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Carolina Diamonds
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Information
League National Pro Fastpitch
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark Various venues in North Carolina for 2012
Year founded 2004
Year folded 2013
Regular season champion 1 (2004)
Cowles Cup championships 1 (2009)
Former name(s) Texas Thunder, Rockford Thunder, Tennessee Diamonds, NPF Diamonds
Colors lime green, black, silver
Ownership Amelia Nemeth
Management Alan Demaske - GM (2012)
Manager Lisa Navas - Interim Head Coach (2012)

The Carolina Diamonds, formerly known as the NPF Diamonds,Tennessee Diamonds, Rockford Thunder and Texas Thunder, was a women's softball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since the 2004 season, they have played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). They were known as the Texas Thunder from 2004 to 2006, the Rockford Thunder from 2007 to 2009, and the Tennessee Diamonds in 2010. They relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012.[1]


The Thunder won the 2009 Cowles Cup Championship of NPF by defeating the USSSA Pride in the championship game held in Akron, Ohio on August 23, 2009.[2]


In February 2013, it was announced that the team had folded and the roster would now be picked up by the NPF expansion team, the New York/New Jersey Comets.[3]




Contents






  • 1 2012 roster


  • 2 Season-by-season results


  • 3 2011 roster


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





2012 roster
















Carolina Diamonds roster

Players

Coaches/Other

Pitchers




  • 5 Sharon Palma


  • 7 Katie Burkhart


  • 15 Angel Bunner


  • 20 Danielle Spaulding


  • 24 Morgan Melloh


  • 27 Sara Plourde




Catchers




  • 10 Amy Hooks


  • 22 Brittany McKinney


  • 25 Rachel Folden


Infielders




  • 3 Gionna DiSalvatore


  • 16 Natalie Villarreal


  • 18 Kelsi Weseman,


  • 28 Bianca Mejia


  • 47 Amanda Kamekona


Outfielders




  • 2 Jami Lobpries


  • 8 Angeline Quiocho


  • 9 Caitlin Lever


  • 88 Annie Lockwood






Manager
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Coaches




  • -- Lisa Navas - Interim Head Coach


  • -- Miranda Ervin - Interim Assistant Coach




Injury icon 2.svg 7-day disabled list


# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list


→ More MiLB rosters




Season-by-season results



















































































Season Win Loss Win % Finish Playoffs
2004 41 17 .707 1st
2005 35 12 .745 3rd
2006 21 27 .438 5th
2007 24 20 .545 5th
2008 18 30 .375 6th
2009 19 21 .475 3rd Won NPF Championship vs USSSA Pride
2010 16 33 .327 4th Lost semi-finals vs Chicago Bandits, 0–2[4]
2011 6 32 .158 4th
Totals 180 192 .484


2011 roster
















NPF Diamonds roster

Players

Coaches/Other

Pitchers




  • 0 Kelsi Dunne


  • 11 Megan Gibson


  • 22 Rhiannon Kliesing


  • 21 Morgan Melloh


  • 20 Danielle Spaulding




Catchers




  • 10 Brittany McKinney


  • 12 Brittany Hile


Infielders




  • 33 Gionna DiSalvatore


  • 4 Brianna Hesson


  • 17 Loryn Johnson


  • 28 Biannca Mejia


  • 3 Aja Paculba


  • 8 Angeline Quiocho


  • -- Kristin Schnake


Outfielders




  • 7 Angela Findlay


  • 2 Jami Lobpries


  • 19 Jessica Bachkora






Manager



  • -- Tim Kiernan

Coaches
(')




Injury icon 2.svg 7-day disabled list


# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list


→ More MiLB rosters




References





  1. ^ [1]


  2. ^ "Rockford 2009 NPF Champs". August 24, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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  3. ^ "New NPF Team Returns Professional Softball To Northeast". National Pro Fastpitch. Retrieved 5 March 2013.


  4. ^ Adam Gierhart (August 27, 2010). "Bandits Do it Again". Retrieved August 28, 2010.




External links



  • Official Diamonds website

  • National Pro Fastpitch















Achievements

New championship

NPF Regular Season Champions
Texas Thunder

2004
Succeeded by
Chicago Bandits
2005

Preceded by
Chicago Bandits
2008


Cowles Cup NPF Champions
Rockford Thunder

2009
Succeeded by
USSSA Florida Pride
2010
















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