THE WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON TUESDAY TO APPROVE SOFTBALL AS AN OFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORT IN WYOMING.
ACCORDING TO THE CASPER STAR TRIBUNE, DISCUSSIONS BEGAN AFTER A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT PREDOMINANTLY OUT OF CODY. KEITH UNGRUND, CODY PRIDE CLUB PRESIDENT AT THE TIME, AND A GROUP OF SOFTBALL PLAYERS IN ARIZONA HELPED LEAD A VIRAL SUPPORT CAMPAIGN ORIGINALLY TITLED “#WHYNOTWYOMINGSOFTBALL” STARTING IN AUGUST 2018. PARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6 VOTED IN FAVOR OF ADDING HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL LAST NOVEMBER.
“THE WHSAA APPROVING SOFTBALL IS A VICTORY FOR THE GIRLS ACROSS THE STATE OF WYOMING,” UNGRUND TOLD THE STAR-TRIBUNE. “THE MOVEMENT THAT TOOK BREATH AGAIN IN AUGUST OF 2018 WAS A UNIFIED EFFORT OF GIRLS TO DEMONSTRATE TO THEIR SCHOOL BOARD THE LEVEL OF INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.
“WYOMING JOINS 48 OTHER STATES WHO OFFER SOFTBALL AS A HIGH SCHOOL SPORT. WE THANK THE WHSAA AND ALL THE SCHOOLS WHO WORKED WITH SOFTBALL SUPPORTERS TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.”
THE FIRST OFFICIAL SOFTBALL SEASON WILL BE PLAYED IN THE SPRING OF 2021.
