Research


 * The first women's softball team was formed in 1895 at Chicago's West Division School
 *  first game actually came about because of a football game
 * Walter Hakanson coined the term “softball”
 *  1991, women’s fast pitch softball was added to the roster of the 1996 Summer Olympics
 * softball is one of the most popular sports in the country and an estimated 40 million Americans engage in at least one softball game each year
 * The fastest female pitcher known is Joan Joyce with a pitch of 118 mph.
 * The original game of softball was played with a 16" ball soft enough that the fielders did not use gloves.
 *  Softball became a NCAA sport in 1910 with a College World Series held each year