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News Headlines for June 2003

6/30/2003 - USA’s Earleywine Named Interim Head Coach at Georgia Tech Ehren Earleywine, a current member of the USA Softball Men’s National Team and who served as an assistant coach during the Georgia Tech softball program’s two most successful seasons ever, has been named the Yellow Jackets’ interim head coach, Director of Athletics Dave Braine an...more

6/30/2003 - ASA Adopts New Bat Performance Standard OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, Monday, June 30, 2003 — After more than two years of on field and scientific test lab research, the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) today announced a revised bat performance standard for 2004 designed to address concerns and complaints about the h...more

6/30/2003 - Atlanta Umpire Robert Blalock Saves Life of Hurt Train Conductor ASA umpires have to make split-second calls whether a player is safe or out. ASA umpire Robert Blalock of Atlanta, GA made a split-second call that saved a person's life January 2. A Fulton County police officer, Blalock saved the life of Shane White, a 21-year-old train conduc...more

6/30/2003 - Battling cancer, Nan Harvey gives $200,000 to UB Athletics Buffalo, NY---In her 28 years as a softball umpire, Nan Harvey has learned a lot. She says her time behind the plate helped make her patient, which allows her to deal with adversity and handle emotions calmly without matching a coach's anger or her own. Those character traits c...more

6/25/2003 - Natasha Watley Honored NEW YORK CITY— UCLA senior shortstop Natasha Watley has been named the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. The announcement was made today in the Low Library of Columbia University, where Watley received the 27th annual Honda-Broderick Cup. The Collegiate Woman Athlete of the ...more

More headlines for June, 2003

6/24/2003	Two players chosen from JO camp in Waco, TX

6/23/2003	Fernandez no-hits Canada for U.S. Cup title

6/20/2003	U.S. Women stomp Greece 11-1 in first game of ’03 U.S. Cup

6/19/2003	Follow the U.S. Women at the 2003 U.S Cup with Live Online Stats...

6/19/2003	Two players chosen from camp in Santa Clara, CA

6/16/2003	USA Women’s Softball Team routs Canada 14-0 in 2003 opener

6/16/2003	USA combines for no-hitter to defeat Priority Mortgage in openin...

6/13/2003	Two players chosen from JO Camp in Normal, IL

6/12/2003	USA Softball Men’s National Team continues Pan Am preparations i...

6/11/2003	Two players chosen from JO tryouts in Portland, OR

6/9/2003	USA Softball announces 2003 Women's Pan Am Team

6/5/2003	2003 USA Softball Women’s National Team to be announced June 9

6/3/2003	USA Softball announces players chosen from Open Junior Women's...

6/2/2003	ASA JO National Qualifiers are in full swing!