Due to a lack of players, the Whitman women’s club softball team is not competing this spring. The team has not played any real games since the fall of 2007, but hopes in years to come to be able to rebuild a team.

“We tried a little bit at the beginning of this school year, but we never had more than four players at any practice,” explained senior Linda Mummy. “Then the girl who had been putting practices together left Whitman.”

The team, when it was running, was organized by captains and did not have a coach. Practices were a couple times a week and were worked around the busy schedules of the players.

“The girls on the team are of mixed experience,” said junior Kristianne Chavez, who was left in charge of the team when the previous captain left. “We had some who had played a lot in high school to those who had never played at all until last year.”

Many team members graduated last year, which Chavez points to as one of the largest problems in keeping the team together.

However, the club softball team has not given up, and encourages anyone who is interested in playing to contact Chavez at [email protected] or check out the Web site at whitman.edu/club_softball. The Web site has not been updated since the team was last in existence, but still gives useful information including press releases written about the team when they were still competing consistently as well as pictures of the former team.

“If it would be possible to save this team, it would be awesome,” said Chavez. “Mostly we like to go out there and have a good time; it’s not about being the best team. We just like being out in the sunshine throwing the ball around.”