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.[1] Athletes are not allowed by the NCAA to sign professional contracts until their collegiate seasons have ended.

2004 Elite Draft
General information
Sportsoftball
Date(s)December 6, 2003
LocationMontgomery, TX
Overview
32 total selections
LeagueNational Pro Fastpitch
Teams8
First selectionStacey Phillips 1B Michigan State
selected by San Antonio Armadillos
Most selectionsSan Antonio Armadillos 5 picks
Fewest selectionsNew England Riptide 3 picks
2004 College Senior Draft
General information
Sportsoftball
Date(s)December 6, 2003
LocationMontgomery, TX
Overview
48 total selections
LeagueNational Pro Fastpitch
Teams8
First selectionIyhia McMichael OF Southern Illinois
selected by Akron Racers
Most selectionsNew England Riptide 7 picks
Fewest selectionsSan Antonio Armadillos 5 picks
2004 NPF Supplemental Draft
General information
Sportsoftball
Date(s)March 30, 2004
Overview
17 total selections
LeagueNational Pro Fastpitch
Teams6
First selectionTara Knudsen SS Georgia Tech
selected by New England Riptide
Most selectionsNY/NJ Juggernaut, Arizona Heat; 4 picks each
Fewest selectionsCalifornia Sunbirds 1 pick

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.[2]

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.[3][4] For the first pick of the Supplemental Draft, New England chose Georgia Tech's Tara Knudsen whose rights were previously held by San Antonio.[2]

2004 NPF Draft

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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 been selected to at least one All-NPF team
# Denotes player who has not played in the NPF

Elite Draft

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Following are the 32 selections from the 2004 NPF Elite Draft:

Round 1

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Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

1 Stacey Phillips# 1B San Antonio Armadillos Michigan State
2 Lindsay Chouinard+ P Texas Thunder DePaul
3 Brenda DeBlaes# SS Sacramento Sunbirds Belgium
4 Liz Bouck 2B Arizona Heat DePaul
5 Lindsey Gardner+ 2B Colorado Altitude Texas
6 Monica Triner P NY/NJ Juggernaut South Florida
7 Kathy Morton# OF San Antonio Armadillos from New England Riptide SW Louisiana
8 Elizabeth Blake Baskin# C Texas Thunder from Akron Racers West Florida

Round 2

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Pick

Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

9 Lea Mishlan# SS San Antonio Armadillos South Florida
10 Tiffany Bolton# 2B Akron Racers from Texas Thunder Ohio
11 Kasey Poet# 3B Sacramento Sunbirds Cal Poly
12 Amanda Jensen# SS Arizona Heat Olivet Nazarene
13 Randi Berg 2B Colorado Altitude Fresno State
14 Alicia Smith OF NY/NJ Juggernaut Hofstra
15 Sarah Lockett# 3B New England Riptide Kennesaw State
16 Gina Ramacci# C Akron Racers DePaul

Round 3

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Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

17 Stormy Hanson# C San Antonio Armadillos Indiana
18 Mindy Williams-Cleeland# OF Texas Thunder Washington
19 Nikki Beal 2B Sacramento Sunbirds Canada
20 Rosette Rough# LF Arizona Heat Long Island
21 Nikki Bowey# OF Colorado Altitude Mercer
22 Jen Smith OF NY/NJ Juggernaut Hofstra
23 Mary Flynn# IF New England Riptide Maine
24 Leslie Poole# P Akron Racers Fresno State

Round 4

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Pick

Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

25 Jessica Wheeler# SS San Antonio Armadillos San Jacinto College
26 Stephanie DeFeo# 1B-WPSL Texas Thunder Louisiana-Lafayette
27 Jaime Wohlbach C Sacramento Sunbirds Kutztown
28 Tiffany Maddox# IF Arizona Heat Judson College
29 Rachel Gensch# CF Colorado Altitude Bradley
30 Emily Marino# C NY/NJ Juggernaut Florida
31 Cherry Fu# IF New England Riptide Harvard
32 Stacey Nagel# C Akron Racers Mercer

Senior Draft

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Following are the 48 selections from the 2004 NPF Senior Draft:

Round 1

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Pick

Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

1 Iyhia McMichael+ OF Akron Racers Mississippi State
2 Jessica Allister C New England Riptide Stanford
3 Jenny Gladding# P NY/NJ Juggernaut Florida
4 Phelan Wright 3B Colorado Altitude Arizona State
5 Keira Goerl# P Arizona Heat UCLA
6 Stephanie Ramos OF Sacramento Sunbirds UCLA
7 Mackenzie Vandergeest+ C Texas Thunder Arizona
8 Dana Sorenson P New England Riptide from San Antonio Armadillos Stanford

Round 2

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Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

9 Jen Poore+ Akron Racers Oregon
10 Jennifer Jessup# IF New England Riptide Mississippi State
11 Tamara Poppe# UT NY/NJ Juggernaut Texas
12 Nicole Barber OF Colorado Altitude Georgia
13 Claire Sua# 1B Arizona Heat UCLA
14 Christen Bedwell OF Sacramento Sunbirds Cal-State Northridge
15 Peaches James+ P Texas Thunder Nebraska
16 Carri Leto+ IF San Antonio Armadillos Northwestern

Round 3

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Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

17 Jami Trinidad# C Akron Racers UC Santa Barbara
18 Jackie McClain# 1B New England Riptide Alabama
19 Aisha Franke# OF NY/NJ Juggernaut UMass
20 Nicole Trimboli+ OF Colorado Altitude Nebraska
21 Wendy Allen+ P Arizona Heat Arizona
22 Amanda Simpson# OF Sacramento Sunbirds UCLA
23 Kristen Zaleski+ CF Texas Thunder Southwest Texas State
24 Tara Knudsen SS San Antonio Armadillos Georgia Tech

Round 4

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Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

25 Oli Keohohou+ Akron Racers Long Beach State
26 Rachel McGinnis New England Riptide Missouri
27 Alexis Gary# C NY/NJ Juggernaut Temple
28 Kristen Farber# P Colorado Altitude Arizona State
29 Amanda Oleson# IF Arizona Heat Washington
30 Heather Field SS Sacramento Sunbirds Virginia
31 Elisa Vasquez# C Texas Thunder Florida State
32 LaDonia Hughes OF San Antonio Armadillos LSU

Round 5

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Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

33 Tia Bollinger# P Akron Racers Washington
34 Brooke Gentzler# 1B New England Riptide St. Cloud State
35 Laura Harms SS NY/NJ Juggernaut Bradley
36 Ricki Walker# UT Colorado Altitude Colorado State
37 Jessica Van der Linden# P Arizona Heat Florida State
38 Annie Stevens# 3B Sacramento Sunbirds Nevada
39 Laura Leonetti IF Texas Thunder Brown
40 Amissu Meashintubby# P San Antonio Armadillos Oregon

Round 6

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Pick

Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

41 Kelcy Murphy# IF Akron Racers San Diego State
42 Jamie Carey# UT New England Riptide Miami(Ohio)
43 Callie Piper C NY/NJ Juggernaut Florida Atlantic
44 Meghann Reiss# 1B Colorado Altitude Wisconsin
45 Cheryl Bolding+ Arizona Heat Point Loma Nazarene
46 Nicole Deathridge# P Sacramento Sunbirds Sacramento State
47 Jennifer Waterman# C Texas Thunder Mississippi State
48 Meghan Clark# 1B San Antonio Armadillos Mercer

Supplemental Draft

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Following are the 17 selections from the 2004 NPF Supplemental Draft:

Pick

Player

Pos.

NPF Team

College

1 Tara Knudsen SS New England Riptide Georgia Tech
2 Carri Leto+ IF NY/NJ Juggernaut Northwestern
3 Stormy Hanson# C California Sunbirds Indiana
4 Stacey Phillips# 1B Akron Racers Michigan State
5 Nicole Barber OF-Washington Glory Texas Thunder Georgia
6 Ricki Walker# UT Arizona Heat Colorado State
7 Nikki Bowey# OF New England Riptide Mercer
8 LaDonia Hughes OF NY/NJ Juggernaut LSU
9 Nicole Trimboli+ OF Akron Racers Nebraska
10 Jessica Wheeler# SS Texas Thunder San Jacinto College
11 Brenda DeBlaes# SS Arizona Heat Belgium
12 Kathy Morton# OF NY/NJ Juggernaut S Western Louisiana
13 Lea Mishlan# SS Texas Thunder South Florida
14 Monica Triner P Arizona Heat South Florida
15 Anissa Meashintubby# P NY/NJ Juggernaut Oregon
16 Alicia Smith OF Arizona Heat Hofstra
17 Meghan Clark# 1B Akron Racers Mercer

References

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  1. ^ Chad Wallace. "NPF Holds Inaugural Draft at NFCA Convention" (PDF). NFCA Fastpitch Delivery Vol. 9, No.1 December 2003. pp. 1, 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "NPF HOLDS SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT". ProFastpitch.com. 1 April 2004. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. ^ "NATIONAL PRO FASTPITCH (NPF) HOLDS NATIONAL TRYOUT IN TEXAS". profastpitch.com. 7 December 2003. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. ^ "NPF Holds Draft for 2004". ProFastpitch.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2015.