OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, recently announced the 34 athletes invited to attend the September 25-28 selection camp for the 2009 USA Softball Men’s National Team.

The athletes will take part in a three-day camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. in order to be selected to the 17-member 2009 Men’s National Team. The 2009 team will compete in a series of events leading up to and including the ISF World Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan July 17-26, 2009.

“We have a mixture of proven veterans and first timers and young talent in this group,” said head coach Peter Turner (Stockton, Calif.). “I think our young talent will push the veterans and we will be able to fill our roster with the right combination to continue moving forward. I think the international experience some of the younger players received over this past summer will go a long way for us.”

Below are the 34 athletes invited to attend the September camp in Chula Vista, Calif.;

Paul Algar (Lexington, Il.)
Jeremy Cline (Pauma Valley, Calif.)
Nick Cole (Sacramento, Calif.)
Camden Decker (Yorkville, Il.)
Frank DeGroat (Ringwood, N.J.)
Chris DeLarwelle (Denmark, Wis.)
Nate Devine (Merced, Calif.)
David Drotzmann (Hermiston, Ore.)
Don Garvey (Appleton, Wis.)
James Hartman (Hartford, S.D.)
B.J. Hunhoff (Harrisburg, S.D.)
Tim Jorgensen (Green Bay, Wis.)
Sean Kelly (Homer, Mich.)
Eddy Ketelhut (Canton, Mich.)
Paul Koert (Brooklin, Ontario, Canada)
Adam LaLonde (Ashland, Ky.)
Brian Lammers (Lincoln, Neb.)
Terry Luster (Bunceton, Mo.)
Kyle Magnusson (West Valley, Utah)
Tyron McKinney (Ashland, Ohio)
Chris Miljavac (St. Joseph, Mo.)
Blake Miller (Kingsville, Texas)
Daryn Miller (Bloomington, Il.)
Omar Moraga (Tucson, Ariz.)
Matt Palazzo (Pleasant Hill, Iowa)
Sonny Perkins (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Stephen Pinocchio (Merced, Calif.)
Travis Price (Corona, Calif.)
Landy Rodriguez (West Haverstraw, N.Y.)
Todd Schultz (Williamston, Mich.)
Marcus Tan (Union City, Calif.)
Cody Thomson (Herriman, Utah)
Chase Turner (Sacramento, Calif.)
James Butler (Sonora, Calif.)

The 2009 Men’s National team will be led by Turner and assisted by Thad Brown (Modesto, Calif.) and Avon Meacham (Upper Marlboro, Md.).

About ASA

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.

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