2011 Season Overview

The Danes are looking for strong athletes who have the honest goal of playing college softball and are willing to make a commitment to learn and prepare for that goal.  The Danes are not for everyone, but for players who like intense softball, top coaching, strong committed teammates and a focus on player development; the Danes is a proven program with a resume of long term success in providing that experience

In their 15th year, the Danes will support only one 18U team, to ensure that every player who wears the Danes uniform and associates with the Danes is recognized as playing in an elite program.  We have tremendous goodwill and brand value in the Danes name, we take care to ensure that every player, coach and parent who represents our program helps to increase that brand value as an program of excellence.

All Danes players will be coached by Tim Husted and a strong experienced Danes coaching staff.  Coach Husted has coached at the college level, has developed all of the current Danes alumni and is well respected as a clinician for many college clinics.  Coach Husted does not have any children on the team and is an unpaid volunteer coach. 

The Danes are unique, and instead of tryouts; we’d ask you to review the "Join the Danes" section of the site.  In that process we’ll want to get to know the player, their goals and ambition and determine if there is a mutually beneficial opportunity.  

The Danes have a proven history of developing players not only who compete in college softball, but who are accoladed with post season awards like All Region and All American.  The Danes are not coaching for the benefit of a single high school program, solely to win a ASA State Tournament or for their daughter’s opportunity.  The Danes have a proven history of coaching for the benefits of the individual players in our program, our goal is to maximize the opportunities for each player’s future success in softball through teaching of proper mechanics, strategy and game understanding. 

We believe that the time, talent and treasures that go into a program like the Danes are truly an investment in the long term sustainable success of the student-athlete not only as a softball player through their college career but as a lifelong member of a larger community.   In the process of learning about the Danes, we’ll open our family to you; allowing you to discuss the program with current and former players and families.  We’ll allow you to ask questions and be candid in our response.  Our goal is to find the right kids to fill out our roster, not just the best kids.