Softball
Softball
Program Overview
The Wooster softball program, reestablished as a varsity sport for the 2000 season, has been a force this decade as the Scots regularly contended for the North Coast Athletic Conference championship, highlighted by three top-three finishes in the parity-filled league.
Wooster takes advantage of the school’s unique two-week spring break, getting 14-to-16 games in during their annual time at Fort Myers, Fla., to prepare for a challenging northern schedule that typically features regionally- and nationally-ranked competition. Overall, the Scots have put together six seasons with 16 or more victories, including a couple of 20-win campaigns.
Several outstanding individual players have come through the program, highlighted by pitcher Angie Barone, the conference record holder for career strikeouts (577), utility player Natalie Barone, who owns a number of conference records, including assists in a game (12) and single-season innings pitched (226.0), outfielder Kerri Horst, a member of the NCAC All-Decade Team (1993-2004), and Kate Henley and Kim Skully, two other outfielders who were four-time all-NCAC standouts.
Wooster practices and competes at a softball-only facility, adjacent to one of the newest dorms on campus. The field, which includes an electronic scoreboard and bleacher seating on both the home and visitors sides, sits atop a hillside surrounded by trees, which makes for a charming setting.