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COLLEGE COACHES 162 coaches from 117 colleges and universities in 18 states attended the 2017 showcase, the complete list can be viewed at: http://18tourney.stingraysfastpitch.com/content/2017-college-coach-atten... LOCATIONS 18U & 16U Premier Division games @ Fred Beekman Park (8 lighted playing fields) 2200 Carmack Road The Ohio State University Campus Columbus, OH 43210 16U Premier Division games @ Hilliard Municipal Park (8 lighted playing fields) 3800 Veterans Memorial Drive Hilliard, OH 43026 14U Premier Division games @ Hilliard Municipal Park (8 lighted playing fields) 3800 Veterans Memorial Drive Hilliard, OH 43026 14U Futures Division games @ Pickerington Central High School (4 playing fields) 300 Opportunity Way Pickerington, OH 43147 12U Rising Stars Division games @ Pickerington North High School (4 playing fields) 7800 Refugee Road Pickerington, OH 43147 10U Starting Stars Division games @ Coffey Road Park (4 playing fields) 2027 Coffey Road The Ohio State University Campus Columbus, OH 43210 TEAMS 18U Premier = 48 teams @ 43' pitching distance, games start @ 9:30 am Friday 16U Premier OSU = 16 teams @ 43' pitching distance, games start 8:00 am Friday 16U Premier Hilliard = 32 teams @ 43' pitching distance, games start @ 2:00 pm Friday 14U Premier = 32 teams @ 43' pitching distance, games start @ 8:00 am Friday 14U Futures = 24 teams @ 43' pitching distance, games start @ 9:30 am Friday 12U Rising Stars = 24 teams @ 40' pitching distance, games start @ 9:30 am Friday 10U Starting Stars = 24 teams @ 35' pitching distance, games start @ 9:30 am Friday AGE GROUP PLAY-UPS Teams must indicate their true age eligible status on their application form. Age eligible is defined as the age group a team will play its state tournament or national event in. The rules of engagement for play-ups are as follows: 18U Premier Division - any 16U age eligible team may apply to play in this division. 16U Premier Division - only 16U age eligible teams may apply to play in this division. 14U Premier Division - any 14U age eligible team may apply to play in this division. 14U Futures Division - any 14U age eligible team may apply to play in this division. 12U and 10U age eligible teams are not eligible to play up. The full selection committee will make the final decision on a team's play-up application. If a team has applied for a play-up slot but is not granted that slot by the selection committee, the team can decide whether or not to accept their invitation to play. As for having two 14U playing sites, 14U Premier will be targeted towards, but not limited to, 2nd year 2003 14U teams (2021 high school graduates). 14U Futures will be targeted towards, but not limited to, 1st year 2004 14U teams (2022 high school graduates). Hilliard Municipal Park is located 8 miles (25 minutes travel time) west of the OSU campus. This playing site was added to address college coach requests for having a closer grouping of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 athletes than we were able to achieve with just the OSU and Pickerington Central playing sites which are 45 minutes apart. FORMAT The showcase will be a (5) game minimum. There will be (4) pool games with teams seeded into a single elimination bracket. See Showcase Rules for an explanation of the seeding procedure and the 18U Premier/Platinum split. Schedule requests and changes will not be able to be accommodated. Weather permitting, championship games are scheduled to start at: 18U Premier @ Fred Beekman Park = 2:00 pm start 18U Platinum @ Fred Beekman Park = 2:00 pm start 16U Premier @ Hilliard Municipal Park = 2:00 pm start 14U Premier @ Hilliard Municipal Park = 2:00 pm start 14U Futures @ Pickerington Central = 2:00 pm start 12U Rising Stars @ Pickerington North = 2:00 pm start 10U Starting Stars @ Coffey Road Park = 2:00 pm start The Master Field Schedule can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. SHOWCASE OFFICIALS All games will have (2) umpires except for the championship games which will have (3) umpires. ENTRY FEE 18U Premier = $850 US ($1130 CAN) entry fee 16U Premier = $850 US ($1130 CAN) entry fee 14U Premier = $850 US ($1130 CAN) entry fee 14U Futures = $695 US ($935 CAN) entry fee 12U Rising Stars = $695 US ($935 CAN) entry fee 10U Starting Stars = $575 US ($785 CAN) entry fee The entry fee must be a personal check or money order made out to "". All teams will be notified via e-mail that their application and entry fee have been received. Teams should pay for the division they apply for. We will make entry fee adjustments after the selection process if need be. Refunds will not be made after your team has been accepted into the showcase. For Canadian teams, if paying the entry fee in Canadian dollars, the entry fee is the US entry fee plus a $50 US international check processing fee that our bank charges converted to Canadian dollars based on the Bank of Canada August 27, 2017 exchange rate. Canadian teams are encouraged to pay in US dollars. CHECKS Checks will not be cashed until teams have been notified in January of being accepted in the showcase. Teams must respond by e-mail that they will accept the invitation and any requirements attached to it. All communication regarding the showcase will occur via e-mail. Checks for teams that we are not able to provide a playing slot for will be torn in two separate halves and photo copied for our records - the torn check halves will be shredded. We will not be able to return un-cashed checks. Thank you for understanding. DUE DATE The online application process will close at 11:59 pm Eastern Time Zone on Saturday January 6th, 2018. All entry fees must be postmarked by Saturday January 6th, 2018. The selection process will not begin before this date. Selection will not be done on a first come, first served basis. SELECTION Selection will be determined by committee only. Many criteria will be used to determine the final showcase field. Every year it is a painstaking process that we approach with a great deal of effort. Among the factors to be considered will be strength/results of your actual 2017 playing schedule, strength of your proposed 2018 playing schedule, completeness and honesty of paperwo...