The 2024 Little League® season may have marked the celebration of 50 years of softball, but as we said at the end of that year, it was only the beginning and the historic #SummerOfSoftball we experienced in 2025 proved it to be true. Join us as we reflect back on this memorable summer journey, which all kicked off with the Girls with Game® Month in March.
Throughout the month, we showcased some of the incredible stories of our players and volunteers, checked in on the progress of some of our #GWG50 Grant Recipients, took an inside look at the first-ever LLSWS Champions with their visit to Greenville, and kicked off early registration for our 2025 Girls with Game Experience in October.
In April, we shifted gears and thanked the incredible volunteers who make our program possible, including the all-female grounds crew who make the Little League Softball World Series field such a memorable place to play each year.
April also marked a historic month with the launch of our new Little League Softball® Unlimited events, featured in four key cities as part of the overall AUSL “This is Legendary” Preseason Tour, helping fans learn about the league in their own communities while connecting young softball players to their role models. Each weekend throughout the month of April, local Little League Softball programs had the opportunity to learn directly from a group of AUSL players – including Oldsmar (Fla.) LL grad Aliyah Andrews – as part of a panel discussion before meeting and smiling for pictures with the young athletes. In addition to the off-field learnings, the Little Leaguers also had the opportunity to compete on the diamond using the scoring system developed by Athletes Unlimited and used during the AUSL All-Star Cup, including at the 2025 AUSL Pro Games at the Little League Softball World Series, Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.
Moving forward to May, Little League also saw two of its graduates — Devyn Netz and Raelin Chaffin — officially get selected during the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) Draft after earning their iconic “Golden Ticket” moment. Netz, a graduate of Sierra Madre (Calif.) Little League, was selected by the Bandits in the third round, earning the 10th overall selection in this year’s draft. Chaffin, who led her Bossier Little League (Bossier City, La.) team to the 2014 Little League Softball® World Series, earned the final selection in the…
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