Hi, my name is Jason Roberts, I am the head coach of the U-10 Diamond Express from Parkersburg West Virginia. We used the new Miken Rain bat all year and loved it. The bats performed great and gives our girls more confidence in their hitting. We had 5 Miken Rains of different sizes, the Miken Halo, and the Icon, but our favorite was the Rain. The head coach of last years’ U-12 but decided to split the girls and do both age groups. Being a first year team last year we had our ups and downs. The World Series tournament in Columbus, Ohio was unbelievable. We started the tournament getting beat 17 to 0 and 12 to 0. The team was just completely overwhelmed with intimidation. When Saturday came they started the same way but came back to play really good against a good team, this gave our girls confidence that they could play with the other teams in the tournament. The next day we beat the #2 seeded team in our bracket, we were the #8 seed. This game alone made all of us coaches proud of what our girls accomplished for the season. The team in the ASA tournament picture is the West Virginia Wild Ones (best team we played all year). We preach sportsmanship and respect and we got it from our girls on and off the field. This is just a small part of our story and we would love to have it shared with others in the softball world. Thank you for your time.
Jason Roberts
