Scarsdale High School

Welcome to Raider Softball

This spring, Scarsdale High School will field two Softball teams:

Varsity is for the top softball players, who demonstrate the strongest skills and abilities, regardless of grade-level.
JV is for freshmen and sophomores to develop their skills and capabilities to give them the best chance to move up to the Varsity level.

Varsity Coach: Nadia Kemp, nkemp@scarsdaleschools.org nkemp@scarsdaleschools.org

Varsity Assistant Coach: Caitlin Wallace, swallace@scarsdaleschools.org

JV Coach: Jeff Quirk,jquirk@scarsdaleschools.org

JV Assistant Coach: Alyssa Valente, avalente@scarsdaleschools.org
Players must have cleared the gold card process in order to tryout.

Tryouts will take place at Scarsdale High School, either on the field at Greenacres or in the High School Gyms. Times will be determined by field availability and weather conditions.

Each player needs to have a softball glove and pants. Please bring a bat and a helmet if possible.

Players are expected to be present at all tryout sessions. Missing sessions will be incorporated into the coach's evaluation of players for the Varsity team.

Tryouts consist of assessments of individual softball skills. Players will be evaluated based upon a rubric encompassing the following: Speed, footwork, throwing strength, throwing accuracy, fielding, hitting for power, hitting for contact and Softball IQ. The coaching staff also tests the athletes for general athleticism. Players are also evaluated on their cooperation with other players and their ability to take direction from the coaching staff.
Softball is a commitment of about 2. hours per day, 6 days a week and occasional Saturday games and competitions. It is our expectation that athletes will be present for all team tryouts, scrimmages, practices, games and tournaments.

The regular season ends in late May for both teams. Varsity is then eligible for post-season play.