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 The
University of Calgary Women's
Softball Club provides young
women, attending the University
of Calgary, with the opportunity
to participate in competitive
intercollegiate softball as a
means of enriching their
university life
experience. While the program is
primarily self funded, the
club is beginning to receive
financial support from local
businesses.
The University of Calgary Dinos Fastball Club is one of the founding team members of the Alberta Intercollegiate Women’s Fastball Association (AIWFA). The AIWFA was established in western Canada in 2002, and consisted of five teams. Now called the Western Collegiate Fastball Association ( WCSA ), the league has seven teams, and now includes SAIT Polytechnic, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Regina, the University of British Columbia-Okanagan, the University of Lethbridge and in 2020 the University of Victoria. In 2008, the University of Calgary hosted the inaugural Canadian Collegiate National Championship. The University of Calgary is the only school to have attended all eleven Canadian Collegiate National Championships. The Dinos have medalled three times, most recently a Bronze in 2021. The Canadian Collegiate Softball Association ( CCSA ) oversees the National Championships, setting qualification guidelines for the WCSA, the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association ( OCAA ) and Ontario University Softball ( OUS ). Since the 2011 season the Dinos have undertaken most ambitious schedules, playing in over 30 games each season, including trips into the United States, and the Dinos have raised their expectations of success. The 2014 season saw the team build on their 2013 season's successful 16 win, 1 loss regular season record, by capturing the WCSA Championship during the 2014 playoffs. Since 2010, the team has earned at least a bronze medal finish in the League Championships each year. These successes have ensured berths into the CCSA National Championships each October, and the 13 straight appearances at Nationals for the Dinos are unmatched by any school in Canada. Dinos have seen success at the Nationals too, with a Silver Medal in 2011, and most recently in three consectutive years, Bronze medals in 2018 and 2021, and a Silver medal finish in 2019. The 2022 season saw the team go 17 -3 - 5 to win the regular season title which was capped with the WCSA Championship in League playoffs. Practices and recruiting for 2023 and further starts again in earnest as we concentrate on training for next season as we attempt to repeat as 2023 WCSA Champions.
Advice from the coaching staff about the recruiting process Contact us as early as possible. While most athletes contact us in their Grade 12 year prior to graduating, the preference of the coaches is to be able to watch you play with your club team in the summers prior to your Grade 11 or Grade 12 school years. A player is generally the most comfortable with their own team and team mates, and we usually see the athletes best performance then, as opposed to the walk on situation prior to your first year at school. This allows us to watch your progression as a player, meet and talk with you and your parents, and give advice about the University of Calgary and its programs. The coaching staff attends a number of tournaments every spring and summer. The Canada Cup in Surrey in July, the CWFA in Calgary in June are mainstays. Other tournaments are added to our schedule as we determine where we will see the players we are interested in. So help yourself by letting us know your tournament schedule as soon as you can. As well. please seriously consider visiting campus. Campus tours can easily be arranged, customized to the field of study you are interested in. Coach Harlos would like to meet with you while you are in Calgary, and if the time matches up you can attend a team practice during November to March. For local student athletes this can mean multiple practices too. For inquiries into opportunities for the current recruiting classes ( 2023 and 2024 ) or general questions, contact Head Coach Neal Harlos at neal.harlos@ucalgary.ca . For information regarding the 2025 recruiting class and later, please contact Associate Coach Randy Plishka at fastballrecruiting@ucalgary.ca .
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