FSU

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Began ‘09-’10 season with fundraising push

Extra $ for additional tournaments

Held car washes and pancake breakfasts

Fundraising

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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

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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

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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): [email protected]

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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