From USA Softball via Al’s Fastball:
Oklahoma City—USA Softballannounced today the selection of 17 athletes to represent the United States at the VII Pan AmericanMen’s Softball Qualifier, September 29-October 10, in Hermosillo, Mexico. This event will be used to qualify teams from the Pan American region
for the2009 ISF Men’s World Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada.
Players selected included eight members of the USA team that captured the 2006 AAU Men’sFast Pitch Tournament in Orlando Fla., in February. It was thefirst event won by the Men’s National Team since it captured the goldmedal at the 2002 Pan Am Qualifier
in Guatemala.
Members from the AAU championship squad are Chad Boom (Barnesville,Minn.), Frank DeGroat (Ringwood, Mich.), Chris Miljavic (St. Joseph, Mo.),Blake Miller (Albany, Ga.), Sonny Perkins (St. Michaels, Ariz.), Travis Price(Santa Ana, Calif.), Landy Rodriguez (West
Haverstraw, N.Y.) and Michael White(Sioux City, Iowa).
Other players selected to the roster include Paul Algar (Lexington,Ill.), Gregg Cascaes (Apple Valley, Minn.), Chad Ferguson (Battle Creek,Mich.), Lucas Goring (St. Paul, Minn.), Luis Joglar (Fairview, N.J.), KyleMagnusson (Salt Lake City, Utah), Omar Moraga (Tucson, Ariz.), James Pecoraro(Swansea, Ill.) and Tony Peeples (San Miguel, Calif.).
The USA Softball Men’s Pan Am Qualifier team will be led by headcoach Peter Turner (Stockton Calif.). Turner will be assistedby Thad Brown (Modesto, Calif.and Mitch Munthe (Modesto, Calif.)