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Official Publication of
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September 2015
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Craig Cress
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Michele Latimer ASA/USA President
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Letter from the President Greetings everyone!
Council Meeting information. I look forward to se
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The Lead Off: Members of the Junior Women’s Natio
The Lead Off: Our youth championship season came
SOFTBALL CUSTOMIZE YOUR PLAYER. CUSTOMIZE YOUR
FACES ON THE FIELD Every year, the Amateur Softb
FACES ON THE FIELD AISLYN, 14 Spanish Fork, Utah
FACES ON THE FIELD MADISON, 12 Dacula, Georgia
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UMPIRE SPOTLIGHT ASA/USA pride starts with you, B
UMPIRE SPOTLIGHT ASA/USA pride starts with you, B
News and Notes BORDER BATTLE CHAMPS Team USA
2015 ASA/USA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES, PRESENTED BY WO
A MONSTER AT BAT, EVERY TIME! The NEW Nig
YOU SaiD IT, we read it! If there’s one thing we
ASA/USA NATIONAL CHAMPS!
ASA/USA Girls’ Class A 16-Under National Champion
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Team Miken cleans shop at the ASA Stadium Power T
Solutions For Lighting manufacture of sport
TRAINER TALK with Michele Latimer THE DOG DAYS o
are they really prepared to manage all of those a
MAKO THE FEEL OF POWER 2016 FASTPITCH POWER BRIGA
A catcher on the Lady Hustle team frames the pitc
NEBRASKA GOLD Winsthe16uGOLD national cham
Nebraska Gold to a 3-0 victory, earning them the
BEVERLY BANDITS MAKe OHIO PROUD
Above, members of the Beverly Bandits celebrate a
LAUREN CHAMBERLAIN NCAA CAREER HOME RUN RECORD HO
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ASA/USA Softball’s Annual Meeting is right around
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RUSSELL’S PAINT & BODY LEAVE THEIR MARK AT THE ME
C-Town takes men's class b TEAM GOES UNDEFEATED E
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TEAM USA MAKES RETURN TO PAN AM GAMEs For
Derrick Zechman at the plate during Team USA’s 10
US WOMEN TAKE SILVER AT PAN AM GAMEs Fresh
Kelsey Stewart dives under the tag as she’s safe
Ray Mora (Puerto Rico),
Carden. “It was absolutely amazing and I could no
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Team USA came out on top early en route
As a member of ASA/USA Softball, you could rece
U.S. Men earn Placement Championship at WBSC Worl
Above, the Junior Women's Nat
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FROM THE VAULT Iva Poston of the Tucson Ramblers
Balls and Strikes TRIVIA Can you spot the five di
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