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Thomas Enoka, NorthEast Drillers, was the leading hitter at the 2025 ISC World Tournament, batting .667 with 8 hits from 12 at bats. He had 2 HRs, including a Grand Slam, a double and picked up 11 RBIs for the week. Fede Eder, STK Fastball, had the most hits for the tournament with 12. Alejo "Choco" Munoz, STK, led the tournament in home runs with five and had the Most RBIs with 15.

What a fantastic ISC World Tournament in North Mankato, MN at beautiful Caswell Softball Complex. Hill United Chiefs were dominant in winning back-to-back World Championships. The competition up and down the standings was fierce and the games were intense!

The 2025 PRAWN (Players Representative All-World Name) List is now available on the Rules Page in the PRAWN section. This list is updated every year with the current year's All-World Players and players who made All-World more than three years ago - and haven't made an All-World team in the intervening years - are dropped from the list. Teams are permitted to carry five PRAWN players, including one PRAWN pitcher. If a PRAWN player makes All-World again, he can stay with his team and the team can exceed the five PRAWN limit, but the team cannot add a new PRAWN player until it's total PRAWN count is below five. You can read the whole PRAWN rule, including exceptions, at this link .

The International Softball Congress (ISC) has released the 2025 PRAWN (Player Rep All World Name) list, which highlights the elite players named to the ISC All-World teams over the past three seasons. This includes selections for both Most Valuable Player and Most Outstanding Pitcher honors. View the 2025 PRAWN List: 👉 2025 PRAWN List (PDF) Review the full rules and eligibility requirements: 👉 iscfastpitch.com/rules

🎉 2025 ISC World Tournament Champions – Hill United Chiefs🏆 Second Place: Bear Creek Express Third Place: NorthEast Drillers Fourth Place: STK Fastball 🏆 ISC All World 2nd Team 🏆 OUTFIELD Jonathan Lynch - JDT First Energy Yusef Davis - Bear Creek Express Callum Beashel - Bear Creek Express INFIELD Lenny Villalvazo - Hill United Chiefs Manual Godoy - STK Fastball Ladislao Malarczuk - Bear Creek Gremlins Blaine Milheim - NorthEast Drillers Catcher Conredo Zanuttini - STK Fastball DP Jessin Potskin - STK Fastball Pitchers Devon McCullough - JDT First Energy Jorge Segura - STK Fastball Jack Besgrove - Bear Creek Gremlins 🏆 ISC All World 1st Team 🏆 OUTFIELD Thomas Enoka - NorthEast Drillers Bradley Ezekiel - Hill United Chiefs Alejo "Choco" Muñoz - STK Fastball INFIELD Luigar Pinto - Bear Creek Express Tony Gonzalez - Hill United Chiefs Fede Eder - STK Fastball Cam Schiller - NorthEast Drillers CATCHER Juan Zara - NorthEast Drillers DP Luchi Biondi PITCHER Marco Diaz - Hill United Chiefs Ty Sebastian - Bear Creek Express Huemel Mata - NorthEast Drillers 🏆 Best Dressed Team 🏆 Georgian Bay Giants 🏆 Frank Porth Team Sportsman Award 🏆 Kegel Black Knights 🏆 Kevin Herlihy Newcomer Of The Year Award 🏆 Ryan Bicknell - STK Fastball 🏆 Leroy Zimmerman Most Outstanding Pitcher 🏆 Marco Diaz - Hill United Chiefs 🏆 Cloe Coyette Most Valuable Player 🏆 Ty Sebastian - Bear Creek Express Congratulations to all of the ISC Award Winners!

🎉 2025 ISC Legends Champions – Cobourg Force! 🏆 Second Place: CR Brewers Third Place: All-Seasons Patriots Third Place: Highroad Excavating North Stars 🏆 Legends All Tournament Team - Players 🏆 Trevor McCabe - CR Brewers Ales Jelmar - All Seasons Patriots Tom Berube - Cobourg Force Corey Vey - Highroad Excavating Northstars Mike Brooks - Waterdown Hammer Terry Challis - CR Brewers Bart Fenstermacher - All Seasons Patriots Pat Shannon - Canada Maccabi Chris Miljavac - All Seasons Patriots Craig Crawford - CR Brewers Jeff Detta - Cobourg Force Mark Pothier - CR Brewers 🏆 Legends Leading Hitter 🏆 Dave Brownhill - Cobourg Force - AVG 0.657 🏆 Legends RBI Leaders 🏆 11 - Bart Fenstamaucher - All Seasons Patriots 11 - Gene Luton - Parksville Red Sox 🏆 Most Outstanding Pitcher 🏆 Grant Patterson - Cobourg Force 🏆 Ward Gosse Memorial Legends Most Valuable Player 🏆 Dave Brownhill - Cobourg Force Congratulations to all winners in the ISC Legends Tournament.

🎉 2025 ISC II Champions – Midland Explorers! 🏆 Second Place: Georgian Bay Giants Third Place: Junk Yark Dawgs Fourth Place: Grass Valley Greens 🏆 ISC II All Tournament Team - Players 🏆 Mike Ramirez - Grass Valley Greens Jessie Cornell - Midland Explorers Andrej Sokol - Junkyard Dawgs Tony Wark - Midland Explorers Wade Kewageshig - Georgian Bay Giants William Schaufuss-Johannson - Junkyard Dawgs Mac Mulvey - Georgian Bay Giants Matej Rysavy - Georgian Bay Giants Adam Buchner - Georgian Bay Giants 🏆 ISC II All Tournament Team - Pitchers 🏆 Taiga Onishi - Georgian Bay Giants Julian Reitober - Junkyard Dawgs Valen Mata - Midland Explorer 🏆 Jamie Boyd Memorial Newcomer Award 🏆 William Schaufuss-Johannson - Junkyard Dawgs 🏆 Leading Hitter 🏆 Cody Smith - Bar Buzz - AVG 0.600 🏆 ISC II RBI Leaders 🏆 7 - Tony Wark - Midland Explorers 7 - Aidan Yarde - Georgian Bay Giants 7 - Trent Kress - Junkyard Dawgs 🏆 Most Outstanding Pitcher 🏆 Taiga Onishi - Georgian Bay Giants 🏆 Bob McGowan ISC II Most Valuable Player 🏆 Tony Wark - Midland Explorers Congratulations to all winners in the ISC II Tournament.

The ISC is excited to announce the 2027 World Tournament is awarded to Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment! Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment’s new two-diamond complex, the JDT First Energy Veterans Memorial Fields on Chippewa-of-the-Thames First Nation, in southwest Ontario will be the main facility with additional games being played in Glencoe at Southwest Middlesex Recreation Complex. “We are really looking forward to visiting Bear Creek’s new venue to play our 2027 ISC World Tournament,” says ISC President Chris Santos. “We’ve always enjoyed going to new locations to showcase our great game of men’s fastpitch softball.” “Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment has a brand new ball park that they’ve built and they’re excited to show off this great facility to the softball world and to welcome all of the teams and the fans,” said Gregg Leather, manager of the Bear Creek Gremlins, on behalf of Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment. “We’re looking forward to building on the success that the Bear Creek organization is developing and everyone is really committed to making this a huge success,” continued Leather. “With the players who will be living and staying in the area for the summer, we’ll have the opportunity to do clinics and play in leagues and help the game to grow. There’s already a lot of great ideas.” It’s expected that there will be 36 teams competing for the ISC World Championship and the ISC II Championship with another 12-16 teams playing in the ISC 50+ Legends division. Teams and fans will be able to book accommodations in London, St. Thomas or Strathroy. For fans in the fastpitch hotbed of Ontario, it will be back-to-back ISC World Tournaments in their backyard. The 2026 ISC World Tournament will be played from August 8-15 in Kitchener. For more information on the ISC, please visit www.iscfastpitch.com. You can follow Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment on Facebook and other social media platforms.

The International Softball Congress is pleased to announce the three players, one administrator, one manager and one sponsor that have been nominated for induction into the ISC Hall of Fame at the 2026 ISC World Tournament in Kitchener, ON. Congratulations to Canadian players Jeff Ellsworth and Ian Fehrman, Argentine pitcher Lucas Mata, manager Jeff Borror, former ISC President Dean Oscar and long-time Gremlins sponsor Bruce Tanski in the Bob Welby Memorial Award category. Jeff Ellsworth, Albany, PEI, combined the gifts of speed, power, batting average and elite fielding over a 17-year career. He was selected to six All-World teams, twice to the first All-World team and four times to the second All-World team. Jeff was the Cleo Goyette MVP of the 2014 ISC World Tournament, winning one of his five ISC championships. Ian Fehrman, Townsend, ON, made every team that he played on better. In a game blessed with premier athletes at shortstop, Ian was a rock in the middle of the infield. Every one of his six All-World selections was to the first team – a huge accomplishment considering the quality of shortstops in the game. Lucas Mata, La Pampa, Argentina, was a trailblazer, among the first of the Argentine players to play in the ISC, paving the way for the multitudes to follow. Lucas was named to six ISC All-World teams, four to the first team and twice to the second team. He pitched his teams to five straight ISC championship games between 2003 and 2007 and was the Leroy Zimmerman Most Outstanding Pitcher in 2012. Dean Oscar, Reedsburg, WI, was the longest-tenured ISC President in the history of the organization, serving from 2007 and 2022. His clear thinking and calm demeanor helped him to lead the organization toward being leaner and more efficient. Dean always led the ISC to ensure that the organization was focused on meeting the best interests of players, sponsors and administrators. He can always be found at the ballpark on summer weekends enjoying the best game in the world. Jeff Borror, Shoreline, WA, had a storied softball career as player and coach, and was an outstanding leader on the diamond his whole career. He took over the managerial duties of the powerful Seattle franchise in 1989 when sponsorship changed to Seafirst Bank. In just two years under Jeff’s leadership, Seafirst won the 1990 ISC World Championship. Jeff managed the team until 1996 and the team was a perennial top contender in the powerful Norwest ISC Travel League and at the World Tournament during his tenure. Bruce Tanski, Clifton Park, NY, was the long-time sponsor of the Gremlins organization from 2007 – 2024, resulting in a tremendous run of success with three ISC World Championships in 2018, 2019 and 2023, five second-place finishes and a record-breaking 14 consecutive Final-Four finishes. A softball sponsor since 1970, Bruce also co-sponsored the Heflin Gremlins, Broken Bow Gremlins and Chicago-NY Gremlins. The 2025 ISC Hall of Fame Breakfast and Induction Ceremony will be held August 9, 2026 on the opening Sunday of the 2026 ISC World Tournament in Kitchener, ON.