Rosemont, Ill. – August 21, 2013 – National Pro Fastpitch kicked off the 2013 Championship Series weekend Wednesday night with the annual league Awards Banquet. The event is designed to celebrate individual player and team accomplishments of regular season competition.
Following dinner along with comments by Rosemont Mayor Bradley Stephens and NPF Commissioner, Cheri Kempf, the awards kicked off with the announcement of the 18-member All-NPF Team, presented by Combat Sports.
Due to a tie at the position of shortstop between Chicago’s Tammy Williams and USSSA’s Natasha Watley, the 2013 All NPF squad expanded to 19. Four rookies peppered this year’s All NPF winners, including 3 pitchers; Chicago’s Andi Williamson and Michelle Gascoigne won in the category of Pitcher, while NY/NJ’s Olivia Galati reeked in an At-Large award. The fourth rookie on the All NPF squad was Chicago’s outfielder, Kimi Pohlman.
The 2013 Awards Banquet was highlighted by the coveted Player of the Year Award presented by Mizuno, which went to Megan Wiggins of the Chicago Bandits. Wiggins, who led the league in average nearly all season long finished with a blistering .433. Along with that, Wiggins led in Homeruns (11), slugging % (.780), OBP (.532), and OPS (1.312), while finishing second overall in RBI (35).
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