New USA Softball helmet
5/16/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY — Schutt Sports, the official helmet supplier of the USA Softball National Team program, unveiled this week the new Team USA Aqua Tech helmet for the Women’s National Team 2012 season. With a full schedule of events including the World Cup of Softball VII and the International Softball Federation (ISF) Women’s World Championships, , the Red, White and Blue will perform wearing this new style and look of the USA helmet.“Our Aqua Tech graphics system is an exciting new way to enhance a team’s batting helmets,” said Robert Erb, President and CEO, Schutt Sports. “They look amazing. We worked with Team USA to challenge our designers and painters to create a custom design that was truly unique and worthy of Team USA, and they’ve done it. Teams across the country are going to be talking about the new helmets for Team USA. Plus, for the first time, Team USA’s helmets include our TPU Cushioning - which means the protection and performance has never been better.”
The Aqua Tech design is a new style developed by Schutt Sports with assistance from the USA Softball National office.
“We are thrilled with the new helmet and design for the 2012 season,” said ASA/USA Softball Executive Director Ron Radigonda. “Our partnership with Schutt has been tremendous over the years and with the events and exposure of the women’s team this summer from the Title IX Game to the World Championships our athletes will be proud to represent USA with this unique style.”
The 2012 USA Softball Women’s National Team will participate in exhibition doubleheaders June 14 in Summersville, W.Va., and June 18 in Ashland, Ohio, before beginning international play in Oklahoma City and continuing on to Canada. Oklahoma City will host the team June 23 for a special exhibition Title IX 40th Anniversary Celebration Game against Canada and June 27-July 2 for the World Cup of Softball VII presented by Lumber Liquidators.
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From July 4-9, Team USA will compete at the Canadian Open Fast Pitch International Championship in Surrey, B.C., Canada, and July 13-22 at the ISF Women’s World Championship in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The 2012 USA Softball Women’s Elite National Team was also scheduled to compete at the World University Softball Championship, Aug. 4-10, in Colorado Springs, Colo., but the tournament was canceled due to lack of participation.
2012 USA Softball Women’s National Team Schedule
June 10-12, 2012
Women’s National Team Selection Camp
Ashland, Ohio
June 14, 2012
Exhibition doubleheader at 6 p.m.
Women’s National Team vs. Women’s Elite National Team
Summersville, W.Va. June 18, 2012
Exhibition doubleheader at 6:30 p.m.
Women’s National Team vs. Women’s Elite National Team
Ashland, Ohio
June 23, 2012
Title IX 40th Anniversary Celebration Game
Women’s National Team vs. Canada
Oklahoma City
June 27-July 2, 2012
World Cup of Softball
Oklahoma City
July 4-9, 2012
anadian Open Fast Pitch Championship
Surrey, B.C., Canada
July 13-22, 2012
ISF Women’s World Championship
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Schedule subject to change.
In January, 12 athletes were named to the 17-member USA Softball Women’s National Team roster by the USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC). Athletes already on the team are Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif./Cal senior), Kaitlin Cochran (Yorba Linda, Calif./Arizona State 2009), Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md./Tennessee junior), Ashley Holcombe (Fayetteville, Ga./Alabama 2009), Molly Johnson (Tucson, Ariz./Kentucky 2010), Stacy May-Johnson (Reno, Nev./Iowa 2006), Jenae Leles (Sacramento, Calif./Arizona 2009), Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla./Florida senior), Keilani Ricketts (San Jose, Calif./Oklahoma junior), Jordan Taylor (Valencia, Calif./Michigan 2011), Rhea Taylor (Buford, Ga./Missouri 2011) and Chelsea Thomas (Pleasantville, Iowa/Missouri junior). All were members of the 2011 USA Softball Women’s National Team.
Additional athletes will be named to the World Championship roster as a well an elite team roster on June 13 following selection cam p in Ashland, Ohio.
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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