Jax Storm 2012 Summer Showcase Opens Registration!!!

It’s that time again! The Jacksonville Storm Softball Association will be hosting our Annual Summer Showcase on July 13-15th, 2012 in Lake City, Florida! Last year this showcase hosted 75 teams and was referenced as one of the “best showcases in the Southeast Region”. This showcase had more than 55 College Coaches in attendance and this year, we expect more! Some of the college Coaches in attendance from the Spring Showcase included:

University of Florida
Florida State University
University of Auburn
LSU
St. Johns University
University of Arkansas
FIU
FAU
Jacksonville University
University of Central Florida
Florida Southern
UNF
Florida Tech
St. Thomas University
North Florida State College
Francis Marion University
Daytona State College
South Florida USF?
Sante Fe College
College of Central Florida
Pensacola State
Waycross
USC Upstate
Brevard
Indian River
PBAU
FAMU
LA TECH
Stetson University
Gulf Coast (Is this the same as FGCU?)
St. Thomas University
Drexel University
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Flagler College
Polk State
St Johns River State College
SCAD
FGCU
St. Petersburg College
USC Beaufort
Seminole State College
Florida State College


The Jacksonville Storm Summer Showcase will be held in Lake City, Florida at the Southside Recreation Sports Complex on July 13th-15th. This complex has twelve lighted fields. We will be accepting the first 80 Teams that register.

This is a great opportunity to increase your team's exposure as each team will play five games. This year's brackets will consist of 18U Gold, 18A, and 16U Teams. Register now as these spots will go fast! Registration is open and can be found at www.jaxsoftball.com.

For those teams that register and pay before February 1, 2012, you will receive a $100.00 discount!!! We already have many teams and College Coaches registered for this tournament and expect to fill all spots by March 2012.

If you have any questions about this showcase, please contact Paul Marsh at (904) 716-2569 or pwmarsh2@comcast.net.

Hope to see you in Lake City, Florida as this is a great opportunity for your female athletes to be seen by many of the college coaches in the Southeast Region.

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The Jacksonville Storm Placed Big in the USSSA World Series!!!

The Jacksonville Storm Organization placed big in the 2011 USSSA World Series.  The 8U, 10U ’01. 10U ’00, and 12U Jax Storm teams spent all season preparing to make a competitive showing at the 2011 World Series.  After hard work, support, and commitment each team did just that.  Here’s how the Storm teams fared in the World Series:

Team                          Outcome

 8U 2002                     7^th Place out of 11 Teams (8A Bracket)

10U 2001                    12^th Place out of 45 Teams (10A Bracket)

10U 2000                    5^th Place out of 45 Teams (10A Bracket)

12U 1998                    4^th Place out of 33 Teams (12A Bracket)

16U HS                       17th Place out of 32 Teams (16U Bracket)

This is a great accomplishment for all of our teams and the organization applauds everyone’s efforts.  The Jacksonville Storm Organization wishes our 14U team best of luck as they seek to become the ASA World Champs in Maryland this week.   Coming soon, we will be posting tryouts for all of our teams in order to strengthen our efforts. Please visit our individual teams’ pages and pitch2fast for more information. Again, I cannot express how proud I am to say that I am a “Storm” Family member and what it means to wear the red and black. 

See you on the fields and congrats!

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The Jax Storm Places Big in the State Championship!!!

This past weekend, the Jacksonville Storm Organization placed big in the USSSA State Championships.  Battling 68 teams across all age groups, rainy skies, and the summer heat, four of the Jacksonville Storm teams made it to the finals for a chance to be called “State Champs”.  In the end, two of the four prevailed and earned title that will last forever.

As the leader of this great organization, I cannot express how proud I am of each of our teams.  As stated many times below, our objective going into this weekend was to become state champions and show the power of this organization on and off the field (via competitive softball and sportsmanship).  Each of you did just that and I applaud you for your efforts and your continued dedication.  The Jacksonville Storm will be sending five teams to the USSSA World Series in July in hope of becoming “World Champs”.  I wish each of our teams best of luck and see you on the fields.

Here are the results from this weekend’s tournament:

#1. Jacksonville Storm ’02  (8U Runner-Up)

#2. Jacksonville Storm ’01 (10U “Silver” Bracket State Champions)

#3. Jacksonville Storm ’00 (10U “Gold” Bracket State Champions)

#4. Jacksonville Storm ’97 (14U Bracket Runner-Up)

#5. Jacksonville Storm HS (16U 5th Place)

Again hats off to all and this was an awesome weekend for the Jacksonville Storm!

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President of the Jacksonville Storm

The Jacksonville Storm Softball Association, Inc

The Jacksonville Storm Softball Association, Inc. was founded in 2003 by Jerry Shepherd.  Currently, Jacksonville Storm Association is led by President Addison Davis and Vice President Tim Beasley who take pride in building the capacity of young female athletes by providing them with endless possibilities on and off the fields.  Collectively, they seek to use the foundation that Coach Shepherd has established to build the most competitive travel softball organization in the Southeast Region of the United States.  The Jacksonville Storm Softball, Inc. has been established to offer female athletes an opportunity to compete at the highest level while learning the attributes and characteristics of great sportsmanship.  The Jacksonville Storm prides ourselves on developing our female athletes and helping them seek post secondary opportunities as a student/athlete.  

We would like to thank you for visiting our website and please do not hesitate to contact anyone if you need additional information.

The Jacksonville Storm Softball Association is a girls youth tournament/travel softball organization that is comprised of talented players from the Northeast Florida Region.  Our organization strives to create a highly competitive softball program through the focused individual development of each athlete to her highest potential in a positive environment.  We value the importance of good sportsmanship, team unity, and integrity as the backbone of our organization.  We strive to build a strong self esteem while achieving the goal of fielding high quality fastpitch teams that can compete at the state and national levels.  Our goal is to give every girl within the organization the very best opportunity to be the best they can be as players and as young ladies.

Our Class of 2011

Maddison Keiffer - University of South Carolina Upstate

Abby Tewey - Florida International University

      Graduating Year - 2010
        Christie Bailey - Florida Southern University
     Lisa Blanton - Rider University
      Lauren Bessent - Flagler College
                    Alex Kieffer - University of North Alabama
          Crystal Moore - Brevard Community College
            Brittany Stone - Brevard Community College
            Lauren Chambers - St. Johns Community College
            Hearther Udry - St. Johns Community College
                   Deborah Caccavale - Waycross Community College, GA