BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Former Indiana softball standout Mariangee Bogado recently competed with Venezuela’s national softball team at the Olympic Games in Beijing. IUHoosiers.com caught up with Bogado to find out what the experience was really like. Bogado was a first team NAIA All-American at Thomas University in 2003 before transferring to Bloomington for the 2004 [...]

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EVANSTON, Ill. — Fresh off her medal-winning performance with the U.S. Olympic Team in Beijing, Lauren Lappinwill join Northwestern as its volunteer coach for the 2009 season, head coach Kate Drohan announced today. “I’m very excited to be here at Northwestern,” Lappin said. “I’m eager to contribute in any way I can to the tremendous [...]

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Allentown, PA – The Philadelphia Force would like to announce the signing of Jeff Franquet to lead the professional team softball team in 2009. He will be assisted by Joe DiPietro and Carl Taylor. Franquet and DiPietro are not strangers to the Force bench as they both were volunteer assistants to the historical team in [...]

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Columbia, Mo. -Missouri Director of Athletics Mike Alden announced today that softball Head Coach Ehren Earleywine has been signed to a contract extension that will have him leading the Tigers through the 2013 campaign. “We are so pleased with the progress of our softball program under the direction of Coach Earleywine,” Alden said. “He is [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced today the official date of the first USA Softball Coaching School presented by Liberty Mutual Group. Hosted and locally sponsored by Maryland- D.C. and Piedmont ASA, the Coaching School will take place November 21-23 at the [...]

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2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Americans First Team Pos. Name School P Stacey Nelson University of Florida P Anjelica Selden University of California, Los Angeles P Angela Tincher Virginia Tech C Chelsea Bramlett Mississippi State University 1B Alexandra Gardiner University of Florida 2B Samantha Findlay University of Michigan 3B Tonya Callahan University of Tennessee SS [...]

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Oklahoma City, OK—-The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) is seeking applicants for the position of Commissioner for the Central California ASA local association. The ASA Commissioner should be an individual who is interested in serving as the principal liaison between the local association and the ASA National Office. Those interested in the complete duties of an [...]

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech softball finished its weekend scrimmages with two wins on Sunday at Rocky Johnson Field. The Red Raiders defeated Midland College in game one 7-6 before sliding by Lubbock Christian University 3-1. With today’s wins, the Red Raiders improved to 4-0 on the weekend to complete a sweep of the weekend [...]

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Indiana head softball coach Michelle Gardner, who is entering her first season at the helm of the Hoosier program, took some time out of a busy start to the year to provide some insight into what she is looking for during her inaugural campaign in Bloomington. What have been some of your top priorities here [...]

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Former University of Washington All-American softball player Jaime Clark was recently named the Nokona American Glove Offensive Player of the Year for the 2008 National Pro Fastpitch season. Clark, who played for Washington from 2000-2003, completed her fourth season with the Chicago Bandits two weeks ago, helping the team capture the 2008 NPF championship. She [...]

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