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The 1997 WPF Drafts are a pair of player drafts held as part of the launch of the inaugural season of Women's Pro Fastpitch softball league. The first
1997_WPF_Draft
1998 sports season (softball)
The 1998 WPF Draft was the second annual collegiate draft for the WPSL/WPF's 1998 season, and was held on December 7, in Palm Springs, CA in conjunction
1998_WPF_Draft
Sports season
The 1997 Women's Pro Fastpitch season was the first season of women's professional softball for Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF). The season began on May 30
1997 Women's Pro Fastpitch season
1997_Women's_Pro_Fastpitch_season
American softball player
I career leader in home runs. Alo was drafted first overall by the Smash It Vipers in the inaugural WPF draft. Alo attended James Campbell High School
Jocelyn_Alo
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Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio on July 14. The 10-round 1998 WPF Draft was held December 6, 1997 in Palm Springs, CA. Georgia Pride selected pitcher Desarie
1998 Women's Pro Fastpitch season
1998_Women's_Pro_Fastpitch_season
10th Vice President of Kenya
(WDM) officially changed its name to the Wiper Patriotic Front (WPF). Kalonzo stated that the rebranding was intended to reflect the changing
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Professional league in North America
in 1997: Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson. Lisa Leslie was the longest-tenured player from the 1997 draft class; she spent her entire career (1997–2009)
Women's National Basketball Association
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Women's baseball league in the United States
announced in late October, and the first draft was conducted virtually in November 2025. Kelsie Whitmore was the first draft pick; she was selected by the San
Women's_Pro_Baseball_League
American softball player
Fouts was drafted, in the sixth round, 23rd overall, by the Smash It Sports Vipers in the 2023 WPF draft. On January 29, 2025, Fouts was drafted in the ninth
Montana_Fouts
Sports season
Softball League (WPSL). In 1997 and 1998, WPSL operated under the name Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF). After the 1998 season, the WPF (Women's Pro Fastpitch)
1999 Women's Pro Softball League season
1999_Women's_Pro_Softball_League_season
values (APF) - as the lower 95% confidence interval of WPF values. The results of measurements of WPF has been used in the development of APF by ANSI (for
Respirator assigned protection factors
Respirator_assigned_protection_factors
American softball pitcher
d1softball.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023. "Klingler Selected Second Overall In WPF Draft By Texas Smoke". pac-12.com. April 17, 2023. Archived from the original
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Baseball player
Cheek (born March 18, 1997) is an American softball player for the USSSA Florida Pride of the Women's Professional Fastpitch League (WPF) and an Assistant
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States since 1997.[citation needed] Currently the major professional league is Women's Professional Fastpitch. Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) is the
Prominent women's sports leagues in the United States and Canada
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Overview of sports opportunities in Orlando, Florida
causing the franchise to fold. Orlando is also the home to the NBA Pre-Draft camp, the NBA's Orlando Summer League, the MLB Winter Meetings, the NFL
Sports_in_Orlando,_Florida
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2008 National Pro Fastpitch season
2008_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2019 National Pro Fastpitch season
2019_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2013 National Pro Fastpitch season
2013_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2005 National Pro Fastpitch season
2005_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2014 National Pro Fastpitch season
2014_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2011 National Pro Fastpitch season
2011_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2009 National Pro Fastpitch season
2009_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Professional women's soccer league in the United States
sizes, while minimum salaries are around US$35,000 to 37,000. There is no draft system, and squads are primarily built with free agents. The league's matches
USL_Super_League
Public school in Texas, United States
champion) Dante Hall (1996) (NFL) Josh Huff (2010) (NFL) Janae Jefferson (2017) (WPF) Mike Jones (Rapper) Cartier Martin (2003) (NBA) Darrell Stewart Jr. (2015)
Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas)
Nimitz_High_School_(Harris_County,_Texas)
Sports season
under the name National Pro Fastpitch. From 1997, WPSL operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). When
2001 Women's Pro Softball League season
2001_Women's_Pro_Softball_League_season
ODBC, standard interface for accessing database systems
with (potentially) any programming language on a given platform. The first draft of the Microsoft Data Access API was published in April 1989, about the
Open_Database_Connectivity
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2004 National Pro Fastpitch season
2004_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2018 National Pro Fastpitch season
2018_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Advocacy campaign
are many partners such as with Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and Rutgers WPF, assisting in supporting the end to child marriages in Pakistan. RTE operates
Right_to_Education_Pakistan
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2010 National Pro Fastpitch season
2010_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Device worn to protect the user from inhaling contaminants
WPF studies frequently are conducted primarily to demonstrate "adequate protection" from a particular make and model respirator. Thus, in effect, WPF
Respirator
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under the name National Pro Fastpitch. In 1997 and 1998, WPSL operated under the name Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF). In October 1999, the WPSL announced a
2000 Women's Pro Softball League season
2000_Women's_Pro_Softball_League_season
American women's soccer league (2009–2012)
allocation. A general draft was held in October, followed by a combine for college seniors and undrafted players in December, a post-combine draft in January, and
Women's_Professional_Soccer
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2007 National Pro Fastpitch season
2007_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2016 National Pro Fastpitch season
2016_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Professional soccer league
National Women's Soccer League which continues to this day. List of WUSA drafts Women's Professional Soccer National Women's Soccer League Women's sports
Women's United Soccer Association
Women's_United_Soccer_Association
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2015 National Pro Fastpitch season
2015_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
publishing activities, changing its name to the WPF in 1911. As with the Carnegie Foundation, the WPF limited its activities largely to research and publication
Woman's_Peace_Party
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softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2006 National Pro Fastpitch season
2006_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Sports season
softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2012 National Pro Fastpitch season
2012_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Basketball played by women
tells the story of Lusia Harris, the first and only woman ever officially drafted by the NBA. Hoop Dreams —A 2025 documentary about two undocumented young
Women's_basketball
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softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2017 National Pro Fastpitch season
2017_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
Professional women's softball team
(2020) Seasons before 2004 NPF League Relaunch Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) 1997 1998 Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL) 1999 2000 Touring teams WPSL All-Stars
California_Commotion
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before resuming competitive play. From 1997 to 2002, the league operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
2003 National Pro Fastpitch season
2003_National_Pro_Fastpitch_season
over the Montreal Stars. On August 12, 2010, the league hosted its first draft, following a reorganization of the league, held at the Hockey Hall of Fame
Canadian women's ice hockey history
Canadian_women's_ice_hockey_history
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps from either of two medicinal and edible plants commonly known by this name (Arctium lappa and A. minus). However, the word is not recorded in OED before 1597, rather too late for surname formation.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
A String Pf Pearls
Boy/Male
Muslim
Faithful
Surname or Lastname
Northern Irish
Northern Irish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mealláin ‘descendant of Meallán’, a personal name that is a diminutive of meall ‘pleasant’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise.Dutch (van Mellon) : habitational name from Millun bij Keulen.Thomas and Sarah Jane Mellon came to Pittsburgh, PA, from Lower Castletown, Tyrone, Ireland, in 1818. Their grandson, the industrialist and financier Andrew William Mellon (1855–1937) is remembered not only as a businessman but also as an art collector. He served as secretary of the Treasury from 1921 to 1932.
Boy/Male
Irish
The Irish version of James. Many well-known Irishmen have been called Seamus including the 1995 Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney. The Nobel prize in Literature was awarded for his “â€works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.â€â€
Surname or Lastname
English
English : most probably a habitational name, either from a variant spelling of Wortley, or alternatively from places in Essex and Somerset called Warley, named in Old English with wær, wer ‘weir’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, or from Warley in the West Midlands, which is named with Old English weorf ‘draft oxen’ + lēah.
Boy/Male
Indian
Faithful
Male
French
Possibly a French form of Latin Marcus, MARROK means "defense" or "of the sea." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a knight who was also a werewolf. In Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, "Death of Arthur," (1469-1470), there is a single line mentioning this knight; it reads as follows: "Sir Marrok the good knyghte that was betrayed with his wyf for she made hym seven yere a werwolf."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a dam or weir on a river (Old English wær, wer), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Ware in Hertfordshire.English : nickname for a cautious person, from Middle English war(e) ‘wary’, ‘prudent’ (Old English (ge)wær).English : Robert Ware came to Dedham, MA, from England in or before 1642. Henry Ware (1764–1845), born in Sherborn, MA, was a Unitarian clergyman and theologian and father of the physician John Ware (b. 1795) and two clergymen, Henry (b. 1794) and William (b. 1797).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Woolcot in Somerset, possibly so named from Middle English wolle ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’.Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, Gupehegh in Middle English. This is named with the Old English personal name Guppa (a short form of Gūðbeorht ‘battle bright’) + (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’. The tropical fish denoted by this word was named in the 19th century in honor of R.J.L. Guppy, a clergyman in Trinidad who first presented specimens to the British Museum.The earliest known bearer of the name is Nicholas de Gupehegh (Somerset, 1253/4). Most if not all present-day bearers of the name are thought to descend from a certain William Guppy of Chardstock, Devon, who in 1497 was fined forty shillings for his alleged part in the rebellion of Perkin Warbeck.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Bertram.A Bertrand from La Rochelle, France, is documented in Cap Rouge, Quebec, in 1666; another, from the Saintonge region, is documented in Charlesbourg in 1685. A bearer of the name from Normandy was recorded with the secondary surname Saint Arnaud in Batiscan in 1697. Another is documented from the Poitou region in 1697, and one from Guyenne is recorded in Laprairie, Quebec, in 1699 with the secondary surnames Raymond and Toulouse.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Tart.French : metonymic occupational name for a maker and seller of fine pastries,
from Old French tarte ‘tart’, ‘pastry’.Possibly
an altered form of Tartre, a regional variant of Tertre,
a habitational name from a common place name meaning ‘height’,
‘hill’.A Tartre with the secondary surname
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places called Worsley, in Lancashire and Worcestershire. The former, which appears to be the main source of the surname, is probably named from the genitive case of an Old English personal name of uncertain form (probably with a first element weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’) + Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. The first element of the latter is probably from the genitive case of Old English weorf ‘draft cattle’ (a collective noun).
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
Wif of Lord Shiva; Goddess Parvati
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Windsor in Berkshire, Broadwindsor in Dorset, or Winsor in Devon and Hampshire, all named from an unattested Old English windels ‘windlass’ + Old English Åra ‘bank’.Windsor is the surname of the present British royal family, adopted in place of Wettin in 1917 as a response to anti-German feeling during the World War I. The original surname of Edward VII (and hence of George V up to 1917) was Wettin, his father, Prince Albert, being Prince Wettin of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The family took the name Windsor from the place in Berkshire, England, where Windsor Castle is a royal residence. There is unlikely to be any royal connection for American bearers, however: the name was an ordinary English habitational surname for centuries before this event.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.A John Choate who emigrated from England in 1643 and settled in Ipswich, MA, was the ancestor of several prominent 19th century Choates, including Rufus Choate (1799–1859), who was one of the organizers of the Whig Party in MA, and Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917), U.S. ambassador to Great Britain.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
Boy/Male
Australian, Christian, Teutonic
Surname and Place Name; The House of Windsor has been the Ruling Family of the Uk Since 1917; From Windsor; Landing Place with a Windlass
Boy/Male
Irish
The Irish version of James. Many well-known Irishmen have been called Seamus including the 1995 Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney. The Nobel prize in Literature was awarded for his “â€works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.â€â€
1997 WPF-DRAFT
1997 WPF-DRAFT
Female
Esperanto
Esperanto name KANDAJHA means "made of candy."
Female
Bulgarian
, Jehovah's gift (or grace).
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Alice, ALYSE means "noble sort."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Like Paris, Fairy or like a fairy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Northrup. This is the most frequent form of the surname in the British Isles.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Carrier of a Staff
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Tamil, Telugu
An Suspicious or Handsome Woman
Girl/Female
Tamil
Abhigjna | அபீகà¯à®œà®¨à®¾
Wisdom
Girl/Female
Assamese, Indian, Tamil
As Beautiful as the Peacock (Peahen)
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Digit of the Moon
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n.
A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
a.
Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.
v. t.
To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf preemption.
n.
a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
n.
A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera.
n.
A method pf printing in colors upon wood for purposes of house decoration.
n.
A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.
imp. & p. p.
of Draft
v. t.
To transfer by draft.
v. t.
To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
a.
Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.
n.
any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques.
a.
Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts.
a.
Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.
n.
The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Draft
a.
Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
n.
A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc.
a.
To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.