[Alsfastball] 2006 Men's National Team Announced

[Al Doran]

Received: 9/27/05 2:21:44 PM
From: "Brian McCall" <bmccall at softball.org>
To: "Julie Eversgerd" <jeversgerd at softball.org>
Subject: 2006 Men's National Team Announced


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For Immediate Release: 9/27/05

2006 USA Softball Men'sNational Team Announced

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The AmateurSoftball Association, the 
National Governing Body of Softball in the United States and USA 
Softball announced today the 17-member 2006 Men'sNational Team as 
well as the 2006 National Training team. Selected by theMen's 
National Team Selection Committee, players participated in a threeday 
camp September 23-25 at the U.S. Olympic training center in Chula Vista, Calif.

The Men's National team will compete January 15-22 at the AAU 
Tournamentin Orlando, Fla. The 2006 National Training team will train 
together duringselected weeks from January- May of 2006.

Pete Turner (Stockton, Calif.) will lead the Red, White and Blue in 
Orlandoassisted by Mitch Munthe (Modesto, Calif.) and Rich Clements 
(Stockton, Calif.)

The following is a complete breakdown of both teams with their 
hometowns (* areplayers with international experience):

2006Men's National Team
*Chad Boom (Barnesville, Minn.)
*Matt Darling (Winterset, Iowa.)
Frank DeGroat, Jr. (Ringwood, N.J.)
*Chris DeLarwelle (Appleton, Wis.)
Jose Garcia (Derry, N.H.)
*Don Garvey (Appleton, Wis.)
*Adam LaLonde (Kentwood, Mich.)
*Terry Luster (Bunceton, Mo.)
*Kyle Magnusson (Salt Lake City, Utah)
*Chris Miljavac (St. Joseph, Mo.)
*Blake Miller (Albany, Ga.)
*Tom Owen (Elkhart, Iowa)
Philip Perkins (St. Michaels, Ariz.)
*Travis Price (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Orlando Rodriguez (Haverstraw, N.Y.)
*Cody Thomson (Salt Lake City, Utah)
*Michael White (Eugene, Ore.)

Alternates
Craig Daniels (Stockton, Calif.)
Ben Fjelland (Slater, Iowa)
Gerald Pyle (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Chad Seeman (Chenoa, Ill.)
Brad Webb (Anderson, Ind.)

2006 NATIONALTRAINING TEAM
Chad Boom (Barnesville, Minn.)
Craig Daniels (Stockton, Calif.)
Matt Darling (Winterset, Iowa)
Frank DeGroat, Jr. (Ringwood, N.J.)
Chris DeLarwelle (Appleton, Wis.)
Mike Dryer (Excelsior Springs, Mo.)
Ben Fjelland (Slater, Iowa)
Jose Garcia (Derry, N.H.)
Todd Garcia (Woodbridge, Calif.)
Don Garvey (Appleton, Wis.)
Adam LaLonde (Kentwood, Mich.)
Terry Luster (Bunceton, Mo.)
Kyle Magnusson (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Chris Milijavic (St. Joseph, Mo.)
Blake Miller (Albany, Ga.)
Tom Owen (Elkhart, Iowa)
Tony Peeples (San Miguel, Calif.)
Philip Perkins (St. Michaels, Ariz.)
Travis Price (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Gerald Pyle (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Orlando Rodriguez (Haverstraw, N.Y.)
Ryan Rutt (Bernville, Pa.)
Todd Schultz (Williamston, Mich.)
Chad Seeman (Chenoa, Ill.)
Cody Thomson (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Brad Webb (Anderson, Ind.)
Michael White (Eugene, Ore.)

  About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National 
GoverningBody of softball in the United States and a member of the 
UnitedStates Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the 
nation's largestsports organizations and now sanctions competition in 
every state through anetwork of 88 local associations. The ASA has 
grown from a few hundred teams inthe early days to over 240,000 teams 
today, representing a membership of morethan three million. For more 
information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com.

About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that 
links theUSA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls'National 
Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for 
training,equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete 
in internationaland domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's 
National Team is oneof the only two women's sports involved in the 
Olympic movement tocapture three consecutive gold medals at the 
Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S.women have also won seven World 
Championship titles including the last five consecutive.For more 
information about USA Softball, please visit www.usasoftball.com

Brian McCall

Director of Communications

ASA/USA Softball

405-425-3463

<mailto:bmccall at softball.org>bmccall at softball.org

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