Texas Charge
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| League | National Pro Fastpitch |
| Location | San Marcos, Texas |
| Ballpark | TSU Bobcat Softball Stadium |
| Year founded | January 8, 2015 |
| League championships | 0 |
| Coach | Crystl Bustos |
| General Manager | Scott Smith |
| Media |
Fox Sports Southwest News Radio KLBJ 590 AM |
The Texas Charge are a women's professional softball team based in Texas. The team began play as a member of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) with a game on June 3, 2015.
The team began play in the 2015 season as the Dallas Charge. They were initially headquartered in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas area, with most home games at The Ballfields at Craig Ranch.
Inaugural season
When the Dallas team was publicly announced, NPF also revealed its general manager would be Kevin Shelton, who has years of experience heading the Texas Glory youth program.
The Charge hired former Olympian Jennifer McFalls to be their first head coach. Later, Chez Sievers was added as an assistant coach.
Jolene Henderson signed with the Charge in January 2015, becoming their first player.
Other transactions included signing former Texas Longhorns shortstop Taylor Thom, and the Charge trading their fourth round pick in the 2016 NPF Draft to the Chicago Bandits for catcher Kaylyn Castillo. Later, infielder Natalie Villarreal became the first player from the Dallas area to join the Charge. Then, the Charge signed pitcher Morgan Melloh, who had played the previous three years in the Japan Softball League after spending 2011 and 2012 in the NPF. The club then added five-year veteran Angeline Quiocho.Texas Tech's all-time home run leader, outfielder Mikey Kenney, and pitcher Bailey Watts were next to join. Texas native and catcher Molly Fichtner, and pitcher Sarah Purvis of Georgia Southern were the next additions to the Charge.
Dallas' next signings were international ones. Australian National Team pitcher Vanessa Stokes signed with the Charge. She is the first indigenous softball player ever to pitch for Australia, and the first Australian to sign with the NPF. Next, the Charge set their sights on Japan. Olympic gold medalist outfielder Eri Yamada and the Japan League's 2013 and 2014 Catcher of the Year Kazuki Watanabe joined the Charge. Both played with the Chicago Bandits in 2013.
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