Marquee Player Program
Teams are permitted to extend their rosters beyond the 14-player cap through both the Marquee Player Pick-up program and Junior Development Player Pick-up programs.
For the Marquee Player program, players are required to meet the criteria below.
- Can be added by each team (to total 15*) to enhance their roster.
- Marquee player status is subject to approval by a technical committee.
- As a guide, the player should have competed in
- the most recent WBSC World Cup (men and women) event (underage or open),
- are an ISC (men) All-World team member (previous 2 years),
- current ISC (men) PRAWN or
- NCAA (women) Division 1 WCWS participant in the last 3 years.
The Australian Fastpitch Shootout welcomes proposals from teams for Marquee players who do not fall into these above listed categories. Proposals should be directed to the Tournament Director.