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News Headlines for February 2009

2/26/2009 - World Cup Returns to OKC OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The Amateur Softball Association of American (ASA) announced today the 4th KFC World Cup of Softball will return to the ASA Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City July 16-20, 2009. This world-class event will feature the top four ranked teams in the Worl...more

2/26/2009 - Assistant Coaches named for 2009 Men’s Slow Pitch National Team OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced today the selection of Randy Raper (Hackleburg, Ala.) and Pat Dalsanders (Spokane, Wash.) as assistant coaches to the USA Softball Men’s Slow Pitch National team. The team will compete in the in...more

2/25/2009 - British Softball Federation Looking for Coaches for the Spring and Sum... The British Softball Federation is looking for softball coaches from inside and outside our community who are available between April and August 2009 to aid the development of softball in the UK. We are looking for coaches with a good knowledge of softball who have had some exp...more

2/24/2009 - Lawrie of Washington named Player of the Week OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- Washington’s pitching ace Danielle Lawrie (Langley, British Colombia) was named the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week for the week of February 16-22. Going 3-0 from the circle, the 5’7” junior recorded three shutout victories against No...more

2/20/2009 - Umpires Selected for Worlds OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), the National Governing Body of Softball, is proud to announce that two members of its umpire staff, Keith Kearney (Killeen, Texas) and Scott Thomas (Broken Arrow, Okla.), have been selected to work the XI...more

More headlines for February, 2009

2/20/2009	Final days to nominate a coach you know

2/18/2009	Preview presented by Worth

2/17/2009	Alabama remains at No. 1

2/17/2009	Ohio State’s Reeder selected Player of the Week

2/17/2009	2009 Canadian Slo-Pitch Border Battle Roster Announced

2/17/2009	Parents: Build a relationship with your child’s coach

2/12/2009	Softball Nike Shoe!

2/11/2009	2009 USA Women’s Schedule

2/10/2009	Alabama claims No.1 spot

2/10/2009	Tennessee’s Huff and Oklahoma’s Flores named Co- Players of the ...

2/9/2009	Reward Effort Until Effort Is Its Own Reward

2/9/2009	2009 UIC Awards

2/6/2009	USA Softball announces 2009-2012 Women’s National Team Coaching ...

2/4/2009	Earn a $2,500 Responsible Sports Community Grant

2/2/2009	UIC Clinic in OKC