Field Narrowed to 10 for the Finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
For ImmediateRelease: 5/6/09 Field Narrowed to10 for the Finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year OKLAHOMA CITY,Okla. --- The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), theNational Governing Body of Softball in the United States, has selected its 10Finalists for the 8th Annual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award.This award, which is considered the most prestigious honors in Division Iwomens collegiate softball, is designed to recognize outstanding athleticachievement by female collegiate softball players across the country. Pastwinners of this award include UCLAs Stacey Nuveman, Florida States JessicaVan der Linden, three-time winner Texas pitcher Cat Osterman, TennesseesMonica Abbott and Virginia Techs Angela Tincher. The Top 10 list represents 10 schools and five different NCAA Division IConferences. The list is comprised of five seniors, four juniors, and onesophomore. The 2009 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be chosenfrom the 10 finalists. The three finalists will be announced May 20th while the winner ofthe 2009 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award will be announcedprior to the start of the 2009 NCAA Womens College World Series in OklahomaCity. 2009 Top 10Finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Name School Year Position Hometown Stacie Chambers (Arizona) Junior Catcher Glendale, Az. Kaitlin Cochran (Arizona State) -Senior- Outfield - Yorba Linda, Calif. Amber Flores (Oklahoma) Junior Infield Calexico, Calif. Alisa Goler (Georgia) Sophomore Infield Frankfort, Ill. Danielle Lawrie (Washington) Junior - Pitcher Langley, British Columbia Charlotte Morgan (Alabama) JuniorPitcher/Utility Moreno Valley, Calif. Stacey Nelson (Florida) Senior Pitcher Los Alamitos, Calif. Amber Patton (DePaul) Senior Third Base - Forsyth, Ill. Missy Penna (Stanford) Senior Pitcher/Infield Miami, Fla. Tammy Williams (Northwestern) Senior Infield - Roscoe, Mo. About ASA The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National GoverningBody of softball in the United States and a member of the United States OlympicCommittee. The ASA has become one of the nations largest sports organizationsand now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 localassociations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days toover 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million.For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/ About USA Softball USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links theUSA Mens, Womens, Junior Boys and Junior Girls National Team programstogether. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promotingthese four National Teams to compete in international and domesticcompetitions. The USA Softball Womens National Team is one of the only twowomens sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutivegold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eightWorld Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimedtwo World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball,please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/. Holly Krivokapich Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications ASA/USA Softball 405-425-3431 www.asasoftball.com www.usasoftball.com Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com fastb...@pmihrm.com NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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