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Miami Valley Xpress Softball is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization focused on assisting young women throughout the Miami Valley to achieve their athletic and academic goals through participation in Fast-pitch softball.

- That Final Post -At the beginning of our summer season, I announced my decision to no longer coach summer ball in the ...
07/22/2025

- That Final Post -

At the beginning of our summer season, I announced my decision to no longer coach summer ball in the coming season. There were many factors that went into what was a hard decision but ultimately after the journey we have had and how fortunate I have been in travel softball to be blessed with the kids and families I have had it just felt like the right time. We have been really fortunate to have little turnover, amazing families, and great organization support from Miami Valley Xpress and the Miami Valley Sports Foundation. If you know me at all or have been around the team you know I absolutely love these players and coaches, and they love each other. It was not an easy decision when I made it, and has not gotten easier this week as we approached the end of what has been an incredible piece of our lives well worth putting all the time an effort we did into it. I will never forget the emotions of our last night on the field.

While this was tough, I am confident for those that go on in softball are going to do great. It is true…we won a lot, we lost as well, have plastic trophies, fancy rings, a lot of first HR balls, drawers full of red, white, and blue uniforms but not of those things really matter. I am 100% confident the time we spent together, the memories made, and the relationships between our families and players was the point, the purpose, and is what matters the most. I have so many incredible stories of friendship and support in our ball family. Our team is full of families that have truly supported us and one another. Thank you all, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts…all of you. Your support and the time and energy you put into being there means so much.

I won’t miss the summer sun beating down, dirt everywhere, blazing turf, and especially not some of the showcase tournaments. I am going to miss practice, players sharing what is going on in their lives, and being picked on by players for everything you could imagine. I have also learned coaching teenage girls, and this is one to remember coaches: Sarcasm is a love language. I can’t believe I am going to say this, but I will actually soon be missing those eye rolls. I will miss the laughter, watching so many of these amazing young women grow up before our eyes. If you were here for 1 year, or 8, I hope you know you got our all, and we are always pulling for your success on the field and in life.

I also want to thank the incredible coaches that I have had with me in this Journey. I have had the opportunity to do this with best friends from the past, make new best friends for the future, and all because of softball. I got to see coaches graduate from college, start careers, grow their own businesses, get married, and have their first children. I always tell my players we might not be making the next pro, but we are likely making the next coach. I believe that and believe they will be amazing at it when the time comes. It has been incredible to see all the life that has bloomed around our team. It was so great celebrating those moments with you, and I will never forget it. Thanks – Josh Parrett, Amanda Hartings, Hannah Brown, Gabby Hougan, Maddy Twymon, and Amy Anyanwu. You all left a mark on me and the team over the years. Thanks for sticking by me in the Wins, and the Loses, our best days, and our worst. It is because of you that we sustained our success and formed the team bond we did. You have all taught me things I will never forget, and it was a pleasure doing this with you. I have so much respect and appreciation for you all.

It would be crazy for me not to thank two other people. The person who pulled me into Xpress and has taught me so much about softball, coaching women, and what it means to coach, leading with love for your players first. Alexis Harvey. Coaching-wise, I found a kindred spirit there, and while we never had a team together, it often felt like our teams were one. She has been my softball rock, or my softball wife, as my wife says. The other is my wife. Thank you, Lindsay Coffey for all your sacrifices and letting me fill so much of our lives with ball. When I started doing this at 22 I had no idea you would share me with this passion so much, and for so long. I can’t thank you enough for letting me.
This has been an incredible experience, and I am grateful for you all letting me be a part of your journey here with Miami Valley Xpress 08. This is our end, but for all our players just the beginning of the incredible lives they have ahead of them. We wish you all nothing but the best.
Thank you – Rod, Rodney, Rod-dog, Coach Coffey, Coach

Had a great ending to the 2025 season. The team finished 2nd at the Mardi Gras event after a 5-game win streak. It was a...
07/21/2025

Had a great ending to the 2025 season. The team finished 2nd at the Mardi Gras event after a 5-game win streak. It was a great tournament for the team, ending the summer for us. I couldn't be more proud of their performance and the energy we committed to in the last two weekends. As I thought it would, it just took some time to get back to where we were, but together we did and as it tends to happen, the best was at the end. It was a very emotional night for everyone and just a special evening together celebrating what has been an incredible experience. So many extended family members and folks made it to be there at the end. I can’t begin to describe the last game experience or emotions. I thought they may just have to lock us in the park because no one wanted to leave. Evey thank you and hug in those final moments made all the years of work worth it. Our families are just incredible and have raised incredible young women. So much to be proud of. When people talk about what travel ball should be, this was it. A true family sharing a positive experience and creating memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you all so much!!

#22 Aubrey Coffey. What can I say, Aubrey is the original. She has meant so much to the team over the years and progres...
07/18/2025

#22 Aubrey Coffey. What can I say, Aubrey is the original. She has meant so much to the team over the years and progressed in the game through a lot of hard work, and having to play for dad which always brings a little extra time at the field (or a lot), and having really high expectations. Brey started as a pitcher, turned full-time first baseman (she was a head taller when they were younger) and in recent years has become quite the outfielder. She was always willing to put in the work outside the field to get better, and enjoyed the work of practice. She shows up to compete, albeit quietly when she was younger, and much louder now. Her bat has consistently contributed to the lineup, and she has so many critical hits to blow games open, or secure wins over the years. She is the first to do all the little things right, hustles on and off the field, picks her teammates up, drags all the buckets, nets, etc. all over the park. Most of all Aubrey is just an incredible teammate and human being. I am biased. So many players have leaned on her, and built special bonds over the course of our team being together. We don't know any different than to spend our summers at the ball field and travling together. I will miss debriefing the game, hanging in the hotel just her and I, late night snacking, the car rides, and knowing we had 3 months together doing what we loved. There has been nothing like this, and I would not trade it for the world. This has been so special for us, and I thank #22 for putting up with me and just being awesome. Thanks BREY!! - Love Coach -

#20 Mariem Mezni. Mariem joined us just as she started playing softball. I will never forget watching this little girl ...
07/18/2025

#20 Mariem Mezni. Mariem joined us just as she started playing softball. I will never forget watching this little girl chuck a ball from right to left field (sidearm, I might add) at 8 years old and thinking she could probably be pretty good. Boy was she. Mariem has evolved so much as a player, spending her start in OF, then as a 2nd baseman for years to her eventual position at SS the last three years. She has always been the team baby as our sole 09 and you would never guess it. Offensively, we have gotten to watch her be our speedster, our bunter, and then our power hitter. She started hitting HRs and just never stopped. She is a really good player, and matches it off the field. I have gotten to share so much time with this player and family on and off the field over the years, and their support and hard work mean so much. Mariem would always be the first to ask for the extra practice, come with us to 11:00 pm hitting gauntlets, and thrived in my three-hour summer workouts. She has been here near the whole time, and has been the definition of what we hoped to achieve, developing athletes and people. We have traveled together all over the place, and I am going to greatly miss every summer weekend together. She has extremely high goals in softball and life, and is on track to hit them all. I am so proud of how far we have come together Mariem, and I know you're going to do great in your next phase of softball. Thank you #20!

#88 Leigha Marie Combs. 8s joined us in 2020, which was the year the team really started to come together. What I love ...
07/17/2025

#88 Leigha Marie Combs. 8s joined us in 2020, which was the year the team really started to come together. What I love is that Leigha joined us as what we thought would be middle on the depth chart pitching-wise, and by the summer, had earned the starting role and became the staple of our pitching crew from then on. Our summer girl would shine in the sun (especially in our combined favorite place, Gulf Shores), where she continued to help the team collect wins year after year. The Combs came to us with Xpress lineage, and we are so proud to have continued that with Leigha and her family. They have all supported the team through a lot of growth, including my own. When not snacking in the dugout, my bud has kept me and her teammates smiling with a great sense of humor and the most positive disposition. She is special for sure, and we just know our future Hygienist is going to crush it out there in the real world. In the sunshine! Thanks so much, Leigha and Fam, for an incredible experience together. I will miss this smiling face next summer. The team's journey would not be the same without you.

#14 Alivia Rupp. Liv joined us in 2021, and I will never forget her tryout. Straight out of the dugout, she outhustled ...
07/17/2025

#14 Alivia Rupp. Liv joined us in 2021, and I will never forget her tryout. Straight out of the dugout, she outhustled everyone, and in her pitching tryout, I really believe she was inventing pitches on the fly. Liv started her travel ball journey with us and never looked back. A small ball specialist on offense, she was easily able to break games open with an unexpected bunt or a HR. One of my fav HRs, an evening in Gulf Shores! She liked to remind us about her gymnastics skills when she was younger and has continued to use those, making incredible diving plays, or this season stretching it at 1st. She has been our most consistent pitcher, a true spinner with great accuracy. Liv has also been one of the players who could just play ball every day. I always loved that Liv would attend most winter open gyms, and just find other Xpress players from the younger teams to help and teach. She has been a great big sister to many players. I will miss Liv's bubbly personality, and when the team needs a little boost, Liv can find a way with a great play or a little grit to get it. We share a level of, let's say, grit as well, which made high-pressure games a lot of fun for her and I. So many great moments with Liv. Thanks #14 for a great softball journey together! You are going to do great things with your future!

#12 Maddi Robinson, our loudest singer, first in on Karaoke, and although some would argue the team creative. Maddi joi...
07/16/2025

#12 Maddi Robinson, our loudest singer, first in on Karaoke, and although some would argue the team creative. Maddi joined us in 2022, and at her tryout, we just knew she was going to work hard for us. We had no idea we would also have the best times with her. She sacrificed to be with us, not knowing where she would play, but quickly became our starting 2nd baseman and, for my money, was a part of the best MIF we have had. Maddi was immediately electric at the plate, beginning what was a continuous string of consistency, including many home runs. She was also one of ours that reliably did the work outside of our team, and on the field, never gave less than 100%. Our head first diver was such a hustler that she just may be the player I have mistakenly gotten thrown out the most at home. Sorry Maddi! What a great, fun player. I will miss watching Maddi with her teammates. While quiet with her coaches, you can often steal a look at her just having a blast. Our hardest Celebrator for sure, and she gives plenty to celebrate. Thanks, Maddi for a great three years, and we will look forward to seeing you out there next year!!

#55 Sydney Powell was the final piece in 2022 to complete the core group that would carry us on the next three years. S...
07/16/2025

#55 Sydney Powell was the final piece in 2022 to complete the core group that would carry us on the next three years. She was the perfect fit. A great attitude, a hard worker, and a bundle of talent. Fast, versatile in the field, and just a lot of fun to coach Sydney made an impact on her team on the field and her coaches off it. She quickly became our starting 3rd baseman and never looked back. With her range, great arm, and quickness, she is incredible on the hot corner. Sydney's passion for the game and hard work are great, but her huge heart for people is what truly makes her special. It has been such a special time together watching her evolve as a player and a person. Syd is going to continue crushing it on the field, and we are excited to be there cheering her on! Thanks Syd for all your hard work!

#99 Zoey Anyanwu joined us in 2022 after playing with us once and a while years earlier. As expected, Zoe filled a spot...
07/16/2025

#99 Zoey Anyanwu joined us in 2022 after playing with us once and a while years earlier. As expected, Zoe filled a spot our squad needed instantly. Her ability to play anywhere and contribute offensively was awesome. As the puzzle came together, Zoey became our starting 1st baseman and catcher, always keeping runners at bay. Her athletic abilities on the field are always on display, but it was the energy and positivity she brought to the team that made the biggest difference. I was always excited at the potential to have Zoey on our team and her family in our ball family. It has been an incredible three years getting to do just that. Thanks, Zoey and the Anyanwus!

#32 Mackenzie Cake. My bucket hat-wearing buddy has been with us since 2022. Mack filled the catcher role we needed, a...
07/15/2025

#32 Mackenzie Cake. My bucket hat-wearing buddy has been with us since 2022. Mack filled the catcher role we needed, and with a punchy swing, immediately contributed to the offense. She has been a staple behind the plate, controlling the game, the umpires, and her team. Unbeknownst to most, Mackenzie has quietly been one of the biggest player advocates for her teammates I have ever had on a team. She felt what her teammates were feeling, and made sure they were heard, and getting taken care of. A great player is more than just what happens on the field, and Mack made a huge difference for us in the dugout. I will miss our summer talks between games and her incredibly inquisitive nature. Mack is going to do great things off the field after softball, and we can not wait to hear all about it! Thanks, Mackenzie for an incredible three years together.

#27 Amara Erbaugh joined us in 2023 as a true lefty catcher and outfielder. She was looking to compete at a higher leve...
07/15/2025

#27 Amara Erbaugh joined us in 2023 as a true lefty catcher and outfielder. She was looking to compete at a higher level and challenge her game physically and mentally. Boy, did she. Amara, in her first year, added slapping to her offensive game and showed baserunning skills that have continued to help the team. She also, after a time, contributed to a great OF more than her time behind the plate. Her sacrifice and hard work were notable. Most importantly, and what I am most proud to have witnessed was Amara's growth as a player mentally. The belief in herself and ability to buy into the process showed in one of the biggest offensive turnarounds at the plate I have seen from a fall to summer. She continues, and will continue to be successful, and she is always one of the first to pick a teammate up when they're down. So proud of you Amara. Thank you!

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