Paige has been an outstanding and decorated player in Manitoba from the moment she stepped foot on the diamond. While playing minor softball in Manitoba, she cleaned up when it came time for awards. She was awarded Softball Manitoba's Top Female U16 Player and Top Female Player U18 X2, Played on Team Manitoba's Canada Summer Games Team, was a 3-time Canadian National All-Star Player and was a Top 40 Athlete for Softball Canada's Senior National Program. Paige attended Valley City State University where she continued to excel. During her university career, she was named, NAIA DAC Freshman on the Year, NAIA DAC Player of the Year and Female Co-Athlete of the Year at Valley City State University. Post University, Paige started coaching AAA softball with the Smitty's Terminators. After many years, she transitioned to coaching in the off-season with Softball Manitoba's Academy where she has worked her way up to Lead Coach for the program. In the summer, you can find her assisting coaches complete their Coach Certifications as a Softball Manitoba Coach Learning Facilitator or playing softball for Team Canada's Women's Slo-Pitch Team.
Kayla has been involved with softball for 30 years. Over the years, she has held many roles such as player, coach, and board and committee member. While playing, Kayla participated in many Canadian Championships winnipeg 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals and received all star awards at these Championships. After high school graduation, Kayla played College Softball at Jamestown College and received Most Valuable Senior in her league during her senior year. Although she stopped playing competitively after College, her love of the game drove her to begin her coaching career. Kayla has had tremendous success helping her players to win 3 Softball Manitoba Provincial Championships and won Softball Manitoba's Coach of the Year Award in 2019. If all that wasn't enough, Kayla is the Lead Coach Developer for Softball Manitoba providing coach education through Softball Canada's Coach Certification Program. The love of the game is one of the main reasons Softball has been part of Kayla's life for such a long time and she looks forward to helping young females give back to the sport through coaching.
Shaye has been involved in softball for 15 years. Many of those years were spent playing, but her transition to coaching has been amazing. Shaye grew up playing for Manitoba Thunder, while also competing with Team Manitoba at the Western Canada Games and the Canada Games. Shaye went on to play softball for Mayville State University in the United States where she played 5 seasons. While at Mayville State, Shaye set multiple school records as both a pitcher and a hitter such as career strikeout leader (pitcher), most homeruns in a single game (hitter), most hits in a season (hitter), and the career homerun record (hitter). Shaye received numerous season awards including second team all-conference and golden glove as a freshman, first team all-conference and all-region as a sophomore, first team all-conference, all-region, and third team All-American as a junior, and first team all-conference and all-region as a senior. While Shaye had a wonderful playing career she has loved being able to coach and give back to younger players. Shaye currently offers individual and group pitching and hitting lessons throughout Winnipeg and Manitoba, helps with the Regional Skills Development Academy, and is a coach for the U15 AAA Manitoba Angels organization. Last year, Shaye coached the U16 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) team where they won the gold medal. Shaye is still new to the coaching world, but is excited to give back and help grow the game in Manitoba.
