The 2004 NPF Draft denotes a series of player drafts as a part of the launch of the NPF inaugural season. On December 6, 2003 in conjunction with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Convention at the Del Lago Resort in Montgomery, Texas the eight original NPF teams (Akron, Arizona, Colorado, New England, New York/New Jersey, Sacramento, San Antonio, and Texas ) selected players in two drafts: a four-round Elite Draft that selected players who had completed their college eligibility and a six-round College Senior Draft which selected players in their final year of college. Athletes are not allowed by the NCAA to sign professional contracts until their collegiate seasons have ended.
After the decision was made to launch the 2004 season without the Colorado Altitude and San Antonio Armadillos, a Supplemental Draft was held to allocate players whose rights were held by Colorado and San Antonio.
San Antonio selected Michigan State 1B, and Indiana assistant coach Stacey Phillips with the first overall selection in the Elite Draft. In the College Senior Draft Iyhia McMichael of Mississippi State was selected first by the Akron Racers. For the first pick of the Supplemental Draft, New England chose Georgia Tech's Tara Knudsen whose rights were previously held by San Antonio.
2004 NPF Draft 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.
align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC00" width="20" + Denotes player who has been selected to at least one All-NPF team align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" # Denotes player who has not played in the NPF
Elite Draft
Following are the 32 selections from the 2004 NPF Elite Draft:
Round 1 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege1Stacey Phillips#1BSan Antonio ArmadillosMichigan State2Lindsay Chouinard+PTexas ThunderDePaul3Brenda DeBlaes#SSSacramento SunbirdsBelgium4Liz Bouck-Jagielski2BArizona HeatDePaul5Lindsey Gardner+2BColorado AltitudeTexas 6Monica TrinerPNY/NJ JuggernautSouth Florida 7Kathy Morton#OFSan Antonio Armadillos from New England RiptideSW Louisiana8Elizabeth Blake Baskin#CTexas Thunder from Akron RacersWest Florida
Round 2 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege9Lea Mishlan#SSSan Antonio ArmadillosSouth Florida 10Tiffany Bolton#2BAkron Racers from Texas ThunderOhio11Kasey Poet#3BSacramento SunbirdsCal Poly12Amanda Jensen#SSArizona HeatOlivet Nazarene13Randi Berg2BColorado AltitudeFresno State14Alicia SmithOFNY/NJ JuggernautHofstra 15Sarah Lockett#3BNew England RiptideKennesaw State 16Gina Ramacci#CAkron RacersDePaul
Round 3 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege17Stormy Hanson#CSan Antonio ArmadillosIndiana 18Mindy Williams-Cleeland#OFTexas ThunderWashington19Nikki Beal2BSacramento SunbirdsCanada20Rosette Rough#LFArizona HeatLong Island21Nikki Bowey#OFColorado AltitudeMercer22Jen SmithOFNY/NJ JuggernautHofstra23Mary Flynn#IFNew England Riptide Maine24Leslie Poole#PAkron RacersFresno State
Round 4 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege25Jessica Wheeler#SSSan Antonio ArmadillosSan Jacinto College26Stephanie DeFeo#1B-WPSLTexas ThunderLouisiana-Lafayette27Jaime WohlbachCSacramento SunbirdsKutztown28Tiffany Maddox#IFArizona HeatJudson College29Rachel Gensch#CFColorado AltitudeBradley30Emily Marino#CNY/NJ JuggernautFlorida 31Cherry Fu#IFNew England RiptideHarvard32Stacey Nagel#CAkron RacersMercer
Senior Draft Following are the 48 selections from the 2004 NPF Senior Draft:
Round 1 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege1Iyhia McMichael+OFAkron RacersMississippi State2Jessica AllisterCNew England RiptideStanford 3Jenny Gladding#PNY/NJ JuggernautFlorida 4Phelan Wright3BColorado AltitudeArizona State5Keira Goerl#PArizona HeatUCLA 6Stephanie RamosOFSacramento SunbirdsUCLA 7Mackenzie Vandergeest+CTexas ThunderArizona 8Dana SorensonPNew England Riptide from San Antonio ArmadillosStanford
Round 2 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege9Jen Poore+Akron RacersOregon 10Jennifer Jessup#IFNew England RiptideMississippi State11Tamara Poppe#UTNY/NJ JuggernautTexas12Nicole BarberOFColorado AltitudeGeorgia13Claire Sua#1BArizona HeatUCLA 14Christen BedwellOFSacramento SunbirdsCal-State Northridge 15Peaches James+PTexas ThunderNebraska16Carri Leto+IFSan Antonio ArmadillosNorthwestern
Round 3 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege17Jami Trinidad#CAkron RacersUC Santa Barbara 18Jackie McClain#1BNew England RiptideAlabama19Aisha Franke#OFNY/NJ JuggernautUMass 20Nicole Trimboli+OFColorado AltitudeNebraska21Wendy Allen+PArizona HeatArizona22Amanda Simpson#OFSacramento SunbirdsUCLA 23Kristen Zaleski+CFTexas ThunderSouthwest Texas State 24Tara KnudsenSSSan Antonio ArmadillosGeorgia Tech
Round 4 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege25Oli Keohohou+Akron RacersLong Beach State26Rachel McGinnisNew England RiptideMissouri 27Alexis Gary#CNY/NJ JuggernautTemple28Kristen Farber#PColorado AltitudeArizona State29Amanda Oleson#IFArizona HeatWashington30Heather FieldSSSacramento SunbirdsVirginia31Elisa Vasquez#CTexas ThunderFlorida State32LaDonia HughesOFSan Antonio ArmadillosLSU
Round 5 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege33Tia Bollinger#PAkron RacersWashington34Brooke Gentzler#1BNew England RiptideSt. Cloud State35Laura HarmsSSNY/NJ JuggernautBradley36Ricki Walker#UTColorado AltitudeColorado State37Jessica Van der Linden#PArizona HeatFlorida State38Annie Stevens#3BSacramento SunbirdsNevada39Laura LeonettiIFTexas ThunderBrown40Amissu Meashintubby#PSan Antonio Armadillos Oregon
Round 6 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege41Kelcy Murphy#IFAkron RacersSan Diego State42Jamie Carey#UTNew England RiptideMiami(Ohio)43Callie PiperCNY/NJ JuggernautFlorida Atlantic44Meghann Reiss#1BColorado AltitudeWisconsin45Cheryl Bolding+Arizona HeatPoint Loma Nazarene46Nicole Deathridge#PSacramento SunbirdsSacramento State47Jennifer Waterman#CTexas ThunderMississippi State48Meghan Clark#1BSan Antonio ArmadillosMercer
Supplemental Draft Following are the 17 selections from the 2004 NPF Supplemental Draft: PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege1Tara KnudsenSSNew England RiptideGeorgia Tech 2Carri Leto+IFNY/NJ JuggernautNorthwestern 3Stormy Hanson#CCalifornia SunbirdsIndiana4Stacey Phillips#1BAkron RacersMichigan State5Nicole BarberOF-Washington GloryTexas Thunder Georgia 6Ricki Walker#UTArizona HeatColorado State 7Nikki Bowey#OFNew England RiptideMercer 8LaDonia HughesOFNY/NJ JuggernautLSU 9Nicole Trimboli+OFAkron Racers Nebraska 10Jessica Wheeler#SSTexas ThunderSan Jacinto College11Brenda DeBlaes#SSArizona HeatBelgium12Kathy Morton#OFNY/NJ JuggernautS Western Louisiana13Lea Mishlan#SSTexas ThunderSouth Florida14Monica TrinerPArizona HeatSouth Florida15Anissa Meashintubby#PNY/NJ Juggernaut Oregon 16Alicia SmithOFArizona HeatHofstra 17Meghan Clark#1BAkron RacersMercer
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