Extra Innings: The Yale Softball Alumni Newsletter Fall 2015

EXTRA INNINGSThe Yale Softball Alumni Newsletter

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Welcome to Extra Innings

Dear YSB’ers,

Our freshmen are settled in, the leaves are

changing color, the likely letters have been

issued, and midterms are upon us!

If you can believe it, our fall season is already

over, and we are transitioning into our small

group work! This fall went by faster than years

past, and our competition was even tougher

right out of the gate. We saw a lot of great

things out of our freshmen, and the

upperclassmen have again raised the bar. This

team is ready for a breakout year!

A few reminders: 1. We will be hosting our

Yale Harvard Tailgate again this year! Please

RSVP if you will be there so we can plan

accordingly. 2. For those of you on the West

coast, please set aside some time for us in

March! The team is pumped to be playing in

Southern California in front of family and

friends, but most importantly, our softball

alums! We had such a great time a few years

ago in Seattle, and hope to have an even better

turnout this time around.

11/20 Yale Leadership Ball BASH

11/21 Yale-Harvard Tailgate

2/26-28 2015 Season Opener

ESPN/Orlando, FL Tournament

3/12-13 @ UC Riverside Tournament

3/15/16 @ Cal State Fullerton (1)

3/16/16 @ Univ. of San Diego (1)

3/18-20 @ CS Northridge Tourney

The complete schedule will be up on the website

soon.

Are you social media savvy?

You can find us on the following platforms.

Join the YSB conversation!

We are looking for a few volunteers to help us coordinate a

gathering while we are in town, so please reach out to Coach

Goodwin, jen.goodwin@yale.edu, if you would like to

assist.

There are some big announcements in this newsletter, some

of which are program changing.

We can’t wait to share… so read on for the news!

Extra Innings: The Yale Softball Alumni Newsletter Fall 2015

Bulldog Friends,

It has been a very eventful fall thus far!

First, there are some notable changes that will be

happening out at DeWitt in our future! A joint field

hockey and softball alumna has made a leadership

pledge towards a facility out between Johnson Field

and DeWitt Family Field. The two-story facility will

include team rooms, restrooms for fans, a ticket and

concessions center, and an alumni event space on

the second floor. We will share more information on

this as it develops. What an exciting time for our

program!

The next big announcement came just days after the

first one! As you all know, your hard work and

dedication in helping us win the Drive for Elis

contest won our program $10,000. I was tasked with

finding ways to best utilize this money, and had a

few different ideas, but knew that a batting cage of

some sort would help us the most. After a few bids,

lots of patience, and some significant support from

the department, we have a solution. Within the next

few weeks, two retractable batting cages will be

installed in one of the 5th floor gyms of Payne

Whitney! I would like to note specifically how this

will help our program:

1. We can go live any day of the week, vs. twice a

week in the past.

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2. We will eliminate 6-8am practices at Coxe (we

will still go early a few days a week, but in PWG).

3. If it snows, and shuttles aren’t running, the team

can walk to PWG and still get in a practice.4. When

we are in individual skill sessions, the team can

easily come to PWG for their workouts, thus saving

valuable study time by having this location.

This wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t win the

Drive for Elis! Your help and support has allowed

us to install these cages. Your continued donations

helped have an immediate impact on our program.

I couldn’t be more grateful for your contributions.

Next time you are on campus, let me know and I’ll

walk you over to have a look, or maybe you can

take a few swings! I’ll be taking a lot of pictures

throughout the installation project, and will share

them on social media, as well as in my next

newsletter.

Thank you again

for all that you do.

It makes a

difference to our

team every day!

Sincerely,

Jen Goodwin

From the Dugout

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Meet the 2019’s & The Captain!

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Cristina Teems, #18

Berkeley College

Hometown: Boynton Beach, FL

Madison Sack, #23

Morse College

Hometown: Parkland,

FL

Terra Jerpbak, #30

Pierson College

Hometown: Rescue,

CA

Shelby Kennedy, #1

Silliman College

Hometown: Vail, AZ

Carlin Hagmaier, #5

Davenport College

Hometown: Longwood, FL

Captain

Allie Souza, #6

Pierson College

Hometown: Rescue,

CA

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Please join us for our Yale-Harvard Tailgate again this year! We had such a fantastic

turnout in 2013, and we anticipate even more of you to be in attendance this year.

Hope to see you there on November 21!