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The History of NCAA Softball
College fastpitch softball Softball became a NCAA sanctioned sport
in 1910.The NCAA College World Series
is held each year. From 1982 -1987, the championship
final was held in Omaha, Nebraska which is also the home of the men's College World
Series.
Most intercollegiate softball in the USA is controlled by either the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or the the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Softball is one of only three sports in the NCAA which are designated as women only sports, the others are Field Hockey and Rowing. The NCAA Division II and Division III championships also began in 1982. The college softball championship starts with Thirty two teams from eight regions competing in a double-elimination round. The 8 winning teams then compete in a double-elimination, round robin tournament to determine the national softball champion. |
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Over six hundred NCAA member colleges sponsor women’s softball programs. The women’s softball championships are held in divisions I-III. Fast Pitch softball was first introduced as a medal sport at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games in Georgia. It is sad to note that the International Olympic Committee has decided to discontinue both baseball and softball as Olympics sports after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. MOST athletic scholarships are not "full-ride" they are partial only. College softball is classed as a equivalency sport by the NCAA. |
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