If you read some of the posts in this thread and listen to the mindset expressed it becomes painfully obvious why many kids wash out of softball programs in the first year.
The main reason kids wash out in the first year is because they can't handle both the academic plus the athletic workload. Between workouts, school, mandatory study tables (which is double the time for freshmen), and practice my dd's typical day is 14 hours long. Some kids just can't handle that........