Established in 1994, the Naperville Diamonds is a competitive girls' fast pitch softball program for players 7-18 years of age. It is our philosophy to provide girls the opportunity to play competitive, fast pitch softball at levels consistent with their skills.

Our program stresses development of softball skills and strives to build each player’s self-esteem through team sport. Our teams, and the placement of players, are designed to foster an environment where the players will gain a sense of accomplishment, develop good sportsmanship and team work.

Competitive teams and competition in softball requires not only our commitment to the players to provide the best atmosphere possible for them to showcase their skills and talents, but a similar commitment from players to play competitively and be active participants in Diamond functions, team meetings, practices, games and tournaments. An additional commitment to volunteer in Diamonds activities is desired from the parents and families of our players.  We are a volunteer organization. 

Competition, naturally, can be measured by wins and losses, player statistics and trophies.  Wins and losses, however, seldom govern the decisions made by our organization. The Diamonds Board devotes hundreds of hours of personal time deciding matters that, we believe, benefit players and the long term goals of the Diamonds.  While ultimately statistics may determine what team a player is assigned from one season to another, our coaches do not govern their team decisions solely on the basis of statistical data. We display our trophies proudly as a representative of the hard work and commitment made by our teams, organization, families and patrons.

Consistent with this Mission Statement is our desire to develop excellent softball players. Many of the junior varsity and varsity softball players in the area high schools play for the Diamonds.  Many of them attain All Conference, Most Valuable Player and similar honors at these schools. Many of our alumni play softball for various universities and colleges. We feature College Exposure and Tournament Teams as representative of our elite softball players. These teams travel throughout Illinois and the United States to play softball against similarly talented teams. Tournament B teams play in “B” level Tournaments and also travel throughout Illinois and the United States. Unlike other softball programs, the Diamonds also offer developmental teams in our SWS League (In-House) teams and we are extremely proud of our CHIPS program (8 and under league). 

We group teams in two year increments at the age levels of 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U.  Our CHIPS program is a developmental program for 8U. Age cut off is January 1 for all levels.  Often, the hardest decision that the Diamonds have to make is the number of developmental or in-house teams and players. The problem we face is simple: Our ability to field SWS teams is limited to the number of qualified managers on hand. We are one of the first organizations in the area to make this statement to our players and their families.

We invite you to reach out to any of our board members, coaches or parents if you have any questions regarding the Naperville Diamonds.