The 2015 NPF College Draft is the twelfth annual collegiate draft for NPF, and was held on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 5:30 pm CST at the CMA Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. Draft order was determined by regular season standings from 2014, but subsequent trades and transactions altered the overall draft order. The draft was broadcast live on CBS Sports Network.
The Draft With the addition of the Dallas Charge, a league expansion team in 2015, the Draft added a 6th round and four additional bonus selections for Dallas. Dallas was given bonus selections in the fourth and sixth rounds for a total of 10 selections. The additional round and selections will total 34 overall picks in the 2015 Draft. However, Dallas chose to exercise a previous option offered to them, and made a “Market Choice Selection.” Exercising their Market Choice Selection allowed Dallas Charge to choose a player either originally from the state of Texas or who played college softball for a Texas school. Exercising the Market Choice Selection reduced the overall number of Draft picks for Dallas to nine instead of the original ten. The 34th was replaced by the Market Choice Selection by Dallas. A trade of draft picks with the USSSA Pride brought Dallas' total back to ten draft selections.
Drafting an athlete gives an NPF affiliate team the rights to that athlete for two full seasons.
Draft selections
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Position key: C = catcher; INF = infielder; SS = shortstop; OF = outfielder; UT = Utility infielder; P = pitcher; RHP = right-handed pitcher; LHP = left-handed pitcher Positions will be listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.
align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC00" width="20" + Denotes player who has been selected to at least one All-NPF team align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" # Denotes player who has not played in the NPF
Round 1 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege1Lauren Chamberlain+ 1B USSSA Florida Pride Oklahoma2Shelby Pendley+ INF USSSA Florida Pride Oklahoma3 Lacey Waldrop RHP Chicago Bandits Florida State4 Danielle Henderson 3B/C Dallas Charge California5Kaitlyn Richardson+ UT Dallas Charge Minnesota
Round 2 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege6 Miranda Kramer LHP Pennsylvania Rebellion Western Kentucky7 AJ Andrews + OF Chicago Bandits LSU8Shelby Davis# OF Pennsylvania Rebellion Oklahoma State9 Maddie O'Brien SS Pennsylvania Rebellion Florida State10 Kylee Lahners INF/OF Dallas Charge Washington
Round 3 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege11 Amber Freeman C USSSA Florida PrideArizona State12Morgan Estell # OF/1B Akron RacersAuburn13Brenna Moss+ OF Chicago Bandits Fresno State14 Cheyenne Cordes IF Pennsylvania Rebellion California15Ashley Burkhardt IFDallas Charge Purdue
Round 4 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollegeMarket PickRenada DavisSSDallas ChargeNC State16Kahley NovakSS/2BDallas ChargeUCF17Emilee KoernerOFUSSSA Florida PrideNotre Dame18Sammy Marshall+SSChicago BanditsWestern Illinois19Griffin Joiner+CAkron RacersKentucky20Devon Wallace#UTPennsylvania RebellionArkansas21Lauren Haeger+RHP/1BDallas ChargeFlorida
Round 5 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege22Emily WeimanRHPPennsylvania RebellionNC State23Shellie Robinson+OFAkron RacersUSC Upstate24Branndi MeleroOFChicago BanditsAuburn25Emma JohnsonRHPPennsylvania RebellionKent State26Janie Takeda#OFDallas ChargeOregon
Round 6 PickPlayerPos.NPF TeamCollege27Ally CardaRHP/UTDallas ChargeUCLA28Hallie Wilson+UTUSSSA Florida PrideArizona29Stephany LaRosa#CChicago BanditsUCLA30Megan LowC/INFAkron RacersUTSA31Amber ParrishC/INFPennsylvania RebellionNorth Carolina32Kaitlyn Thumann#OFDallas ChargeBaylor33Farish Beard#PDallas ChargeSouth Alabama
Draft notes
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