LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The American Collegiate League (ACL) has signed on as a new NFCA Official Sponsor.
“We are pleased to welcome ACL as our newest Official Sponsor,” said NFCA Executive Director Carol Bruggeman. “For many years, collegiate softball student-athletes did not have an organized option for competition during the summer months. Thanks to ACL, there is no longer a void for competitive summer collegiate fastpitch leagues. The ACL provides student-athletes with a quality option to continue on-field development and high-level competition outside of the college season. Ryan Moore is a visionary in the softball space. Creating and sustaining the ACL will enhance the softball experience for many student-athletes and their respective collegiate programs, for many years to come.”
ACL
will have a prominent presence at the Association’s in-person events, including the NFCA Convention and NFCA Coaches Clinics, as well as the NFCA’s website, NFCA.org, in publications, and at all other NFCA events.
“With multi-cultural regional teams around the country, the ACL provides a summer experience for an athlete to increase her development and success of a career along with enhancing the representing college program's ability to strengthen,” said Ryan Moore. “We have seen many lives changed, college national championships impacted with participating summer athletes and now the ACL is proud to align this partnership with the NFCA providing national representation, uniting with more opportunities and resources at all levels for these collegiate athletes and programs around the country.”
The American Collegiate League is the national body of governance for regional collegiate summer league softball. Established in 2022, the ACL is the first for-profit collegiate league to exist while focused on competitive collegiate softball summer play, player development, player experience and the growth of the overall game.
“We have seen tremendous growth in summer collegiate fastpitch since the inception of the pioneer league, the Florida Gulf Coast League, which now has become a cornerstone region of the ACL,” said Ryan Moore. “The American Collegiate League embodies national regional fastpitch leagues throughout the country in which each ACL regional league competes in unity allowing consistency in all facets of the game and experience for each of the league's athletes, coaches and also fans.”
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