Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA)

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.---The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, and USA Softball announced today the roster for the 2006 Junior Women’s Pan American Qualifier as well as the roster for the 2006 Japan Cup. Selected by the Women’s National Team Selection Committee, players recently participated in a four day selection camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.

The Junior Women’s Pan American Qualifier team will compete November 8-18 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The event will qualify teams from the Pan American region for the VIII ISF Junior Women’s World Championships scheduled for 2007 in Kutno, Poland.

Members of the 2006 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team are:

K’Lee Arredondo (Tempe, Ariz.)

Ashley Brignac (River Ridge, La.)

Neena Bryant (Placentia, Calif.)

Stacie Chambers (Tucson, Ariz.)

Megan Elliott (Prince Frederick, Md.)

Kenzie Fowler (Tucson, Ariz.)

Alissa Haber (Newark, Calif.)

Ashley Hansen (Chandler, Ariz.)

Monica Harrison (Garden Grove, Calif.)

Tiffany Huff (Saugus, Calif.)

Donna Kerr (San Diego, Calif.)

Brittany Lastrapes (Laguna Niguel, Calif.)

Bianca Meijia (Sylmar, Calif.)

Rosey Neill (Laguna Hills, Calif.)

Katie Schroeder (Yorba Linda, Calif.)

Lindsay Sisk (Murrieta, Calif.)

Maggie Viefhaus (Pacific, Mo.)

Mississippi State head coach Jay Miller (Starkville, Miss.) has been named as the head coach for the USA Junior Women’s National Team and will be assisted by three former USA Softball National Team members. Suzy Brazney (head coach Golden West College), Barbara Jordan (head coach Cal State Northridge) and Cheri Kempf (owner of Club K in Nashville, Tenn.) have all represented the USA in International competitions as players and now turn their focus to leading the U.S. as coaches.

The Women’s National Team will look to pick up its third gold medal of the season when they travel to Yokohoma, Japan, November 11-17 to compete in the IV Japan Cup. The U.S. has already won the II World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City and the XI ISF Women’s World Championship in Beijing, China this year and now turn their sights on the Japan Cup.

The 18 players selected to the USA Softball Women’s National Team roster for the IV Japan Cup are:

Monica Abbott (Salinas, Calif., Tennessee)

Laura Berg (Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Fresno State)

Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif., West Palm Beach C.C.)

Andrea Duran (Selma, Calif., UCLA)

Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif., Arizona)

Tairia Flowers (Tucson, Ariz., UCLA)

Vicky Galindo (Union City, Calif., California-Berkeley)

Alicia Hollowell (Suisun, Calif., Arizona)

Lovie Jung (Fountain Valley, Calif., Arizona)

Kelly Kretschman (Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., Alabama)

Lauren Lappin (Anaheim, Calif., Stanford)

Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif., Arizona)

Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif., Stanford)

Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif., UCLA)

Jennie Ritter (Dexter, Mich., Michigan)

Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif., Fresno State)

Jenny Topping (Whittier, Calif., Cal State Fullerton)

Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif., UCLA)

Mike Candrea (Casa Grande, Ariz., head coach at Arizona) will lead the Red, White and Blue in Japan and will be assisted by Chuck D’Arcy (Sacramento, Calif.), Karen Johns (Charlottesville, Va., head coach at Virginia) and John Rittman (San Jose, Calif., head coach at Stanford University),

The 2006-07 USA Softball National Training Team was also selected from the tryout camps. This group of 23 athletes will train together throughout the year in preparation for upcoming National Team events. Members of the 2006-07 USA Softball National Training Team are:

Monica Abbott (Salinas, Calif., Tennessee)

Laura Berg (Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Fresno State)

Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif., West Palm Beach C.C.)

Andrea Duran (Selma, Calif., UCLA)

Lisa Fernandez (Long Beach, Calif., UCLA)

Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif., Arizona)

Tairia Flowers (Tucson, Ariz., UCLA)

Amanda Freed (Cypress, Calif., UCLA)

Vicky Galindo (Union City, Calif., California-Berkeley)

Alicia Hollowell (Suisun, Calif., Arizona)

Lovie Jung (Fountain Valley, Calif., Arizona)

Kelly Kretschman (Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., Alabama)

Lauren Lappin (Anaheim, Calif., Stanford)

Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif., Arizona)

Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif., Stanford)

Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif., UCLA)

Cat Osterman (Houston, Texas, Texas)

Sarah Pauly (Phoenix, Ariz., Texas A&M - Corpus Christi)

Jennie Ritter (Dexter, Mich., Michigan)

Lindsay Schutzler (Monterey, Calif., Tennessee)

Jamie Southern (Clovis, Calif., Fresno State)

Jenny Topping (Whittier, Calif., Cal State Fullerton)

Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif., UCLA)

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 87 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit 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 eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive. For more information about USA Softball, please visit www.usasoftball.com

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