The association established its internet website and assumed responsibility for running weekly polls during the season.  The website also provided a means for posting game scores from across the state on a daily basis during the season.

Since the early beginnings of high school fastpitch softball in North Carolina in the fall of 1994, the sport had never had a consistent means of awarding All-State honors to its deserving athletes.  Several attempts had been made by other entities and groups of individuals.  But in spite of honest effort, they all suffered from inconsistency and uncertainty from year to year.  In 2005 the association took on the responsibility of creating a system to identify and select North Carolina’s all-state players.  The first NCFSCA All-State recipients consisted of 96 athletes in the four classifications.

2006
The original constitution was revised to combine the original 10 regions into 8 districts.  Regions 9 and 10 had originally been created exclusively for eastern and western non-NCHSAA private schools.  This move allowed the east and west private schools to be included in their local geographic district, thus being better able to enjoy benefits structured by the association for local areas.

All-state honors were opened to all NC high school fastpitch players instead of just association members.  A total of 122 athletes received All-State designation.  The association also selected its first Eastern and Western Regional Pitchers and Players of the Year in each classification. 

In an effort to make the organization more workable and sensitive to the regional needs of our large state, the position of vice-president was expanded to two positions of Eastern Region VP and Western Region VP.  This gave Executive Board a more efficient means to function, better spread the work load, and still maintain consistency across the state. 

Scholarship procedures were established to be implemented in 2007.

2007
The association’s first four scholarships were awarded in the amount of $250 each.  Although a meager beginning, it immediately drew favorable response from the softball community.  Two awards went to the Eastern Region and two to the Western Region.  A key emphasis of the association’s scholarship program was to provide some reward for athletes who had shown dedication to the game throughout their high school careers, and were continuing their education without the benefit of being able to win a college athletic scholarship.   

The All-State awards program was reorganized and expanded.  All-District awards were added to enable local districts to recognize their own local athletes in a step above traditional All-Conference teams.   Each of the eight districts selected its own All-District players through a standard state-wide process.  The All-District process was also designed to be an integral part of the All-State selection process.  This year saw 323 athletes being awarded All-District status with 180 being selected All-State.  Although seemingly a large number of recipients, the association estimated that the All-State designation went to less than 5% of North Carolina’s high school fastpitch players.

The association began its partnership with North Carolina Amateur Sports to bring about the first ever State Games for high school fastpitch softball.  The games, held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s brand new softball stadium, proved to be a huge success with 153 athletes and 28 NCFSCA coaches participating in North Carolina’s first true all-star event for high school fastpitch softball.  The games attracted larger than expected crowds, including college scouts, and set the groundwork for a potentially extremely visible, quality annual event.

By summer of 2007, the association’s membership had grown to 87 members representing 20% of North Carolina’s high schools.

2008
In 2008 the association experienced rapid growth, reaching a total of 129 members and representing one fourth of the state’s NCHSAA affiliated high schools.  The continued growth enabled scholarships to be increase to $500 each.

Perhaps the year’s most significant news was the Association’s steps to incorporate as a non-profit corporation and become a 501(c)(3)tax exempt organization.  In the process of doing so, the Association elected to change its name, dropping “Fastpitch”; in order to be in a position to more easily serve the entire softball community, fastpitch and slowpitch, should the desire to do so ever arise.  At year’s end, official tax exempt status had been granted by the State of North Carolina, while official determination had not yet been received by the Internal Revenue Service.  With official tax exempt status comes the ability to qualify for grants that have the potential for greatly enhancing the scholarship program.

Early in the year the Association held its first coaches clinic.  This free event was hosted North Davidson High School in District 5.  Speakers focused heavily on issues that pertain to high school age fastpitch softball athletes.  It was well attended by approximately 100 high school and travel ball coaches interested in improving their own coaching ability.
   
The 2008 State Games were once again held in June at UNC-Greensboro. The games were successful despite stormy conditions that prematurely ended the event’s medal rounds.  Perhaps the biggest success was the large increase in interest shown by college coaches who were in attendance for scouting purposes.