Diamond Sports Academy
Announcing 2021 College Commitments
Brooke Becker Trinity Christian University
Christine Butler Newberry College
Stephanie Chavez Judson University
Julia Czart St Xavier University
Chloe Erwin St Xavier University
Alyssa Fox Indiana Tech University
Jasmine Freeze Concordia University Wisconsin
Emma Hicks Illinois State University
Ella Hoffman William Jewell College
Grace Kmak Saint Louis University
Emily Monahan Loras College
Lindsay Morgan Keiser University
Lilly Mucha Heartland CC
Peyton Pepkowski Loyola University
Kayla Richardson Union College
Lauren Sackett Indiana State University
Morgan Slavicek Prairie State College
Grace Vowell University of Wisconsin Stout
Emma Young Lewis University
We are so proud of all of our student-athletes! Please join us in wishing them a heartfelt congratulations!!!!
Do you want to improve your softball skills and
do you want to be part of the highest level of
softball by playing with one of our New Lenox
Lightning teams? Come join us for tryouts!
Age: 12U (Includes 11U)
Day/Date: Tuesday, July 20th
Times: Pitchers/Catchers 3:00pm -5:00pm
Position Players 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Age: 14U
Day/Date: Wednesday, July 21st
Times: Pitchers/Catchers 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Position Players 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Age: 16U
Day/Date: Tuesday, July 20th
Times: Pitchers/Catchers 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Position Players 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Age: 18U
Day/Date: Wednesday, July 21st
Times: Pitchers/Catchers 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Position Players 6:00pm - 9:00pm
The tryouts listed above will be held at:
Freedom Park
7835 Timber Drive
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Freedom Park tryouts will be held on turf so please bring turf shoes or gym shoes! NO SPIKES WILL BE ALLOWED!!!
We also have a couple of teams based out of St. Charles, IL.
The tryouts for our North Side based teams will be as follows:
Age: 12U
Day/Date: Thursday, July 22nd
Pitchers/ Catchers 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Position Players 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Age: 16U
Day/Date: Thursday, July 22nd
Pitchers/Catchers 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Position Players 6:00pm - 9:00pm
The tryouts listed above will be held at:
East Side Sports Complex
3565 Legacy Boulevard
St. Charles, IL 60174
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Woohoo! Let's Celebrate! We are so excited to announce our 2018 Class is signed and ready to play at the next level! Here is our 2018 Class along with what Universities they will be attending in the fall!
Lauren Anderson Santa Clara
Lydia Byrd Wisconsin Parkside
Alyssa Cacini Dayton
Alexis D'Ambrosio Missouri - KC
Kristin Kavalauskas Lewis
Maggie Kehoe Western Michigan
Allie Kennedy Illinois Benedictine
Jessie Kiefor Ball State
Mackenzie Mahy Northern Illinois
Anna Perry Lamar
Savannah Rodriguez Western Illinois
Maya Seifert Yale
Lexie Siwek Indiana State
Kristi Stevenson Saint Louis
Madisen Tucker Saint Francis
Claire Weeks Augustana
Congratulations to our 2019 class as we send them off to college!
We are so proud of you! Best of luck as you move forward!
Samantha Mallinder - Northern Illinois
Delaney Ostrowski - Northern Illinois
Gabby Gedville - Winona State
Brianna Luciano - Winona State
Kaitlin Lynch - Grand Valley State
Abby Gracia - Western Illinois
Jordan Jones - Trinity Christian
Ambria May - Illinois Weslyan
Alexa Sherlund - North Central
Delaney Jacobson - Roosevelt
Emely Martinez - St. Xavier
Arianna Lopez - Loras
"If you believe enough in the process SUCCESS
will come to you. You just have to be willing to see
it through to the END."
The New Lenox Lightning offers teams at 12U , 14U, 16U, 18U and 18Gold. The New Lenox Lightning is a fast-pitch softball organization that travels throughout the country playing the best competition at the Class A and Gold levels! The Lightning plays PGF, ASA, Triple Crown and an array of the best College Exposure tournaments in the country! We expect to qualify and participate every year in either PGF Nationals or ASA Nationals along with playing in the ASA Junior Olympic Cup. College recruiting is the major focus for every coach from 14U - 18U. The New Lenox Lightning has one of the highest, if not the highest success rate for placing our student athletes in the college or university that fits each player best! We are very proud of every one of our players that play in NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA or JUCO. The New Lenox Lightning is based out of New Lenox, Illinois.
The mission of the New Lenox Lightning Girls Fastpitch Softball Program is to teach our student-athletes the fundamental way to play fastpitch softball at an elite level while emphasizing high values, as well as developing personal growth and character of all our student athletes.
The New Lenox Lightning Girls Fastpitch Softball Program encourages attitudes of self-discipline, group loyalty, good sportsmanship and personal integrity along with an appreciation for goal oriented hard work, motivation, a feeling of pride in personal achievement along with respect for all individuals.
The New Lenox Lightning Girls Fastpitch Softball Program also encourages a sense of personal pride in each student-athlete becoming the best student they can be. There is a reason why our players are student-athletes rather than athlete-students. EDUCATION is the number one priority of this organization!
These Seniors are ready to take their
game to the following Universities:
Sydney Barnett Loyola
Evie Calderon Lewis
Amaya Chavez Elmhurst
Emily Dato Northern Illinois
Mia DeTolve Lincoln
Devin Dubsky St. Xavier
Isabella Egizio Lehigh
Christine Eliopulos Missouri S & T
Kara Frencl St. Xavier
Isaballe Garcia Illinois Chicago
Reili Gardner Illinois State
Kamryn Gonzalez La Sierra
Samantha Gwiazda Nicholls State
Hanna Hicks Illinois State
Morgan Hoppe Charleston
Grace Mosele Indianapolis
Lauren Mosele Indianapolis
Molly O'Sullivan Swarthmore
Alexus Reese St. Xavier
Mia Signore Roosevelt
Alexis Smith Arkansas Pine Bluff
Hannah Spreitzer Lewis
Katie Weisheit St. Olaf
We are so proud of each and every student/athlete as they have committed themselves to working so hard both athletically and academically! Congratulations to every player and family!!! #LightningPride
PLAYER2PLAYER CAMP
On December 28, 2019 we held our latest chapter of our Player2Player Camp. This camp is important for the lineage of our organization! Our instructors are entirely made up of former players who are now in college playing softball at the next level! We are so proud of these player/instructors! They take such pride in communicating with present Lightning players. It gives the present Lightning players the opportunity to ask questions and talk with the college players about their experiences and what it takes to play at the next level! This year's instructors and what university they attend are listed below:
Abbey Kruzel Indiana State
Alyssa Graves Butler
Gabby Gedville Winona State
Taylor Stevens Purdue Northwest
Cierra Taylor Lewis
Mackenzie Mahy Northern Illinois
Crystal Guzman Wisconsin Green Bay
Lexi D'Ambrosio Missouri Kansas City
Kristin Kavalauskas Lewis
Sam Mallinder Northern Illinois
Alyssa Garcia Butler
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