1999 WPSL Draft

1999 WPSL Senior Draft
General information
Sportsoftball
Date(s)December 5, 1998
LocationSt. Petersburg Beach, Florida
Overview
60 selections total selections
LeagueWomen's Pro Softball League
First selectionIsonette Polonius 3B East Carolina
selected by Durham Dragons
Most selectionsAkron Racers, 13 picks
Fewest selectionsVirginia Roadsters, 7 picks

The 1999 WPSL Senior Draft was the third annual collegiate draft for the WPSL/WPF's 1999 season, and was held on Saturday, December 5, in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla,[1] at the Tradewinds Resort in conjunction with the 1998 NFCA National Convention.[2]

Draft Selections

Following are the 60 selections from the 1999 WPSL draft:[3]

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 not played in the WPSL or the NPF[Draft note 1]

Round 1

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

1 Isonette Polonius# 3B Durham Dragons[Draft note 2] East Carolina
2 Monica Triner P/DP Tampa Bay FireStix South Florida
3[5] Traci Conrad 1B Akron Racers[Draft note 3] Michigan
4 Brandee McArthur P/UT Carolina Diamonds Pacific
5 Jaime Maxey# 3B Georgia Pride Fresno State
6[5] Liza Brown[5] P/OF Akron Racers DePaul

Round 2

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

7 Shannon Beeler SS Virginia Roadsters Minnesota
8 Jaime Foutch 1B Tampa Bay FireStix Oklahoma State
9 Autumn Anderson# P Durham Dragons Mississippi State
10 Megumi Takasaki C Carolina Diamonds California
11[6] Jamie Lowry# 2B Georgia Pride Missouri
12[5] Stephanie Midthun# OF Akron Racers Minnesota

Round 3

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

13 Jody Dean# OF Virginia Roadsters Northern Iowa
14 Jody Chmielewski OF Tampa Bay FireStix Oregon State
15 Katie Cichy SS Durham Dragons Cal State Sacramento
16[5] Jaime Chenevey C Akron Racers[Draft note 4] Ohio State
17[6] Kim Slover[Draft note 5] 1B Georgia Pride Missouri
18[5] Kelly Gentle# P Akron Racers Hawaiʻi

Round 4

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

19 Catherine Davis# OF Virginia Roadsters Michigan
20 Nikki Cockrell# 2B/SS Tampa Bay FireStix Texas
21 Evette Grayson# OF Durham Dragons Louisiana Tech
22 Tara Glaister# P Carolina Diamonds Cal State Northridge
23 Danielle Cox OF Georgia Pride Florida State
24[5] Kellie Metzger C Akron Racers Akron

Round 5

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

25 Jenny Oermann# SS Virginia Roadsters Southeast Missouri State
26 Janeen Sobush# C/OF Tampa Bay FireStix South Florida
27 Stephanie Norton# 3B Durham Dragons Colorado State
28 Katie May# SS/3B Carolina Diamonds California
29 Jennifer Thompson# P Georgia Pride South Florida
30[5] Heidi Geier# 2B Akron Racers Creighton

Round 6

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

31 Heather Stella# 3B Virginia Roadsters Illinois State
32 Amy Doyle# OF Tampa Bay FireStix Ball State
33[7] Marcy Crouch# RHP Durham Dragons Stanford
34 Julie Eggert# 1B Carolina Diamonds Kennesaw State
35 Samantha Digirolamo 3B Georgia Pride Nicholls State
36[5] Raven Coberg# 3B Akron Racers UNLV

Round 7

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

37 Melanie Muniz# OF Durham Dragons[Draft note 6] Long Beach State
38 Stephanie Carew# DP Tampa Bay FireStix Chapman
39 Jen Morris# 1B Durham Dragons Ohio University
40[7] Jennie Foyle# 2B Carolina Diamonds Stanford
41 Dana Bennett# 2B Georgia Pride Hofstra
42[5] Michelle Singer# UT Akron Racers Oklahoma State

Round 8

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

43 Kris McCleary# C Virginia Roadsters Notre Dame
44 Samantha Mercier# 2B Tampa Bay FireStix Purdue
45 Stephanie Little C Durham Dragons Cal State Fullerton
46 Lori Reese# SS Carolina Diamonds Virginia
47 Lindsey Parker# P Georgia Pride Fresno State
48[5] Cheryl Anne Palaroan# OF Akron Racers Ohio State

Round 9

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

49[7] Becky Blevins# RHP Virginia Roadsters Stanford
50[5] Jana Jenkins 2B Akron Racers[Draft note 7] Akron
51 Janine Repole 2B/P Durham Dragons North Carolina-Charlotte
52 Martha Covington# 3B Carolina Diamonds Campbell
53 Erryn Gutjahr# 1B Georgia Pride San Diego State
54[5] Sunny Litteral# OF Akron Racers Ashland

Round 10

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPSL Team

College

55
56 Dana Bailey# OF Tampa Bay FireStix Florida State
57 Kim Pietro OF Durham Dragons South Carolina
58 Jane Teixeira# OF Carolina Diamonds Texas
59 Chris Puccio# UT Georgia Pride San Diego State
60[5] Nicole Cefaratti# OF Akron Racers Buffalo State

Draft notes

  1. ^ Unless otherwise noted, this was verified against the Historical Roster on the NPF's website.[4]
  2. ^ Virginia Roadsters → Durham Dragons: Dragons traded P Carla Brookbank to the Roadsters for the first overall pick.[2]
  3. ^ Durham Dragons → Akron Racers: The Racers traded Liz Mizera for the third overall pick.[2]
  4. ^ Akron Racers: The Racers received this pick as compensation for Corina Lilly[2]
  5. ^ Slover was drafted by the Tampa Bay Firestix in the 1998 draft, but opted to complete her collegiate eligibility before going pro.[6]
  6. ^ Durham Dragons: The Dragons received this pick as compensation for Carla Brookbank[2]
  7. ^ Akron Racers: The Racers received this pick as compensation for Amber Wright[2]

References

  1. ^ "NPF History". ProFastpitch.com. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Larry Cain (1 January 1999). "Durham Dragons Choose Isonette Polonius No. 1 in" (PDF). NFCA.org. Fastpitch Delivery. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ^ Larry Cain (1 January 1999). "Durham Dragons Choose Isonette Polonius No. 1 in" (PDF). NFCA.org. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Historical Rosters". ProFastpitch.com. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "RACERS PARTICIPATE IN FIRST WPSL DRAFT". AkronRacers.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 1999. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "TWO SENIOR SOFTBALL PAYERS DRAFTED BY THE WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE". MU Tigers. 21 June 1999. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Three Cardinal Selected in Women's Pro Softball League Sr. Draft". GoStanford.com. 21 June 1999. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

See also