09/28/2026
Aaaaand that's a wrap!
THANK YOU to the nearly 400 players who trusted us with your tournament experience. We sincerely hope we met and exceeded your expectations. Whether you won every game or were done in time for brunch on Sunday, we hope you felt your time and treasure were well spent. We know there's no us without you. You are why we do this. We hope that showed up.
THANK YOU to the nearly 30 coaches who brought teams, some from very far away, and from cities who haven't visited us in a minute. We are truly grateful. Customer Service is our #1 priority and we hope we didn't let you down.
THANK YOU to our sponsors. The Fabric Co by providing us a much-needed Presenting Sponsorship that enabled us to dream big, provide quality managers bags, awesome medals and trophies. Thank you to Just John for your donation as well as for providing your venue for registration and weekend party events. Together your donations helped us make a small profit - just enough to help us secure fields in advance for 2027.
THANK YOU to our umpires, led by our UIC Shawn Albritton, who brought along a couple International Pride Softball Hall of Famers to call our games and keep our schedule rolling. Is this the first tournament to finish early?! Shawn, your team rocked.
And Finally...
THANK YOU to our awesome volunteers. From our digital team making our rosters and check-in process modern and easy, to our advanced planning team, making sure we had everything we needed and making sure our managers had everything they needed...And to our operations and game day team, balancing your volunteer efforts with playing, you all rocked it. And to our tournament directors, Mathew Hall and Andrew Gaillardetz , your leadership was key.
Our 2027 tournament will happen much earlier in the calendar year (likely late Spring/early Summer), so please make sure you follow us so you can see those announcements.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!