The National Pro Fastpitch League held their College Draft in Nashville, Tennessee last night. Softball fans top three picks in the draft were Sierra Romero, Haylie McCleney, and Cheridan Hawins. The picks chosen last night were very different from our fan picks.

NPF 2016 Draft Picks

No.	Player	Position	College	Team
1	Lexie Elkins	C	ULL	PA Rebellion
2	Sierra Romero	INF	Michigan	USSSA Pride
3	Jailyn Ford	LHP	James Madison	Akron Racers
4	Sami Fagan	INF	Missouri	Akron Racers
5	Kelsey Nunley	RHP	Kentucky	USSSA Pride
6	Kiki Stokes	OF	Nebraska	Scrap Yard Dawgs
7	Emily Crane	OF	Missouri	Scrap Yard Dawgs
8	Allexis Bennett	OF	UCLA	PA Rebellion
9	Caitlyn Attfield	INF	UAB	Dallas Charge
10	Alex Hugo	INF	Georgia	Akron Racers
11	Shelby Turnier	RHP	UCF	Chicago Bandits
12	Kelsey Stewart	INF	Florida	USSSA Pride
13	Haylie McCleney	OF	Alabama	USSSA Pride
14	Chelsea Wilkinson	RHP	Georgia	PA Rebellion
15	Taylor Gadbois	OF	Missouri	Dallas Charge
16	Chaley Brickey	INF	Kansas	PA Rebellion
17	Kellsi Kloss	C	LSU	Chicago Bandits
18	Erica Field	C/UT	James Madison	USSSA Pride
19	Lexi Overstreet	C/INF	Tennessee	Scrap Yard Dawgs
20	Geri Ann Glasco	UT	Oregon	Akron Racers
21	Lindsey Stephens	OF	Texas	PA Rebellion
22	Emily Carosone	INF	Auburn	Chicago Bandits
23	Sandra Simmons	INF	LSU	Akron Racers
24	Kristen Brown	INF	North Carolina	Chicago Bandits
25	Kirsti Merritt	OF	Florida	USSSA Pride
26	Christian Stokes	INF	Kentucky	Scrap Yard Dawgs
27	Sara Driesenga	RHP	Michigan	Scrap Yard Dawgs
28	Brittany Gomez	UT	Iowa State	PA Rebellion
29	Cheridan Hawkins	LHP	Oregon	Dallas Charge
30	Hannah Day	C/OF	Troy	Akron Racers
31	Emily Messer	UT	South Alabama	Akron Racers
32	Heather Stearns	RHP	Baylor	USSSA Pride
33	Lee Ann Spivery	C/OF	USF	Scrap Yard Dawgs
34	Taylore Fuller	UT	Florida	Scrap Yard Dawgs
35	Kayla Winkfield	INF	Mississippi St	PA Rebellion
36	Bianka Bell	INF	LSU	PA Rebellion
37	Hannah Perryman	LHP	Missouri St. Louis	Missouri St
38	Alyssa Gillespie	OF	Oregon	Dallas Charge
39	Aubree Munro	C	Florida	USSSA Pride
40	Mikela Manaewa	INF	Oregon St	Scrap Yard Dawgs

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The USSSA Pride are stacked.

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The USSSA Pride have been dubbed the “Yankees” of the NPF. They are the clear winner in the draft. Their roster is overflowing with talent, depth, and softball celebrities.

Is the USSSA Pride all-star roster enough to beat Monica Abbott and the Chicago Bandits?

My answer would be “No.” I don’t see any team in the league beating Monica Abbott.

The USSSA Pride will give the Bandits hell, but it won't be enough.

USSSA Pride

Pos.	Player	College
P	Chelsea Thomas	Missouri
P	Keilani Ricketts	Oklahoma
P	Jordan Taylor	Michigan
P	Andi Williamson	Marshall
P	Hannah Rogers	Florida
P	Kelsey Nunley	Kentucky	Draftee
P	Heather Stearns	Baylor	Draftee
C	Chelsea Goodacre	Arizona
C	Jessica Garcia	New Mexico
C	Erica Field	James Madison	Draftee
C	Aubree Munro	Florida	Draftee
INF	GiOnna DiSalvatore	UCLA
INF	Courtney Ceo	Oregon
INF	Shelby Pendley	Oklahoma
INF	Lauren Chamberlain	Oklahoma
INF	Hallie Wilson	Arizona
INF	Andrea Duran	UCLA
INF	Natasha Watley	UCLA	Draftee
INF	Sierra Romero	Michigan	Draftee
INF	Kelsey Stewart	Florida	Draftee
INF	Hallie Wilson	Arizona
OF	Kelly Kretschman	Alabama
OF	Amanda Kamekona	UCLA
OF	Megan Wiggins	Georgia
OF	Haylie McCleney	Alabama	Draftee
OF	Kirsti Merrit	Florida	Draftee

Chicago Bandits

Pos.	Player	College
P	Tatum Edwards	Nebraska
P	Sara Moulton	Minnesota
P	Lacey Waldrop	Florida State
P	Monica Abbott	Tennessee
P	Michelle Gascoigne	Oklahoma
P	Shelby Turnier	UCF	Draftee
C	Taylor Edwards	Nebraska
C	Kellsi Kloss	LSU	Draftee
INF	Danielle Zymkowitz	Illinois
INF	Sammy Marshall	Western Illinois
INF	Natalie Hernandez	UIC
INF	Jill Barrett	Tulsa
INF	Megan Blank	Iowa
INF	Brittany Cervantes	Kentucky
INF	Emily Carosone	Auburn	Draftee
INF	Kristen Brown	North Carolina	Draftee
OF	Emily Allard	Northwestern
OF	Brenna Moss	Fresno State

Akron Racers

Pos.	Player	College
P	Rachele Fico	LSU
P	Alison Owen	Mississippi St
P	Sarah Pauley	Corpus Christi
P	Aimee Creger	Tulsa
P	Laura Winter	Notre Dame
P	Jailyn Ford	James Madison	Draftee
P	Hannah Perryman	Missouri St. Louis	Draftee
C	Haley Outon	Houston
C	Griffin Joiner	Kentucky
C	Hannah Day	Troy	Draftee
INF	Kelley Montalvo	Alabama
INF	Ashley Thomas	Georgia Tech
INF	Sam Fischer	LMU	Rookie
INF	Sami Fagan	Missouri	Draftee
INF	Alex Hugo	Georgia	Draftee
INF	Sandra Simmons	LSU	Draftee
OF	Taylor Schlopy	Georgia
OF	Jennifer Gilbert	Ball State
OF	A.J. Andrews	LSU
UTL	Cassie Tysarczyk	Texas A&M
UTL	Shellie Robinson	USC Upstate
UTL	Geri Ann Glasco	Oregon	Draftee
UTL	Emily Messer	South Alabama	Draftee

Dallas Charge

Pos.	Player	College
P	Sarah Purvis	Georgia Southern
P	Lauren Haeger	Florida
P	Vanessa Stokes	Australian NT
P	Morgan Melloh	Indiana
P	Katie Cotta	Concordia St.	Rookie
P	Cheridan Hawkins	Oregon	Draftee
C	Kaylynn Castillo	Arizona State
C	Vicky Galasso	Idaho State
INF	Kahley Novak	UCF
INF	Renada Davis	NC State
INF	Kaitlyn Richardson	Minnesota
INF	Nadia Taylor	Texas
INF	Caitlyn Attfield	UAB	Draftee
OF	Kylee Lahners	Washington
OF	Brianna Cherry	ULL
OF	Mikey Kenney	Texas Tech
OF	Taylor Gadbois	Missouri	Draftee
OF	Alyssa Gillespie	Oregon	Draftee

PA Rebellion

P	Emma Johnson
P	Haylie Wagner
P	Emily Weiman
P	Dallas Escobedo
P	Miranda Kramer
P	Chelsea Wilkinson	Draftee
C	Mandy Ogle
C	Kristyn Sandberg
C	Taylah Tsitsikronis	Rookie
C	Lexie Elkins	Draftee
INF	Whitney Arion
INF	Alexa Peterson
INF	Sarah Prezioso
INF	Alisa Goler
INF	Olivia Watkins
INF	Stacey Porter	Rookie
INF	Raven Chavanne	Rookie
INF	Chaley Brickey	Draftee
INF	Kayla Winkfield	Draftee
INF	Bianka Bell	Draftee
OF	Victoria Hayward
OF	Courtney Senas
OF	Cheyenee Cordes
OF	Allexis Bennett	Draftee
OF	Lindsey Stephens	Draftee
UTL	Brittany Gomez

Scrap Yard Dawgs

P	Sara Nevins	Rookie
P	Jaclyn Traina	Rookie
P	Rachel Fox	Rookie
P	Sara Driesenga	Draftee
C	Meagan May Whitley
C	Amanda Chidester
C	Lexi Overstreet	Draftee
C	Lee Ann Spivery	Draftee
INF	Nerissa Myers
INF	Britt Vonk	Rookie
INF	Brigette Del Ponte
INF	Madison Shipman
INF	Lexy Bennett
INF	Christian Stokes	Draftee
INF	Mikela Manaewa	Draftee
OF	Breja'e Washington
OF	Samie Garcia
OF	Renee Erwin
OF	Emilee Koerner
OF	Kiki Stokes	Draftee
OF	Emily Crane	Draftee
UTL	Christi Orgeron	Rookie
UTL	Taylore Fuller	Draftee