OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association is pleased to announce that USA Softball’s very own Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.) is a finalist for the Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year. Vote TODAY for Mendoza, as she helped lead the USA Softball team to a silver medal finish at the 2008 Olympic Games [...]

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Auburn, Ala. – The Auburn softball program has added former Major League Baseball player Mark Ryal as an assistant coach to work with hitters and outfielders, announced head softball coach Tina Deese. Ryal joins the Tigers’ staff after spending the previous season as the head coach at Carl Albert State College in Poteau, Okla. Prior [...]

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Nine student-athletes have been named winners of the 2008 adidas Golden Shoe Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top baserunners. Presented annually by adidas, the NFCA’s “Official Footwear,” the Golden Shoe Award recognizes student-athletes from NFCA member schools in each of the following nine divisions: NCAA (Divisions I, II and III), NAIA, NJCAA [...]

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana head softball coach Michelle Gardner rounded out her coaching staff on Tuesday, announcing the hiring of Christy Hebert as an assistant coach. Hebert has Big Ten ties, as she was a two-time All-American shortstop at Iowa and an assistant coach at Northwestern for two seasons. “I am extremely excited to add [...]

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By Garland Cooper: When you look at the Olympic softball team what do you see? You see champions, Gold Medalists, National Champions, and All-Americans from all over the country right? WRONG. You see champions, Gold Medalists, National Champions, and All-Americans from the western part of the country. Where are the elite players from the east, [...]

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by Mark Hauser: In my perfect world, there would be no single elimination tournaments in either individual or team sports. The purpose of a tournament is to find out who is the best at something. Single elimination tournaments rarely, if ever, fairly satisfy this criterion. Practical? Yes. More exciting for the fans? Absolutely! Easier to [...]

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MEMPHIS – Former LSU standout All-American catcher Killian Roessner begins her coaching career with the University of Memphis softball program, joining the team as an assistant coach. “It’s what I’ve always dreamed of doing; I’ve always wanted to be a coach,” Roessner said. “I love working with the pitchers and catchers, and this job just [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association announced today that USA Softball Women’s National Team head coach Mike Candrea (Tucson, Ariz.) will be retiring from the coaching reigns of the Women’s National team effective immediately. The head coach since 2002, Candrea has led the U.S. team to one Olympic Gold Medal and most recently [...]

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ARLINGTON, Texas – Before stepping onto the diamond this season for the start of Fall practice, recently signed infielder Courtney Zink has added numerous awards to her trophy case. The Baytown Sterling High School product collected TXSWA (Texas Sportswriters Association) Second Team All-State laurels, was a TGCA (Texas Girls Coaches Association) All-State award winner, earned [...]

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DAYTON, Ohio – Three Dayton Flyers softball players experienced the trip of a lifetime this summer (Aug. 3-12), competing for the USA Athletes International softball team in Italy. Sophomores Allie Falk and Emily Stegeman, along with incoming freshman Raime Cronkhite, represented UD and the United States of America in the Arezzo Softball/Baseball International Tournament. The [...]

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