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Former Diamonds player shining bright with Chicago Bandits
"I'm incredibly grateful for where I started my softball career. The Naperville Diamonds gave me so many opportunities and skills that ultimately led me to playing professionally now."
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| Molly Price signs at Lindenwood-Belleville | |||
| The Naperville Diamonds are proud to announce the recent signing of Molly Price. Molly signed September 26th to become part of the upcoming 2015 Lady Lynx softball freshman class. Molly will join current Diamonds' freshman & LU-Bell players Jordan Klingbeil and Megan Nerger. Congratulations!!! | |||
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A 'PANDA' IN HER CORNER
Naperville's Kugelberg recovers with help from her 'friends'
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Girls like teddy bears. Mirabella Kugelberg loves her Kung Fu Panda. The 12-year-old Naperville resident is a big fan of the San Francisco Giants’ biggest player, the 250-pound Pablo “Kung Fu Panda” Sandoval. She’s also no longer epileptic, and that might be the biggest thing about her life today. Kugelberg suffered from absence seizures during most of her childhood. |
| More than 100 Naperville Diamonds players, family members and coaches marched in the 2014 Naperville Memorial Day parade. In conjunction with Stories of Naperville Vets (www.sonvets.com), each Diamonds player honored two local veterans by wearing their names on the backs of their jerseys during the parade. One Diamonds player, Rhiannon McKay, was spotted by her veteran, Gregory Perchatsch. He thanked her for recognizing him and took a photo with her. Thousands of spectators cheered and applauded the girls during the parade! | |||
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The 11U B Naperville Diamonds spent time during the winter volunteering at Feed My Starving Children as well as serving as table attendants for the Naperville VFW’s Fish Fry during two Friday nights in March and April. The girls truly enjoyed the opportunity to work as a team and give back to their communities! |
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2013 Naperville Diamonds Graduates Attend College Exposure Practice during Winter Break |
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Amy Cecil - University of Illinois Springfield |
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2013 graduates Amy, Lexi, Lauren, Brittany and Brooke visited Matrix practice over the winter holiday to share their experiences living college softball (or hockey, in Brooke’s case) and attending their perspective schools. They not only practiced with the Matrix, but led open discussions on what to expect when you attend college and play collegiate softball. They covered all topics including their daily routine with softball, how many hours a day involve softball and how many involve studying, how they each juggle their stringent athletic life with managing classes. They even were nice enough to openly discuss their social life, or complete lack of a social life!!! They all are thriving in softball and as freshman already making great contributions to their teams at a young age. The entire coaching staff and their teammates are very proud to have coached and played with such great student-athletes. More importantly, these young ladies serve as excellent role models for our younger Diamonds players. Both Lauren Cairo and Brooke Meyer will be full-time assistant coaches the summer of 2014. Lauren will be coaching with the 14U “A” Naperville Diamonds Cramer Hawks and Brooke will be coaching with the 18U College Exposure Matrix.
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| 2014 Naperville Diamonds 18U College Exposure Players Sign This Spring | ||||
| 18U Matrix is proud to announce the recent signings of three of their current players. Megan Bilgri has decided to continue her college career pitching at Mercer University in Georgia. Melaina Koulos will be continuing her softball career at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL. And Gretchen Gaertner will be heading up north to continue catching for Lakeland College and proud to become a Muskie!!! These girls have all worked very hard to realize their dreams of playing in college and now it’s paying off with their commitment to their colleges of choice. Great job ladies!!! | ||||
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University of Alabama Head Coach Patrick Murphy Scouts a Talented Field at the Queen of the Diamonds Tournament.
2012 College World Series Champion Coach Patrick Murphy of the Crimson Tide spent the afternoon watching the best softball players and teams from the Midwest compete in the ASA National Qualifier in Naperville. Other schools with coaches in attendance included Valparaiso, Lewis, University of South Florida, Iowa State, Dominican University, Eckerd College, Illinois State, North Central College, Purdue University Calumet, Bradley, Winona State, Millikin, St. Francis, Elmhurst College and Concordia. Pictured with Patrick Murphy is Naperville Diamonds Tournament Director and College Exposure Coordinator Mike Vacik.
The Naperville Diamonds would like to thank all of this year's participants and volunteers for a great weekend and look forward to seeing everyone back next year.
