Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif.) delivered a passionate speech at the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sports Conference in Los Angeles over the weekend. Finch, a member of the U.S. Olympic Team and an International Softball Federation Women's World Champion, was accepting the 'Power of I' award won for her charity work as well as her inspiration of female athletes worldwide. In her speech, Jennie shares her story and encourages everyone to Back Softball and get the sport included in The Olympic Games again.
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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 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA 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 international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles including the last seven consecutive as well as claimed five World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.
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