We are pleased to announce that the Council for Standards in Human Service Education (CSHSE) recently received notification, effective January 27, 2014, that the Council has been granted recognition from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
NWSL became the first U.S. professional women's soccer league to reach nine teams with the expansion of the MLS-backed Houston Dash in 2014; expansion interest, particularly from MLS teams, has continued.
As a professional sport, softball has not garnered nearly as much recognition around the world as its comparable male counterpart, baseball. In the USA, there are only four professional womenâs softball teams today: Akron Racers, Chicago Bandits, USSSA Pride, and Tennessee Diamonds. These four teams make up the USA National Pro Fastpitch League (NPF), a league founded in 1991 by Jay Cowles as the National Fastpitch Association.