The Calvary Softball Story

In a state that takes its softball seriously, Calvary Baptist Academy has built something rare: a program that wins year after year, decade after decade, with girls drawn from a single private Christian school.

And in 2026, the program is not merely sustaining excellence — it is reaching national prominence.

From Porta Potty to National Top Five

In 2012, Tiffany Wood took over a softball program that had no locker room, no running water, no concession stand, and a temporary building with no steps. She was twenty-one years old. She had no head coaching experience. What she had was a vision and a willingness to build.

Her father, Greg Frazier, became her right hand. Together they built the early facilities by hand — putting up walls in a temporary building to create a coach’s office, adding wooden steps so players could climb into the above-ground locker room, eventually adding indoor batting cages, covered bullpens, and an artificial turf infield. Greg Frazier has now served as his daughter’s assistant coach for thirteen of her fifteen seasons. Harold Johnson has coached with them for twelve years. Jessica Gann is now in her third season.

“We had a porta potty, no locker room, and an empty t-building with no steps. We had no running water. There was no concession stand. We had a small Coca-Cola trailer on the back of a hill. That was our concession stand.” — Coach Tiffany Wood, on inheriting the program in 2012

From that foundation, the wins followed. After two years of building, Calvary made its first playoff run in 2013. Ten consecutive trips to the state tournament followed. The first state title came in 2016, an 8-4 win over Holy Savior Menard. The Lady Cavaliers have not stopped winning since.

The Record

  • 8 state championships under Coach Wood
  • 6 consecutive Louisiana state championships 
  • Currently ranked #2 nationally on MaxPreps Xcellent rankings
  • 37-1 overall record in the 2026 season
  • Career coaching record for Coach Wood of 400–89
  • First state title won in 2016; the run has not stopped since
  • In the last three years, a record of 109-4

The College Pipeline

A high school softball program that wins consistently is one thing. A program that develops players to the college level is another. Calvary has done both.

Lady Cavaliers alumnae have signed to play softball at:

  • University of Arkansas — Ramsey Walker (2024)
  • University of Georgia — Kynzee Anderson (2026)
  • University of Central Florida – Carlie Guile (committed; 2027)
  • Louisiana Tech University — Emily Daniel (2017)
  • Northwestern State University — Marissa Reed (2018) and Danni Jo Lynch (2024)
  • McNeese State University – Mallory Carver (committed; 2027)
  • Grambling State University – Tavia Leadon (2023)
  • Louisiana State University-Alexandria – Brylee Kelly (2020) 
  • Mercer University – Kassidy Moore (2020)
  • Centenary College – Lizzy Lafisca (2015) and Nichole Gauntt (2018)
  • Louisiana College – Taylor Hammock (2016) and Bree Newman (2018)
  • Ouachita Baptist University – Jordan Fielder (2016) and Sarah Chamberlain (2017)
  • Central Christian College (Kansas) — Baylee Blackburn (2024)
  • Snow College (Utah) – Tiffany Williams (2015)
  • Meridian Community College (MS) – Paige Gipson (2013)

This is what a program looks like when it is built deliberately, sustained over years, and given the resources to develop talent. The Lady Cavalier Softball Fieldhouse will deepen this pipeline. Every year a Calvary player walks onto a college field, this entire community feels it — and so does the next generation of Calvary girls watching from the stands.

National Validation

In 2024, Calvary earned its first national ranking, finishing the season at #2 nationally per MaxPreps following a 35-2 season and a state title won in a 10-9 marathon over Houma Christian. The 2025 season was, somehow, more dominant: a 37-1 record, a 12-0 no-hitter from senior pitcher Kynzee Anderson in the state championship, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association ranking the team #2 nationally for the second consecutive year, MaxPreps placing them at #7, and Sports Illustrated at #10. Anderson was named the MaxPreps Player of the Year for the State of Louisiana.

The 2026 team completed its season with another state championship, a 37-1 record, and the same #2 national ranking. The story is no longer that a Louisiana school occasionally produces good softball. The story is that a small, private, Christian school in Shreveport has built one of the elite high school softball programs in the United States.

In total, since 2024, the Lady Cavaliers have amassed 109 wins to just 4 losses – and have done so, while playing above their classification and against the top teams across Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas.

Traditions of the Program

The Championship Walkway

Outside the current softball field stands the Championship Walkway — a permanent installation honoring each Lady Cavaliers state championship team. Each monument bears the engraved names of every player on that team. Each monument carries a team photograph and a photograph of Coach Wood with that year’s senior class. The Walkway is the program’s outdoor record of what has been accomplished.

With championships now arriving every year, the Walkway is going to need additional room.

The new fieldhouse offers a natural complement: an indoor Hall of Champions in the foyer, with permanent panels recognizing each title team — a place inside the building, visible to every player who walks through the doors, telling the story of what came before.

Faith and Mission

Calvary softball is a program built on the foundational mission of Calvary Baptist Academy itself: to form students “to be arrows of Truth and Light.” The young women in this program pray together. They study together. They serve together. They compete with the conviction that their work on the field is not separate from their faith but an expression of it.

Coach Wood describes her program in moral terms as much as competitive ones: discipline, preparation, faith, and the conviction that you compete for something larger than yourself. The Scripture / Dedication Wall in the new fieldhouse will give that conviction a permanent home in the building’s design.

Iron Sharpens Iron

Calvary does not protect its record by playing weak schedules. The opposite is true. The Lady Cavaliers have spent the last decade deliberately seeking out the toughest competition they can find. They travel to play in tournaments in Pearland, Texas, and south Louisiana. They schedule Bentonville, Arkansas every year. They play across classifications, regularly competing against — and beating — Class 5A schools and eventual state champions in higher divisions. The schedule is harder than it has to be, on purpose. By the time the playoffs arrive, these young women have already played the hardest competition it can find.

Why We Win

Championship programs are rarely built on one star. They are built on systems — on the disciplined development of every position, every season, year after year. The Lady Cavaliers do not win because of one good class or one great player. They win because of a program built to last and on simply working harder than everyone else.

Pitching Depth

Strong pitching wins championships, and the Lady Cavaliers have built theirs from the ground up. The program develops pitchers over years rather than waiting for them to arrive ready-made.  This is Coach Wood’s specialty.  Sub-1.50 team ERAs, multiple no-hitters every season, complete-game outings as the rule rather than the exception, and a steady pipeline of high-impact arms are not accidents. They are the product of patient instruction, careful workload management, and a coaching staff that knows how to bring a young pitcher along over four or five seasons. Pitching is taught at Calvary.

Hitting Through the Lineup

Calvary teams do not rely on a single power hitter or a single hot streak. They hit one through nine. Year after year, the lineup includes underclassmen – even middle schoolers – putting up varsity-level production alongside seniors finishing distinguished careers. This is the signature of a program that develops talent rather than waiting for it to arrive. By the time players reach Calvary’s varsity roster, they have been taught, drilled, and shaped through a system that begins long before high school.

Aggressive, Disciplined Baserunning

The Lady Cavaliers’ offensive identity is not just power; it is pressure. Pressure created by reading pitchers, taking the extra base, and forcing the defense into mistakes. The program leads its district in stolen bases nearly every season, and not because of one fast player — because the entire team is taught to run the bases the same way. This kind of softball is taught, not gifted, and it requires the practice repetitions only a properly equipped program can deliver.

Defensive Excellence

Championship defense is the product of thousands of repetitions in fielding drills, situational practice, and game-speed reps. Calvary teams routinely post fielding percentages near or above .985, with multiple regulars going entire seasons without an error. None of that happens by accident. Again, it is due to the dedicated work put in by these young women and their coaches.

Faith, Discipline, and Mission

Beyond the statistics, Calvary softball is a program built on the foundational mission of Calvary Baptist Academy itself: to form students “to be arrows of Truth and Light.” The young women in this program pray together. They study together. They serve together. They compete with the conviction that their work on the field is not separate from their faith but an expression of it. This is what makes the program distinctly Calvary’s. It is also what makes this campaign — funding the facilities to support this mission — a worthy investment for any donor who shares the vision.