San Jose Sting

Please go to our College Choices page to read more about the latest Sting players to reach their college dream!

Sting Coach Arnold Tellez (Kayla's coach for several years), Kayla and her parents approached Sting Coach Perales two years ago to work on a plan to help achieve her dreams of going to Princeton. Kayla had the academic portion covered with a lot of sleepless nights and studying relentlessly. Just as her goal was getting closer, Kayla tore her ACL last year and thought her dream of becoming a Tiger was vanishing; she was down, but she never quit!   

Sting Coach Perales said, “Kayla is a high achieving individual who could not accept failure.  We spoke quite a bit about softball being full of failure and we needed to work on accepting that fact first.”  She kept hitting and fielding with her knee brace on, using every opportunity to keep improving her game and it all paid off!  Kayla and her family found out over the holidays, from Coach Salcido, that Kayla was selected to play softball at the number one ranked school in the nation!  Kayla called Sting Coach Perales to give him and Kit the news and it was a moment that will be remembered forever!   

We thank Coach Salcido for believing in Kayla and want to congratulate Kayla and her parents Henry and Carol for a job well done!!!  Go Tigers!!!

Mo Duddy signed her NLI last month to become a part of the Marist College softball squad starting with the Fall 2012 season. Congratulations, Maureen!

Casey Lester has watched a fair share of fellow teammates and friends sign their names on the dotted line, finalizing their commitment to four-year institutions to continue their athletic careers. Lester said she cried at every one of them.
Flanked by flowers, balloons, old jerseys and photos, the Gilroy High senior softball player sat in front of about 50 friends and family inside the Cesar Chavez Library on the GHS campus Tuesday. It was her turn to scribe her signature on her Letter of Intent to play for LaSalle University. With no surprise, it took all of five words into her touching, albeit brief, "Thank you" speech before the tears took over.
"I had so much more to say, too," Lester said now laughing as her supporters gobbled up cake around her. "I just wanted to thank everyone who has had an impact in my life. My parents and the big influence they've had on me."
"I fell in love with LaSalle on my official visit in September," Lester said. "I'm so excited. The group of girls is so tight-knit and that's the type of team I wanted to go into - family oriented." The Explorers play in the Atlantic 10 Conference, which includes other teams such as Temple, George Washington and Saint Joseph's.

To read the rest of this wonderful article, please click on the link.....http://www.gilroydispatch.com/printer/article.asp?c=280892

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Mid-Pacific High school softball standouts Tasi Docktor and Keiki Carlos recently received their National Letters of Intent and scholarship forms for the University of Toledo and University of Hawaii at Manoa, respectively. 
"We are ever so grateful for all the support Tasi and Keiki have received over the years and happy to share this special moment with you," said Mom's Lori Carlos & Tino Docktor. "Tasi and Keiki have been best buddies since they first began their softball journey ... how appropriate to have them sign together."

With Bob and Kit Perales in attendance, both Vanessa Alvarez and Chiara Biagini signed on the dotted line to indicate their acceptance of offers to continue their softball careers at the collegiate level.

Casey Morris signed her NLOI during the early signing period, sealing the deal to attend and play softball for Sonoma State University.

    Class of 2013

• Annie Aldrete- University of Tennessee, verbal commitment
• Dana Bouquet- University of Notre Dame, verbal commitment
• Ashley Chestnut- UC San Diego, verbal commitment
• Kristen Clark- UCSB, verbal commitment
• Shawna McDonough- Cal Poly SLO, verbal commitment
• Kiersten Nordin- Cal Poly SLO, verbal commitment
• Andrea Reynolds- UC Davis, verbal commitment
• Lauryn "Lo" Saunders - UC Davis, verbal commitment
• Courtney Tyler- Cal Poly SLO, verbal commitment
• Taylor Yzaguirre- Colorado State University, verbal commitment

   Class of 2012

• Vanessa Alvarez - UC Berkeley
• Chiara Biagini - Santa Clara University
• Kayla Bose - Princeton
• Keiki Carlos- University of Hawaii-Manoa
• Jessica Chaulklin - Weber State
• Gretchen Diekman- UC Davis
• Tasi Docktor- University of Toledo
• Casey Lester- LaSalle University
• Casey Morris- Sonoma State
• Maureen "Mo" Duddy - Marist College
• Amanda Llerena- Sonoma State
• Alex Pingree- UCSB
   

Class of 2011

• Kendra Campbell - UC Davis
• Alyssa Chauklin- Colgate University
• Hayley Davis - Ole Miss
• Megan Hansen - Sonoma State University
• Katie Hoffman - Academy of Arts University
• Sylvia Llamas - Drexel University
• Sarah Lira - St. Mary's
• Gracie Marshall- Tufts University
• Lexi Medina - University of Mary
• Dani Randall - Humboldt State University
• Jessica Vest - University of Oklahoma 

For just celebrating their 10th anniversary last year, the San Jose Sting has certainly made a name for themselves in the highly competitive softball world! The following are some of the Sting's highlights:
- Has had one or more teams representing the San Jose Sting at Nationals/Gold Nationals for the past 9 years
- 14U team won 2010 Nationals, besting 156 team field
- Has sent over 50 players on to all levels of collegiate softball, with a strong emphasis on the right school/right player mentality
- San Jose Sting players represent champion high school programs, as well as, nationally ranked high school programs
- San Jose Sting players have been recognized as All State, All League, Gatorade State Player of the Year and All County

8-8-10 Moline, Illinois

What can we say - San Jose Sting outlasted 156 teams, lost only 1 game through all of it and came out on top, National Champions!!!! Norcal Baby! Allie pitched the game of her life and ended up with the gamewinning rbi to seal the deal. Some ESPN web gems were made by Lauren and Kiersten - Lauren had some incredible defensive plays behind the plate to prevent some late inning attempts by the Corona Angels to try to score - she protected her house!  The game was televised at the field and Kiersten made an incredible catch and then crawled to the plate for an additional out, as witnessed by the crowd on the replay! All in all, great softball was played and witnessed by those in attendance and on the field! Congratulations San Jose Sting 14U Perales for an AMAZING display of athleticism and poise! ASA Champions - sounds pretty great to me!!!!!!!!!

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The San Jose Sting is an independently operated 501(c)(3) Non-profit California Corporation and is committed to being a superior girl's fastpitch softball organization.