08/16/2026
🥎🔥📆 TODAY!! 16U Showcase Tryout Alert! D1 Players as coaches ON STAFF! Established 28/29 team! Experienced coaching with college connections. What if softball could help open the door to Harvard, Amherst, MIT—or the right college for your daughter?
We are looking for a Pitcher, Catcher, and a Utility or two to round out our strong roster. We are a 28/29 team but will consider a strong 2030. We are not just building a team to play tournaments. We are building a program that works relentlessly to create opportunities for our players.
Our schedule is intentional. We compete in major national showcase tournaments where college programs actively recruit, while also targeting events such as the New England’s Finest Showcase, which attracts Ivy League programs and many of the nation’s top academic institutions.
At our most recent tournament, coaches from 22 colleges—including Harvard, Yale, Amherst, MIT and Carnegie Mellon—came to watch our girls play. Six of our athletes were invited to college camps or campus visits. 4 athletes have spoken on the phone with coaches in the past week.
Want to play at a school like Harvard, Amherst or MIT? We’ll work our butts off to help you get there.
We do not believe anyone will work harder on behalf of their athletes than we will. Recruiting is personal to us. We help our players identify the right schools, connect with coaches, promote themselves, build relationships and navigate the entire recruiting process. Our girls are never left to figure it out alone.
Stop wasting money going to tournaments where coaches won't be. I have emailed over 600 college coaches to ask - "Hey, what tournaments are you going to this Fall?"
We are not simply trying to find our players the best softball opportunity. We want to help them use softball to pursue the best education, college experience and future possible.
Exposure matters. Relationships matter. Education matters. And having coaches who will fight for your daughter matters.
16U NC Crusaders Showcase Tryouts
Millbrook Exchange Park — Raleigh, NC
August 9 & 16 from 2-6PM
Complete the prospect form using the QR code, text Coach Watson at 919-672-8887, or register here:
https://www.nccrusaders.com/softball-prospect-form
