RGSL was a spring league only, with limited schedule and facilities. Testing the waters, Fred ran an advertisement in the local papers, looking for 11 and 12 year old girls interested in playing summer fastpitch softball. The rest is history. Forty girls showed up for tryouts, so many that two teams were formed, and the Redbirds Girls Softball Club was born. More importantly, the Redbirds have aided girls where it really counts, in the education process.
Several girls are in colleges today because softball provided the means for financial aid.
The current 18u team will have girls attending Colgate, Elon, UVA, Mt. St. Marys, Radford, Chowan and Harvard where all will be playing softball. This year Fred took the team, including the four rising high school seniors, to Boulder, Colorado, where they received needed exposure to the over 200 college coaches in attendance to scout and recruit. Each year, the Redbirds attend three tournaments solely for the purpose of college exposure. It's an important exercise, and needless to say, it gets expensive. Fred spearheads the fundraising and is particularly proud of the fact that no girls are prevented from playing because of financial needs.