2004 NPF Draft

2004 NPF Supplemental Draft
2004 NPF Supplemental Draft
General information
Sport	softball
Date(s)	March 30, 2004
Overview
	17 total selections
League	National Pro Fastpitch
Teams	6
First selection	SS Georgia Tech; selected by New England Riptide
Most selections	NY/NJ Juggernaut, Arizona Heat; 4 picks each
Fewest selections	California Sunbirds 1 pick
	← 2001 WPSL Draft 2005 NPF Draft →

2004 College Senior Draft
2004 College Senior Draft
General information
Sport	softball
Date(s)	December 6, 2003
Location	Montgomery, TX
Overview
	48 total selections
League	National Pro Fastpitch
Teams	8
First selection	Iyhia McMichael OF Southern Illinois; selected by Akron Racers
Most selections	New England Riptide 7 picks
Fewest selections	San Antonio Armadillos 5 picks
	← 2001 WPSL Draft 2005 NPF Draft →

2004 Elite Draft
2004 Elite Draft
General information
Sport	softball
Date(s)	December 6, 2003
Location	Montgomery, TX
Overview
	32 total selections
League	National Pro Fastpitch
Teams	8
First selection	1B Michigan State; selected by San Antonio Armadillos
Most selections	San Antonio Armadillos 5 picks
Fewest selections	New England Riptide 3 picks
	← 2001 WPSL Draft 2005 NPF Draft →

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.

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 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 whose rights were previously held by San Antonio.^[2]

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.

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

Elite Draft[]

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

Round 1[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
1	^#	1B	San Antonio Armadillos	Michigan State
2	⁺	P	Texas Thunder	DePaul
3	^#	SS	Sacramento Sunbirds	Belgium
4		2B	Arizona Heat	DePaul
5	⁺	2B	Colorado Altitude	Texas
6		P	NY/NJ Juggernaut	South Florida
7	^#	OF	San Antonio Armadillos from New England Riptide	SW Louisiana
8	^#	C	Texas Thunder from Akron Racers	West Florida

Round 2[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
9	^#	SS	San Antonio Armadillos	South Florida
10	^#	2B	Akron Racers from Texas Thunder	Ohio
11	^#	3B	Sacramento Sunbirds	Cal Poly
12	^#	SS	Arizona Heat	Olivet Nazarene
13		2B	Colorado Altitude	Fresno State
14		OF	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Hofstra
15	^#	3B	New England Riptide	Kennesaw State
16	^#	C	Akron Racers	DePaul

Round 3[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
17	^#	C	San Antonio Armadillos	Indiana
18	^#	OF	Texas Thunder	Washington
19		2B	Sacramento Sunbirds	Canada
20	^#	LF	Arizona Heat	Long Island
21	^#	OF	Colorado Altitude	Mercer
22		OF	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Hofstra
23	^#	IF	New England Riptide	Maine
24	^#	P	Akron Racers	Fresno State

Round 4[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
25	^#	SS	San Antonio Armadillos	San Jacinto College
26	^#	1B-WPSL	Texas Thunder	Louisiana-Lafayette
27		C	Sacramento Sunbirds	Kutztown
28	^#	IF	Arizona Heat	Judson College
29	^#	CF	Colorado Altitude	Bradley
30	^#	C	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Florida
31	^#	IF	New England Riptide	Harvard
32	^#	C	Akron Racers	Mercer

Senior Draft[]

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

Round 1[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
1	Iyhia McMichael⁺	OF	Akron Racers	Mississippi State
2	Jessica Allister	C	New England Riptide	Stanford
3	^#	P	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Florida
4		3B	Colorado Altitude	Arizona State
5	^#	P	Arizona Heat	UCLA
6		OF	Sacramento Sunbirds	UCLA
7	⁺	C	Texas Thunder	Arizona
8		P	New England Riptide from San Antonio Armadillos	Stanford

Round 2[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
9	⁺		Akron Racers	Oregon
10	^#	IF	New England Riptide	Mississippi State
11	^#	UT	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Texas
12		OF	Colorado Altitude	Georgia
13	^#	1B	Arizona Heat	UCLA
14		OF	Sacramento Sunbirds	Cal-State Northridge
15	⁺	P	Texas Thunder	Nebraska
16	⁺	IF	San Antonio Armadillos	Northwestern

Round 3[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
17	^#	C	Akron Racers	UC Santa Barbara
18	^#	1B	New England Riptide	Alabama
19	^#	OF	NY/NJ Juggernaut	UMass
20	⁺	OF	Colorado Altitude	Nebraska
21	Wendy Allen⁺	P	Arizona Heat	Arizona
22	^#	OF	Sacramento Sunbirds	UCLA
23	⁺	CF	Texas Thunder	Southwest Texas State
24		SS	San Antonio Armadillos	Georgia Tech

Round 4[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
25	⁺		Akron Racers	Long Beach State
26			New England Riptide	Missouri
27	^#	C	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Temple
28	^#	P	Colorado Altitude	Arizona State
29	^#	IF	Arizona Heat	Washington
30		SS	Sacramento Sunbirds	Virginia
31	^#	C	Texas Thunder	Florida State
32		OF	San Antonio Armadillos	LSU

Round 5[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
33	^#	P	Akron Racers	Washington
34	^#	1B	New England Riptide	St. Cloud State
35		SS	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Bradley
36	^#	UT	Colorado Altitude	Colorado State
37	^#	P	Arizona Heat	Florida State
38	^#	3B	Sacramento Sunbirds	Nevada
39		IF	Texas Thunder	Brown
40	^#	P	San Antonio Armadillos	Oregon

Round 6[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
41	^#	IF	Akron Racers	San Diego State
42	^#	UT	New England Riptide	Miami(Ohio)
43		C	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Florida Atlantic
44	^#	1B	Colorado Altitude	Wisconsin
45	⁺		Arizona Heat	Point Loma Nazarene
46	^#	P	Sacramento Sunbirds	Sacramento State
47	^#	C	Texas Thunder	Mississippi State
48	^#	1B	San Antonio Armadillos	Mercer

Supplemental Draft[]

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

Pick	Player	Pos.	NPF Team	College
1		SS	New England Riptide	Georgia Tech
2	⁺	IF	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Northwestern
3	^#	C	California Sunbirds	Indiana
4	^#	1B	Akron Racers	Michigan State
5		OF-Washington Glory	Texas Thunder	Georgia
6	^#	UT	Arizona Heat	Colorado State
7	^#	OF	New England Riptide	Mercer
8		OF	NY/NJ Juggernaut	LSU
9	⁺	OF	Akron Racers	Nebraska
10	^#	SS	Texas Thunder	San Jacinto College
11	^#	SS	Arizona Heat	Belgium
12	^#	OF	NY/NJ Juggernaut	S Western Louisiana
13	^#	SS	Texas Thunder	South Florida
14		P	Arizona Heat	South Florida
15	^#	P	NY/NJ Juggernaut	Oregon
16		OF	Arizona Heat	Hofstra
17	^#	1B	Akron Racers	Mercer

References[]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "NPF HOLDS SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT". ProFastpitch.com. 1 April 2004. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "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.
^ "NPF Holds Draft for 2004". ProFastpitch.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[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.

[supp-2] "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.

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