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2025 High School Softball Rules Access
Watch NFHS video explaining new pitching rule.
2025 Bodyarmor State Games- June 2025, Greensboro, NC
7/6/25
2025 NCSCA Scholarship Winners
This year the North Carolina Softball Coaches Association offered six $1000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors. Our scholarships are intended for athletes who have participated in high school softball for at least their junior and senior years and are not receiving college athletic scholarships. Our 2025 scholarship winners are:
EAST
Kendall Wallace Holly Springs High School NC Wesleyan University
Carlee Beckham Southern Nash High School Liberty University
Anne Claire Spell Northern Durham High School Western Carolina University
WEST
Kathryn Jenkins-Cowart Southeast Guilford High School UNC Wilmington
Emma Daniels Porter Ridge High School UNC Chapel Hill
Erin Murnane Glenn High School Guilford Technical Community College
For more information regarding our scholarship program, visit our Scholarships page in the Awards Section.
7/4/25
2025 NCSCA Post-Season Awards
NCSCA is pleased to announce our 2025 All-District and All-State award winners. These fine athletes across North Carolina represent the superior level of skill that high school fastpitch softball has reached in North Carolina! Follow this link to view our recipients.
Certificates will be available for pick-up by softball coaches at the annual NCCA/NCHSAA softball coaches clinic in Greensboro NC, on Wednesday, July 23. Coaches will then distribute certificates to their players. Graduated seniors should make arrangements with their coach to obtain their certificates after July 23.
7/3/25
Mid-Year Financial Statement
NCSCA’s mid-year financial report is available for review. Association members will find it in the Members’ Area.
1/6/25 rev. 1/26/25
2025 Winter Softball Coaches Clinic
The 16th annual NCSCA Winter Softball Coaches Clinic was held on Saturday January 25th at Porter Ridge High School in Indian Trail, NC (Union County). This year’s clinic featured Rebecca Murray, head coach at Berry College who spoke on the topics “Mental Performance” and “Developing a Hitter”. Also speaking were long-time high school coaches Kevin Allran (Porter Ridge) and Danny Way (Eastern Alamance). Open to coaches of any level of the game, this annual clinic is an excellent opportunity to gain some knowledge and exchange ideas in an informal clinic setting. The NCSCA Winter Coaches Clinic is free of charge to all NCSCA members. Admission is $40 to non-members and includes a one-year NCSCA membership.
12/27/21 updated 7/6/25
Softball Needs Officials
In recent years we have seen a decline in the number of qualified individuals who participate in our sport through offering their services as game officials. Most notably, we see fewer younger people becoming umpires each year. This is a huge problem since we cannot play games without umpires. Statistics over the past ten years reveal that as umpires have become fewer, the number of high schools fielding softball teams in North Carolina has steadily grown with a corresponding increase in the number of games being played. In our state, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) governs, certifies, and manages officials for all high school sports. NCHSAA’s goal is to provide game officials all across the state who are competent, fair, and consistent in their craft. Officiating softball is an exciting profession to be part of as the overall skill level of our athletes continues to increase each year. We encourage anyone who would like to participate in our sport as an umpire to become an NCHSAA certified official. To find out how you can become a qualified softball umpire, you may access information here.
3/19/19 updated 7/6/25
Illegal Equipment
NCHSAA no longer requires umpires to check players’ equipment prior to each game. This, in effect, puts more responsibility on you as coach to make sure your players’ equipment is both legal and game ready. Catcher’s gear with failing straps, cracked helmets, broken face masks, loose or missing attachment screws, cracked and out-of-round bats, and illegal bats, are all your responsibility to check for and not allow to be used in a contest. Remember, the penalty for using an altered bat or a bat that is NOT on the USA Softball legal bat list is: batter is out, batter is ejected, and head coach is ejected! The list of legal bats can be found here.
9/13/18 rev. 12/27/21
North Carolina High Schools… Need a Softball Game?
If you need to add games to your softball schedule, check out our listing. To add your team to the list, send your open dates and contact information to webmaster@ncfastpitch.org .
Advertise your Scrimmages, Tournaments, Camps and Clinics.
Send the information you want posted to webmaster@ncfastpitch.org and we will place it in our “Events” area.
