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News Headlines for May 2002

5/31/2002 - Amateur Softball Association announces final three for the USA Softbal... Oklahoma City, OK---The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced today the three finalists for the inaugural USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award. The initial list of 25 nominees was announced April 12. Thi...more

5/27/2002 - USA Softball selects Mike Candrea as head coach for the 2004 Olympic G... OKLAHOMA CITY, OK-USA Softball has announced the selection of Mike Candrea of Casa Grande, AZ, as the head coach who will lead the women’s national team program into the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Candrea will also serve as head coach for the 2002 World Championships ...more

5/23/2002 - Approval by USOC of Modification of Selection Procedures for Women’s A... The USA Softball Selection Procedures for the Selection of Coaches for the Women’s 2003 Pan American Games and 2004 Olympic Games was approved by the USOC on May 9, 2002. Due to the short period of time between approval of the procedures by the USOC and the start of the first ev...more

5/20/2002 - ASA to launch instructional video ad campaign during WCWS Oklahoma City, OK---In a continuing effort to live up to its mission of promoting educational excellence through instruction, the Amateur Softball Association will launch a ad campaign to promote its newest instructional videos. The commercials will air on ESPN and ESPN2 during t...more

5/15/2002 - USA Softball announces athlete selection procedures for national team Oklahoma City, OK---USA Softball announces the United States Olympic committee has approved its selection procedures for athletes for the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 Olympic Games for both the men's and women's softball programs. Click on the link below to view the appr...more

More headlines for May, 2002

5/10/2002	USA Softball announces selection procedures for national team co...

5/10/2002	Amateur Softball Association announces sites and dates for Open ...

5/7/2002	USA Softball bobblehead dolls hit the market

5/6/2002	Stacey Nuveman breaks NCAA career home run record

5/3/2002	Amateur Softball Association announces ten finalists for the U...

5/1/2002	USA Softball extends 20 additional invitations to its World Cham...

5/1/2002	USA Softball extends 20 additional invitations to its World Cham...