USA Softball selects two National Teams for upcoming eventsBy Conference - Missouri Valle

Mon Sep 25 16:09:28 EDT 2006

Received: 9/25/06 1:50:46 PM 
From:  "Holly Krivokapich" <hollyk(at)softball.org> 

Subject:  USA Softball selects two National Teams for upcoming
eventsBy Conference - Missouri Valle  

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USA Softball selects two National Teams for upcomingevents

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.---The Amateur Softball Association, the
NationalGoverning Body of Softball in the United States, and
USA Softballannounced today the roster for the 2006 Junior Women’s
Pan AmericanQualifier as well as the roster for the 2006 Japan
Cup. Selected by theWomen’s National Team Selection Committee,
players recently participatedin a four day selection camp at
the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.

The Junior Women’s Pan American Qualifier team will compete November
8-18in Caguas, Puerto RicoThe event will qualify teams from the
Pan American region for the VIII ISFJunior Women’s World Championships
scheduled for 2007 in Kutno, Poland. 

Members of the 2006 USA Softball Junior Women’sNational Team
are: 

K’Lee Arredondo (Tempe Ariz.)

Ashley Brignac (River Ridge, La.) 

Neena Bryant (Placentia Calif.)

Stacie Chambers (Tucson Ariz.)

Megan Elliott (Prince Frederick, Md.)

Kenzie Fowler (Tucson Ariz.)

Alissa Haber (Newark Calif.)

Ashley Hansen (Chandler Ariz.)

Monica Harrison (Garden Grove, Calif.)

Tiffany Huff (Saugus Calif.) 

Donna Kerr (San Diego, Calif.)

Brittany Lastrapes (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) 

Bianca Meijia (Sylmar Calif.)

Rosey Neill (Laguna Hills, Calif.)

Katie Schroeder (Yorba Linda, Calif.) 

Lindsay Sisk (Murrieta Calif.)  

Maggie Viefhaus (Pacific, Mo.)

Mississippi State head coach Jay Miller (Starkville, Miss.has
been named as the head coach for the USA Junior Women’s National
Teamand will be assisted by three former USA Softball National
Team members. SuzyBrazney (head coach Golden West College), Barbara
Jordan (head coach Cal StateNorthridge) and Cheri Kempf (owner
of Club K in Nashville, Tenn.) have allrepresented the USA in
International competitions as players and now turn theirfocus
to leading the U.S. as coaches. 

The Women’s National Team will look to pick upits third gold
medal of the season when they travel to Yokohoma, JapanNovember
11-17 to compete in the IV Japan Cup. The U.S.has already won
the II World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City and the XI ISF
Women’s World Championship in Beijing, Chinathis year and now
turn their sights on the Japan Cup.

The 18 players selected to the USA SoftballWomen’s National Team
roster for the IV Japan Cup are:

Monica Abbott (SalinasCalif., Tennessee)
Laura Berg (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.Fresno State
Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif., West Palm Beach C.C.)

Andrea Duran (Selma, Calif., UCLA)
Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif., Arizona) 
Tairia Flowers (Tucson, Ariz., UCLA) 
Vicky Galindo (Union City, Calif., California-Berkeley) 
Alicia Hollowell (Suisun, Calif., Arizona)
Lovie Jung (Fountain Valley, Calif., Arizona) 
Kelly Kretschman (Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., Alabama) 
Lauren Lappin (Anaheim, Calif., Stanford)
Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif.Arizona)
Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif., Stanford) 
Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif., UCLA) 
Jennie Ritter (Dexter, Mich., Michigan)
Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif., Fresno State) 
Jenny Topping (Whittier, Calif., Cal State Fullerton) 
Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif., UCLA) 

Mike Candrea (Casa Grande, Ariz., head coach at Arizona) will
lead the Red,White and Blue in Japan and will be assisted by
Chuck D’Arcy (Sacramento,Calif.), Karen Johns (Charlottesville,
Va., head coach at Virginia) and JohnRittman (San Jose, Calif.,
head coach at Stanford University), 

The 2006-07 USA Softball National Training Team was also selected
from thetryout camps. This group of 23 athletes will train together
throughout the yearin preparation for upcoming National Team
events. Members of the 2006-07 USASoftball National Training
Team are:

Monica Abbott (SalinasCalif., Tennessee)
Laura Berg (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.Fresno State
Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif., West Palm Beach C.C.)

Andrea Duran (Selma, Calif., UCLA)
Lisa Fernandez (Long Beach, Calif., UCLA) 
Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif., Arizona) 
Tairia Flowers (Tucson, Ariz., UCLA) 
Amanda Freed (Cypress, Calif., UCLA) 
Vicky Galindo (Union City, Calif., California-Berkeley) 
Alicia Hollowell (Suisun, Calif., Arizona)
Lovie Jung (Fountain Valley, Calif., Arizona) 
Kelly Kretschman (Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., Alabama) 
Lauren Lappin (Anaheim, Calif., Stanford) 
Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif., Arizona)
Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif., Stanford) 
Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif., UCLA) 
Cat Osterman (Houston, Texas, Texas)
Sarah Pauly (Phoenix, Ariz.Texas A&M- Corpus Christi)
Jennie Ritter (Dexter, Mich.Michigan)
Lindsay Schutzler (Monterey, Calif.Tennessee)
Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif., Fresno State) 
Jenny Topping (Whittier, Calif., Cal State Fullerton) 
Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif., UCLA) 

About ASA 

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National
GoverningBody of softball in the United States and a member of
the United States OlympicCommittee. The ASA has become one of
the nation’s largest sports organizationsand now sanctions competition
in every state through a network of 87 localassociations. The
ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days toover
240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three
million.For more information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com.

About USASoftball 

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 eight World Championship titles including the last sixconsecutive.
For more information about USA Softball, please visitwww.usasoftball.com

Holly Krivokapich

Assistant Director of Communications

ASA/USA Softball

405-425-3431

www.asasoftball.com www.usasoftball.com 

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