The Washington Senators, founded in 1999, is the only 15U, 16U and 18U fast pitch softball tournament program in the Nation's Capital and has represented the city locally, regionally and nationally at the 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2008 Pony National Softball Championships as well in the USSSA 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 World Series against teams from around the nation and Canada. The Senators teams also qualified for the 2005 and 2006 Winter World Championship in Orlando, FL and the 2007 and 2008 ASA National Championship tournaments. In only 10+ years of operation the team has gone from an inexperienced group of 8-10 year old girls practicing in the shadow of the US Capitol to establishing a nationally recognized softball program representing the Nation's Capital successfully in national tournaments and area league play. The Senators have finished in the top 20 USSSA or PONY national rankings seven times, twice finishing in the final four and has high as second in a USSSA National Championship. In 2004 the 14U team was ranked 1st nationally in USSSA tournament play and was the top seed at the 2004 World Series. In 2006 the 15U team ranked at the top of USSSA 15U and 16U "A" teams nationally by a wide margin. In 2007 the Senators 16U team finished in the top 20 (17th) of the PONY National Championship field of more than one hundred teams. In 2007 the 18u team finished in the Top 10 (9th) of the ASA A Eastern Nationals and the 14U team competed in the USSSA World Series in Orlando, FL. In 2008 the 18U Senators earned a berth to the PONY National Championship in Ohio while the 15U team earned a berth to the ASA Eastern National Championship in Sterling, VA. The Senators organization is active in the DC coalition to bring more baseball and softball facilities and opportunities to DC's children and young adults. In 2007 the organization established a college scholarship program to assist former Senators players active on the college softball circuit. The Senators are registered with PONY, NSA, ASA, and USSSA for national tournament play and travel much of the year playing national tournament competition at the 14U, 15U, 16U and 18U age level divisions. More than two dozen former players are now competing at the D1-D3 level of college softball.