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News Headlines for February 2008

2/29/2008 - Wanted: Nominations for Gatorade Player of the Year At the invitation of ESPN RISE Magazine, the ASA will again assist in the nomination process for Gatorade Player of the Year (POY) Program state and national award-winners for softball. The staff at RISE Magazine is seeking input from all local ASA associations regarding the top ...more

2/27/2008 - Five New District Commissioners Appointed for Iowa ASA Softball Jeff Sears – Jeff will assume the District Commissioner position in Men’s 12” Slow Pitch District 6 as he takes over for Bill Blanchard who served 16 years as District Commissioner. Bill has retired from his position with Iowa City Parks and Recreation, but will stay on the Cou...more

2/26/2008 - UCLA’s Selden named Player of the Week Oklahoma City, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association announced today the selection of UCLA pitcher Anjelica Selden (Vacaville, Calif.) as the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week for the week of February 18-24. The senior had a part in four of the Bruins’ five ...more

2/26/2008 - Alabama Stays at No. 1 with a perfect 15-0 record OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The University of Alabama kept its grip on the No. 1 spot, for the second consecutive week, in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Pollannounced today by the Amateur Softball...more

2/22/2008 - John Miller named ASA Assistant Director of Membership Services OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association recently announced the hiring of John Miller of Pacific Grove, Calif. as the new Assistant Director of Membership Services for the ASA National Office. Miller will begin his duties in March and has been involved as an ASA C...more

More headlines for February, 2008

2/22/2008	John Miller named ASA Assistant Director of Membership Services

2/21/2008	ASA Presents JO Service Awards

2/19/2008	Cochran named as the USA Softball Collegiate National Player of ...

2/19/2008	Alabama is No. 1 in Top 25 Poll

2/18/2008	Bound 4 Beijing Just Hours Away

2/15/2008	ASA Awards Prize to 1,000th ACE Coach to certify

2/14/2008	ESPN to broadcast 11 games of Bound 4 Beijing Tour; KFC Named Ti...

2/13/2008	ASA Junior Olympic Workshop Set for Feb. 15-16

2/12/2008	Arizona Tops Week One Poll

2/12/2008	Penna named Player of the Week

2/8/2008	OKC To Be Featured Twice On KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour

2/8/2008	Job Opportunities in British Baseball and Softball

2/1/2008	ASA Celebrates 75th Anniversary