Line Drive Softball covers all levels of girls’ and women’s fastpitch school, from youth up through high school and travel ball into college, pro and international.
Our goal is to cover the sport and to honor and tell the stories of players and their coaches, teams, families and fans. Areas featured include human interest stories, event coverage, player spotlights, recruiting info, rankings, podcasts, breaking news, press releases and much more… Click HERE to see all the areas covered.
Please send any story ideas as well as appropriate photo, images or graphics, to Info@LineDriveSoftball.com.
It’s close to a 60/40 percent ratio between free and premium content. Generally, but not always, the editorial that takes the most research, particularly rankings and event coverage, are behind a paywall to cover time and expense that go into compiling this more in-depth content.
A Line Drive Softball online subscription is $15 monthly, $36 quarterly (value of $12 per month) and $108 annually (value of $9 per month). Click HERE to subscribe.
We do rankings in the following categories: Players (club & college), Team (club & high school,) Coaches, Stories of the Year and more.
Executive Editor Brentt Eads has ranked club players and teams for more than a dozen years. Previous No. 1 ranked players over this time have included All-Americans such as Jenna Lilley (Oregon, 2014), Amanda Lorenz (Florida, 2015), Megan Faraimo (UCLA, 2018), Jayda Coleman (Oklahoma, 2020) and Jordy Bahl (Nebraska, 2021) among others.
| CLASS: | NOMINATIONS OPEN | NOMINATIONS CLOSE | RANKINGS START |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2029 | Feb. 5 | April 1 | April 8, 2024 |
| 2028 | Apr 15 | May 13 | May 20, 2024 |
| 2027 | June 3 | July 1 | July 8, 2024 |
| 2026 | July 22 | Aug. 19 | Aug. 26, 2024 |
| 2025 | Sept. 2 | Sept. 30 | Oct. 7, 2024 |
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