Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Women's Professional Fastpitch season | |
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| Sport | Fastpitch softball |
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| Founded | October 14, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-10-14)[1] |
| First season | 2022 (exhibition) |
| Country | United States |
| Headquarters | 4801 Gaillardia Parkway[2] Oklahoma City |
| Most recent champion | Atlanta Smoke[3] |
| Most titles | Atlanta Smoke (3 titles) |
| Official website | wprofastpitch.com |
Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) is a professional women'sfastpitch softball league in the United States. The new league began its promotional campaign in 2021[4] and launched its first official season in2023.[5][6][7] However, there is no word on a return in 2025.[8]
The league is unrelated to the defunct league that used the namesNational Pro Fastpitch (NPF),Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL) along with Women's Professional Fastpitch, or theAssociation of Fastpitch Professionals. Not to be confused with a new competing leagueFastpitch United orAUSL
Following the2023 season, theOklahoma City Spark announced their departure from the WPF in December 2023.[9] In April 2024, theSmash It Sports Vipers andUSSSA Pride both announced they would not participate in the 2024 season.[10][11] Three new teams in Texas were added to replace the teams that left the league, the Coastal Bend Tidal Wave, Hub City Adelitas and Texas Monarchs.[12]
In April 2024, B4Real Enterprises was named the league's operations and management team.[13] On April 16, 2024, the WPF announced their intentions to expand internationally and add two teams from Mexico.[14]
| Team | Location | Venue | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Bend Tidal Wave | Robstown, Texas | Fairgrounds Field | 2024 |
| Hub City Adelitas | Floydada, Texas | Lady Winds Field | 2024 |
| Texas Monarchs | San Marcos, Texas | Bobcat Softball Stadium | 2024 |
| Texas Smoke | 2023 |
| Team | Location | Venue | First | Last | Status |
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| Smash it Sports Vipers | Oxford, Alabama | Choccolocco Park | 2022 | 2023 | On hiatus[15] |
| USSSA Pride | Viera, Florida | USSSA Space Coast Complex | 2022 | 2023 | On hiatus[16] |
| Oklahoma City Spark | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium | 2023 | AFP team | |
| Season | Winning team | Coach | Series | Losing team | Coach |
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| 2023 | Texas Smoke | Tori Tyson | 2–0 | USSSA Pride | Kelly Kretschman |
The team released a statement Wednesday saying it would not be participating in the 2024 season. However, the Vipers do plan to return to Oxford in 2025.
["...] the USSSA Pride will not operate in 2024," the statement read.
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