announcement!
Sweet Sixteen, present by Bownet
Welcome to the Diamond Direction Sweet Sixteen, the ultimate travel softball event of summer 2025, designed for clubs to practice, showcase, and compete. This event is where ambition meets opportunity, allowing your athletes to display their skills in front of the country’s top college coaches, marking the beginning of their recruiting journey.
Our partnership with Bownet ensures that all you need to bring to Kansas City is your team and their personal gear. Each field will be fully equipped with buckets of balls for both teams, tees, big mouth Bownets, and other training tools for an optimal practice and showcase experience. This hassle-free arrangement means there’s no need to carry your equipment around; we’ve got everything covered.
In addition to Bownet’s support, our technology partner, tagup, enhances the event with cutting-edge sports technology solutions. Athletes and teams will benefit from advanced analytics, video recording, and performance tracking, providing a professional-level experience and exposure. tagup’s tools are designed to capture every play, highlight individual talents, and facilitate seamless recruiting interactions.
Join us at the Sweet Sixteen event to kickstart the summer recruitment season, where athletes can make a lasting impression on college coaches and pave the way for their future in softball.
Nate Eaton
Owner
diamonddirectionevents@gmail.com
Emily Lipsett
Co-Founder & CEO
emily@tagup.com
our event
We are enhancing the game. Next-level technology for media, exposure, recruiting and ratings powered by tagup.
Leaderboards
Showcasing players with the most video uploads for individual play types on tagup.
Exposure
Player profiles, built around poignant information and video, designed to drive engagement through shareability.
Metrics
National Metrics Leaderboard. Speed, Agility, Throwing, Swing, Pitching, Cathing and Stregth.
Recruiting
Dynamic search engines and a feed of recently uploaded content that power a strong connection between recruiters and recruits.