Fresno State Athletics
Softball Bulldog Selected No. 1 Draft Pick by WPSL
12/6/1999 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Dec. 6, 1999
FRESNO, Calif. - In the 2000 Women?s Pro Softball League Senior Draft, Fresno State?s Amanda Scott was the No. 1 pick by the Ohio Pride and was one of seven Bulldogs who were selected by the WPSL in St. Petersburg, Florida, on December 4.
Held in conjunction with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association?s Convention, the Ohio Pride (formerly the Virginia Roadsters) chose Scott as the first selection in the 2000 WPSL Senior Draft. The Pride acquired the first overall pick and two additional selections from the Wahoos for 1999 WPSL MVP and two-time WPSL Pitcher of the Year Kaci Clark.
A three-time First Team All-American and a GTE Academic All-American, Scott led the nation in ERA (0.24) last season and set a single-season school record in strikeouts (231) while collecting her second All-College World Series honor.
The top two picks in the WPSL Elite/Supplemental Draft also had a Bulldog flavor as three-time All-American Nina Lindenberg and 1996 USA Olympic Softball gold medalist Julie Smith were selected by the Florida Wahoos and Ohio Pride, respectively.
In the second round, 1996 USA Olympic Softball gold medalist and Bulldog All-American Kim Maher was the No. 8 pick overall by the Florida Wahoos.
In the 2001 WPSL National Team Draft, two Bulldogs whom were1996 USA Olympic Softball gold medalists and are members of the 2000 USA National Team were picked up. Laura Berg (Ohio Pride) and Shelly Stokes (Tampa Bay FireStix) were selected in the second and fourth round, respectively.
Former Bulldog shortstop standout Randi Berg, who is the first Fresno State softball player to play professionally for the WPSL, was one of six players protected by the Florida Wahoos (formerly Georgia Pride). Berg played second base for the Georgia Pride last season.
In conjunction with USA Softball, there will be exhibition games between WPSWL teams and the USA Softball Women?s National Team this summer.
The 2000 WPSL season runs from June through August and will showcase a 64-league slate. There also will be 12 regular-season exhibitions, a best-of-three WPSL Championship Series and two season-ending all-star exhibitions. ESPN2 has agreed to increase its WPSL television coverage this upcoming season from nine to 10 games.
