Inside Pitch - January 2010

Page 6 | Indiana ASA’s Wayne Myers passes away after battle with cancer

Page 9 | 2010 Men’s Slow Pitch Restricted Player list released

Page 12 | Massachusetts softball united as one association

IN THIS ISSUE

A note from Amateur Softball Association

President Andy Dooley

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The Amateur Softball Association

(ASA) of America announced on

Jan. 11 the 17 athletes who were

offered a USA Softball Athlete

Agreement for the 2010 season. The

final roster for the 2010 USA Softball

Women’s National Team (WNT) will

be announced in March with the

team competing in the International

Softball Federation’s (ISF) Women’s

World Championships, June 23-July

2, 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela as well

as other events to be scheduled at a

later date.

The athletes who were offered a

USA Softball athlete agreement for

2010 are: Monica Abbott (Salinas,

Calif.); Chelsea Bramlett (Cordova,

Tenn.); Eileen Canney (Paradise,

Calif.); Ashley Charters (Beaverton,

Ore.); Kaitlin Cochran (Yorba Linda,

Calif.); Andrea Duran (Selma, Calif.);

Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif.); Vicky

Galindo (Union City, Calif.); Alissa

Haber (Newark, Calif.); Ashley Hansen

(Chandler, Ariz.); Ashley Holcombe

(Fayetteville, Ga.); Lauren Lappin

(Anaheim, Calif.); Caitlin Lowe (Tustin,

Calif.); Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo,

Calif.); Cat Osterman (Houston,Texas);

Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif.); and

Tammy Williams (Roscoe, Mo.).

Fifteen of the athletes played

on the 2009 WNT while Canney and

Williams would be making their first

apperance on the team if they accept

their contract.

The following 13 athletes selected

from the selection camp will be

alternates on the 2010 USA Softball

Women’s National Team: Valerie

Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif.); Brandice

Balschmiter (Newark, N.Y.); Courtney

Bures (Haymarket, Va.); Molly Johnson

(Lexington, Ken.); Megan Langenfeld

(Bakersfield, Calif.); Brittany Lastrapes

(Laguna Niguel, Calif.); Jenae Leles

(Fair Oaks, Calif.); Stacey Nelson

(Los Alamitos, Calif.); Amber Patton

(Forsyth, Ill.); Brittany Rogers (Dacula,

Ga.); Melissa Roth (Long Beach, Calif.);

Taylor Schlopy (West Hills, Calif.); and

Angela Tincher (Eagle Rock, Va.).

Continue to check out www.

usasoftball.com for the most-up-

to date info including roster and

schedule.

January 2010

Official Newsletter of the Amateur Softball Association of America

MAKING THE TEAMSeventeen athletes, including two rookies, were offered

a contract to play for the 2010 Women’s National Team

Olympic Silver Medalist Caitlin Lowe, shown above making a catch at the 2009 KFC World Cup of Softball presented by Six Flags, is among the 15 veteran

athletes who received an offer to play for USA Softball’s 2010 Women’s National Team. The team will be finalized in March 2010.

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Corrections

Maryland-D.C. purchases customized equipment trailer

All 2010 registration

materials mailed

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SI.com

Venezuela replaces OKC as

host of 2010 Women’s Worlds

Great Britain wins airfare to

2010 Women’s Worlds

Softball Canada hosting

Women’s Worlds in 2012

ASA/USA Softball’s Facebook

following nears 10K

www.facebook.com/

asausasoftball

www.

twitter.com/asausasoftball

Balls and Strikes online mag

hit the net on Dec. 17

www.

asasoftball.com/communications/

ballsandstrikes.asp

2009 ASA scorebooks still

available to associations

[email protected]

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December 2009 THE INSIDE PITCH Page 5

Spokane ASA selects new UIC to replace

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Softball night at the Dome raises over $5k

Elk River Special Olympics and Osseo-Maple Grove Special Olympics, pictured above, were two teams that competed in the Special Olympics softball game

at the Metrodome following the Twins-Tigers game.

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Indiana ASA’s Myers passes away at 84

The late Wayne Myers with wife of 24 years Phyllis at an

Indiana ASA function.

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By Rich Fahey, special to The Inside Pitch

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Massachusetts softball united as one

New Massachusetts ASA Commissioner Joe Alfonse, pictured above

with umpires, welcomed the Amateur Softball Association of America’s

(ASA) Director of Membership Craig Cress, and Norm Davis among oth-

ers, to the Metro Boston Umpires Association banquet on Nov. 21. The

banquet was held after meetings with the now combined associations

of the former Metro Boston ASA and the former Massachusetts ASA.

Alfonse and his staff have been working hard to build relationships

between the two associations in efforts to unify Massachusetts as one

ASA, as well as provide better services to leagues and umpires alike.

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Host a free Aquafina Pitch, Hit & Run competitionMLB looking for associations to hold local events in spring 2010