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USA Softball Men’s Fast Pitch Invitational Tournament returns to Ashland, Ohio from June 9-11

March 21, 2017

Oklahoma City, OK - -  USA Softball Men’s Fast Pitch Invitational Tournament returns to Ashland, Ohio from June 9-11


 

ORIGINAL STORY by USA Softball

OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the U.S., has announced the USA Softball Men’s Fast Pitch Invitational Tournament will once again be held June 9-11 in Ashland, Ohio.  For the second year in a row, USA Softball will be providing an opportunity for Men’s Fast Pitch players to be evaluated by the USA Softball Men’s National Team Selection Committee (MNTSC) and USA Softball Men’s National Team (MNT) coaching staff in hopes of making it into an elite identified athlete pool. 

“I would like to personally welcome all players, teams, and sponsors to participate in the second annual USA Softball Men’s Fast Pitch Invitational Tournament,” said MNT Head Coach, Denny Bruckert. “Last year’s tournament was a huge success as several athletes were identified and placed in the player pool to be considered for the final USA Softball Men’s National Team Selection Camp. This camp could be held in late 2018 or early 2019 for the next cycle for the 2019 World Baseball Softball Confederation and 2019 Pan American team. As a Coaching Staff and Selection Committee, we need to develop these players and continue to watch them throughout the 2018 season in the major tournaments and finally in the USA Softball Men’s Major and ISC World. If you feel you have ambition of playing for the USA Men’s National Team, this is your best option to be seen by the committee and the coaching staff.”

The weekend tournament officially starts Friday, June 9 with a technical meeting, where managers and sponsors will meet at the local Elks Club to decide the format of the tournament. Team representatives will be given time to provide their input and preferences for the weekend. However, all teams should prepare and be ready to take the field the morning of June 10 with the expected championship games to start Sunday afternoon. Games will be held at Brookside Park, 123 Parkside Dr. in Ashland, Ohio.

“We want to get back on that medal stand and it’s our job as a coaching staff to develop our players,” Bruckert added. “Nobody wants to see softball in the United States take a backseat to anybody. Currently sitting at No. 6 in the WBSC World Rankings, we hope to improve and move up by the performance we put on this season and in the future.”

“We look forward to hosting the tournament for the second year in row and watching the incredible talent of Men’s Fast Pitch teams from across the country,” said USA Softball President and USA Softball of Ohio Commissioner Warren Jones. “This tournament continues to bring in the best in the country, and will help build the future of USA Softball men’s fast pitch.”

If teams or individual players wish to participate, they can visit the tournament website at TournamentUSASoftball.com.

About USA Softball
USA Softball is a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is designated as the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 150,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2 million.  USA Softball is dedicated to providing people of all ages the opportunity to play the game they love at a variety of levels by offering recreational, league, tournament and competitive play for fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch.  USA Softball annually conducts thousands of tournaments throughout the country including over 100 National Championships.  The USA Softball umpire program is among the nation’s largest and are widely known as the best trained umpires in the game.

As the NGB for the sport of softball, USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in events such as the Olympics, Pan American Games, World Championships and other international and domestic events. For more information on USA Softball, including its founding and history as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), please visit, www.USASoftball.com.

About the World Baseball Softball Confederation 

Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland -- the Olympic Capital -- the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for baseball and softball. WBSC has 213 National Federation and Associate Members in 142 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually. 

The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women's).

For more information, visit: www.wbsc.org

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