TC SOFTBALL NEWS FOR FALL 2009

* Special Thanks to “The USAA Matching Gift Fund” of the San Antonio Area Foundation and a very generous supporter who together have made a nice donation to the softball program. We appreciate this gift and will put it to good use. Please contact our Athletic Director (Danny Scott) if you are interested in making a donation to our program. We are always needing more money to finish old projects.

*We will kick off our sale of advertisements in our 2010 Softball Media Guide on Monday, October 5. These ads are on sale for $100 per page, $50 for half a page, and $25 for a quarter page. Our media guide contains bios on current players and additional information about past teams and former players. Also, businesses can use it to promote themselves and include specials and coupons. We made more than $8,000 last season which featured a ten-year look at our program called "A Decade of Excellence". Please call Maurice Zaleski for more information at 254-541-7997.

*Our annual “TC Hitting Camp” is scheduled for Saturday, January 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kristen Zaleski , former pro fastpitch player and Temple High graduate, will assist with the camp. Registration forms will be available on line in November or you may email Coach Hennig at larry.hennig@templejc.edu.

TC Softball coach Larry Hennig is happy to announce the following commitments from outstanding softball players who are in their Senior season in high school. They will be playing for the Lady Leopards in the Fall of 2010. At this time, we have received commitments from Keeley Lowrance, Shelby Ripple, Brooke Clark, and Emily Leib.

Keeley Lowrance is a pitcher/first baseman from Eastland, Texas. She has made the all “A” Academic team for the past 3 years, was selected to the all-district the past two seasons, and was named an All-State pitcher by the Texas Girls Coaches Association in 2009. She plays travel ball for the Austin Stars coached by Jimie Salas and plans on being a sports medicine major in college.

Shelby Ripple is a catcher from Rio Rancho, New Mexico. She was selected to the New Mexico High School All-State team in 2009 and plays travel ball with the New Mexico Sundancers coached by Paul Kohman. Currently, she holds the home run record at her high school. She has been active at the UNM Camps for the past two years and won the home run contest this past Summer. Shelby plans on majoring in sports medicine while in college.

Brooke Clark is a pitcher/shortstop from China Spring High School (Texas). She plays for former Lady Leopard, Christina (Barbosa) Ochoa and on Travel team, Texas Prospects coached by Chris Franklin. She was an all-district player and plans on majoring in health and science in college.

Emily Leib is a pitcher/firstbaseman from Gatesville, Texas. Her high school coach is Michelle (Bartch) Edwards who was a former player with the Centex Babes. Emily was an all-district pitcher the past two seasons and All-State pitcher in 2009 as voted by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. She was instrumental last Spring In her high school’s success as they ended up playing in the state UIL tourney. She plays travel ball with the Texas Peppers and plans on majoring in medicine while in college.

Sincerely,