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2024-2025 Travel Iformation


Travel Tournaments at Champion Fields

Join USSSA and PlayTime Sports Events for a fun weekend of fall ball. 

3GG. Sign up via the USSSA website. 

 

Information about the BNGSA Travel Program:


Recent BNGSA College Recruits

Hundreds of BNGSA athletes have continued their softball careers in college.

These BNGSA athletes will continue softball at the next level:

 

 

Angels 05             

 

High School             

College                           

Grad Yr 

Kenna Trower

Tri-Valley HS

Drury University

2023

Lexi Corcoran

Normal Community

University of Maine

2023

Kendyl Hurt

Salt Fork HS

Heartland Community College

2023

Emily Branson

Normal West

Avila University

2023

Elyssa Stenger Central Catholic Illinois Wesleyan 2023

 

 

 

Angels 04                  

 

High School             

College                           

Grad Yr 

Jaelyn Blakemore

Streator

University of Dubuque

2022

Kaitlyn Egenes

Normal Community

Eastern Florida State

2022

Brenna Elgin

Olympia

Grace College

2022

Lindsey Fischer

Quincy Notre Dame

Quincy University

2022

Katy Hendricks

Meridian

Parkland Community College

2022

Taylor Henry

Unity

Lake Land College

2022

Madi Kessler

Heyworth

Illinois Central College

2022

Raeghan Morefield

Heyworth

Heartland Community College

2022

 

 

Angels 03                  

 

High School             

College                           

Grad Yr 

Danielle Bogle LeRoy Heartland Community College 2021
Savanah Clifton Clinton Illinois Central College 2021
Alison Kern Normal Community Illinois Wesleyan University 2021
Rylee McGonigle Normal West Upper Iowa University 2021
Lindsay Rogers Normal West North Central College 2021

 

Angels 18U                  

High School             

College                           

Grad Yr  

Ella Fletcher Normal Community South Florida State 2021

Elizabeth "Elly" Maier

Clinton

Eureka

2020

Mackenzie Nelson

Normal Community

Rock Valley

2020

Elena Rolley

UHigh

Grace College

2020

Makaylea Sepich

UHigh

Monmouth

2020

Kaci Shickel

Normal Community

Heartland College

2020

Cassie Sprout

Normal West

St. Ambrose

2020

Bailey Turner

Normal West

Illinois Wesleyan

2020

Ashley Wheeler

Mahomet

Anderson University

2020

 

BNGSA Matrix             

High School             

College                           

Grad Yr  

Taylor Bagnell LeRoy St Louis Comm College 2020

Charly Warlow

LeRoy

Millikin

2020

 

BNGSA Xplosion                 

College                                                                    

Shelby Fulk

Illinois Wesleyan University

Skielyr Trenkle    

Millikin University

Brea Walker

Illinois Wesleyan University

Madie Sims

Lincoln Land Community College

Sam Seggerman

Illinois College

Becca Wagner

Illinois Wesleyan University

Amanda Rogers

Illinois Wesleyan University

Allison Cagley 

Eureka College

 

BNGSA Angels JV              

College                                                                    

Andrea Coursey

Illinois State

Morgan Day

Illinois State -- transferred to Oklahoma State

Emme Olson

Illinois State

Mackenzie Leonard

Illinois State -- transferred to Florida State

Ellie Weltha

Illinois State

Katie David

Illinois Central College

Alexis West

Illinois Central College

Alex Perez

Millikin University

Natalie Cokel

Illinois-Springfield

 

 


Want to be a Travel Umpire?

The BNGSA sponsors multiple USA Softball qualifier tournaments annually at Champion Fields/Maxwell Park in Normal. Over 350 games are played from April to the weekend prior to Independence Day. Umpires are supervised by a trained UIC. The Bob Daniels umpire shelter is the umpire's home base.  Changing rooms, bathroom, shower, food and drink provided.

The BNGSA travel program also plays weekday/weekend doubleheaders against opponents from Central Illinois. Over 50 doubleheaders are traditionally on the schedule. April through October. 

To be considered for assignment to these games you must:

  • Register annually with USA Softball of Illinois, pass a mandatory background check and complete SafeSport training annually
  • Be in good standing with USA Softball of Illinois and the BNGSA
  • Attend a Local Points Tournament Clinic held at various locations in the state (March - May)

The assignor for weekday doubleheaders and tournament games is Jeff Keller.