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STRETCH GOAL: $10,000! Help UNI Softball reach its new goal of $10,000 by August 24. The additional funds will support equipment like tees, balls and other training devices for the indoor hitting facility.
The UNI Softball team does the majority of its off-season training indoors at a recently renovated indoor facility equipped with state-of-the-art pitching machines. The facility is a huge asset to the program, as it enables student-athletes to work out as a team and as individuals. However, it is hard to get the feel for hitting and pitching outside inside the facility. That can change with the purchase of Rapsodo.
Rapsodo is a cutting edge technology that is used by premier programs such as Alabama and Oregon. It can track a pitcher’s pitch movement and the distance a batter’s contact would travel. While the fundamentals would be the same, Rapsodo allows student-athletes to train more effectively and efficiently and brings the field view indoors to give more realistic feedback. Rapsodo measures, tracks and evaluates student-athletes in real time and stores the information. This allows for instant coaching and the ability to see growth over a week, season and year-to-year.
This technology will be a game-changer for the UNI Softball team and will be another tool that will help the team compete and win at the highest level. Please make your gift today. Go Panthers!
*All funds raised that exceed the project's goal will support UNI Softball equipment needs
The first 100 people to give at this level will receive a signed 2019 team poster.
The first 30 gifts at this level will receive a UNI Softball NIKE Golf Hat.
The first 50 gifts at this level will receive a UNI Softball team t-shirt.
The first 20 gifts at this level will receive a UNI Softball Batting Practice Jacket quarter-zip.
Gifts at this level will receive an official UNI Softball wood bat signed by the team.
Gifts at this level will be honored by throwing out a “first pitch” at a 2019 UNI Softball home game, and be in the dugout for the game.
A gift at this level will receive a signed game jersey.
A gift at this level will be able to travel with the team to Ames, IA when UNI Softball faces Iowa State in a midweek non-conference game on Tuesday, April 16 at 4 p.m.