American Freedom

ains committed to our philosophy get recruited to the 'right fit' for that player without regard to division of play." In short, we believe we can be successful at the national level AND remain loyal to our players; committed to player development; and successful at college recruiting that makes sense for our players and their families. We are not critical of other models; it's just not our model. On the American Freedom, our players mean more to us than any college logo we can put on our list of American Freedom alumnae. We believe the key to long-term sustainable success is building teams and developing the players on our roster, not just recruiting new players. We will stick with our players and not simply try to recruit another, better player to replace you as soon as we have talked you into joining our roster. We also will never try to persuade you to take a small money offer at a big-time school if you (and your parents) believe the "right fit" can be found at a small school with big money, small money, or no money at all. Our success speaks for itself. Our model works. College coaches recruit our players. In fact, we rank among an elite handful of the nation's elite travel clubs by every metric. The 2017 Triple Crown/US College Player Index (CPI) ranked the AF Gold 14th nationally and 4th in Texas. The BCS-type poll tracks the nation's top travel clubs' actual placement of players in NCAA Div. I and II college programs during the last five years. The AF Gold was ranked No. 12 on the 2014 year-end CPI. We claimed up from No. 42 in 2013. We are among the youngest and fastest growing programs in the national Top 25. As a result, our AF teams consistently receive invitations to the nation's top tournaments and college showcases, including IDT Boulder, Diamond 9, Colorado Fireworks, Surf City, Atlanta Legacy, Rising Stars, and Ronald McDonald. Once there, our AF teams compete on the main complexes and in the top pools against the best teams in the country. As a result, AF players learn to compete at the highest national level and receive college exposure opportunities unattainable by many other travel club's players. In just 8 years of 18u Gold-level play, the American Freedom teams have signed/verballed an impressive 75-plus players to NCAA Div. I programs, and signed/verballed more than 200 players to college programs overall. The overwhelming majority of our players are on significant money scholarships. Only a small handful of elite programs nationally can make this claim. Our alumnae have competed in the PAC-12, SEC, Big XII, American Conference, Conference USA, Sunbelt, Southland, Missouri Valley, and other top mid-major Div. I conferences. Our players also have proudly played for nationally-ranked schools in some of the NCAA Div. II power conferences, including the Lone Star, Heartland, and Great American Conferences. One of our former players, Tori Charters, has competed in the European Cup with the Great Britain National Team and competed at the World Cup with the Canadian Jr. National Team. In November 2017, the American Freedom entered into a join cooperation agree with DFW Express Baseball. DFW Express is located in the largest indoor facility in the DFW area. The Railyard at ISA has over 36,000 square feet of instructional turfed area. It is located at 745 West Hurst Boulevard, Hurst TX 76053. DFW Express Director of Softball Operations Kevin Blaskowski will assume the day-to-day operations of the American Freedom Express with oversight over all American Freedom teams as the AF National Program Director. Blaskowski also will coach the 18u American Freedom Express Gold team. Blaskowski joined DFW Express in October 2017 after a 25-five-year career as one of the top collegiate head coaches in NCAA Div. II, including winning the 2014 NCAA Div. II National Championship while at West Texas A&M University. During his college career, he has amassed an overall record of 819-523. Blaskowski was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and Captain U National Coach of the Year in 2014. He has been named the Lone Star Conference Coach Of the Year three times, and in 2016, was named the NFCA’s South Central Region Coach of the Year. Blaskowski is considered one of the top offensive coaches in NCAA Division II softball. His teams perennially led the country in numerous offensive categories. Blaskowski’s teams hit over 100 home runs in 2014 and 2015. Only eight times has a team hit over 100 home runs in NCAA Division II. West Texas A&M is the only program to do it twice.