Langhorne Lightning Girls Fastpitch Travel Softball

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The Langhorne Lightning is a dynamic competitive travel organization focused on the whole athlete. We have brought into our organization former college players to lead our training and player development. The focus of our program is to ensure our athletes have a great experience and have the opportunity to play softball at the college level. We look forward to seeing you at Community Park for the upcoming 2020-21 season.

Thanks to everyone that came out to tryouts this year. The Langhorne Lighting is proud to have 7 travel teams this upcoming season. Stay tuned for a new website coming soon. If you are interested in supporting or playing for Lightning Travel Softball please contact me directly at markshubin@langhorneaa.org

Thanks,

Mark Shubin

LAA Softball President

Coaching Staff

12U (Second Year Team) Coach Scott Miller

Scott has been coaching travel softball for 5 years. His first head coaching experience was with the Newtown ROCK 10U. From there, he moved to the Banshees 10U as their Assistant Coach for two years. He is currently the head coach of the Langhorne Lightning 12U team. Before coaching softball, Scott was an AAU baseball coach for the Bucks County Red Sox.

14U (First Year Team) Coach Sally Miller

Coach Sally is the Current Head Softball Coach of The College of New Jersey. Miller ranks among the winningest active coaches in Division III by percentage and total victories. With a career log of 635-325-3, she boasts a win percentage of .661.

Coach Sally's profile can be found here

14U Coach Lauren Creamer

My name is Lauren Creamer. I began playing softball when I was 5 years old and began playing travel ball at 8. I played at Neshaminy High School from 2009-2013. While there, I was named to a SOL Conference team in my sophomore through senior years. I was also inducted into the Trenton Softball Hall of Fame in 2013. In my senior season, my team and I made it to the state championship game at Penn State. After high school, I continued my softball career at Susquehanna University, where I was a four-year starter. Freshman year, I played first, third, and right field. Sophomore through senior year, I split my time between first base and being the DH. I was named Landmark Conference Player of the Week 6 times within my four years. I was also named to the Landmark Conference first team all four years. I am also lucky enough to break and tie multiple records held by the school. These records include home runs, sacrifice bunts, doubles, and batting average, among others. After college, I went on to my dream job of being a math teacher. I currently teach Geometry at Philadelphia Academy Charter High School. I’m looking forward to pushing these young ladies to be the best versions of themselves, both on and off the field!

14U Futures Coach Andy Waskie

Andy Waskie will be the Head Coach for the 14U 2nd Year Futures Team. He's been with the Langhorne Athletic Association for over 7 years and has been both an assistant and Head Coach in the organization. Andy was hired to be the Maple Point Middle School Varsity Coach and has assisted with Neshaminy High School during their winter workouts. The 2nd Year 14U Futures team will compete at the highest levels in USSSA, PGF, USA/ASA and more with the goal of being competitive at a National Tournament in 2021. Andy will be joined by Tom Gearhart and several former college/high school players looking to give back to the game and help a young team grow and succeed. Any questions can be sent to Andy at 215-869-3502 or via email at alternatedimensiontoys@gmail.com

14U Futures Coach Grace DeRosa - Former Penn State Brandywine

Grace DeRosa joins the Langhorne Lightning program for the 2020/21 season. Grace was a Four-year varsity softball player at Cheltenham High School and earned two All-Conference awards, including First Team as a junior in 2014. She claimed the Holden Award as Cheltenham's top softball player in 2015 and led Cheltenham to a Suburban One title in 2014. She also won the ASA Pennsylvania state title in 2014. Grace played in college for Penn State Brandywine. DeRosa threw the first perfect game in Brandywine softball history in 2017 in a victory over Penn State Wilkes Barre. The perfect game came just less than 48 hours after she fired a no-hitter against the same Wilkes Barre squad. Her major was Elementary Education.

https://www.psubrandywineathletics.com/sports/sball/2016-17/bios/derosa_grace_iupq

16U Coach Erin Quense

Erin Quense is a graduate of West Chester University (2010-2015) where she was a member of the golden rams Softball team for 5 years. After redshirting her freshman year, Erin went on to become the starting catcher for the Golden Rams. In 2014, the West Chester Golden Rams won Regionals, Super Regionals and went on to play at the D II Women’s College World Series where they finished 6th in the country. Erin was named to the all-tournament team for the Women’s College World Series. Erin was also an NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.

Today Erin is a middle school special education teacher in the School District of Philadelphia, who enjoys giving back to the game she loves.

Coach Dana Knapp

Dana Knapp is a graduate of both Kean University (2015-2017) and Mercer County Community College (2012-2015).

At Mercer, Dana earned the Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) Division ll player of the year award. After transferring to Kean in 2016, Dana broke her school's single-season home-run record.

That year she was also awarded NFCA Third-Team All-American, NFCA First-Team All-East Region, First-Team All-ECAC, and First-Team All-NJAC.

In 2017 and 2018, Kean was nationally ranked in the top 10 division lll softball teams. After completing her undergraduate degree, Dana returned to Kean to join the coaching staff. Dana coached at Kean University from 2018-2020. Dana also obtained her Master’s from Kean University in 2020.

Dana is looking forward to helping young women become the best version of themselves on and off the field.