FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/4/2011
ASA/USA Softball Announces Junior Men’s National Team 2011-12 Schedule
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today the schedule for the next two years for the USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team which will be highlighted by the 2012 ISF Junior Men's World Championship, Nov. 1-10, in Parana, Argentina.
The Junior Men’s Team will go through two training camps in 2011 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., led by Head Coach Tim Lyon and Assistant Coaches Gary Mullican and Scott Standerfer. The training camps will be held June 20-25 and July 24-30.
"The coaching staff is excited to get the players on the field and begin the process of training and picking a team for the 2012 World Championships,” said Lyon. “Over the past two years we have been putting together a players pool to create depth in the program and we are ready to put this team to work.”
Highlighting the July camp will be six exhibition games against Argentina at the Training Center with more information to come. The USA Junior Men’s National Team will also hold a camp and clinic at the ASA Boys Fast Pitch Nationals, Aug. 4-7 in North Mankato, Minn.
The ASA is also pleased to announce that Tim Sonnentag of Marathon, Wisconsin, has contributed significant financial support for the USA Junior Men’s team for training camps and the development of players. Along with his commitment to develop the Junior Men’s Team, he and his family have also established the Sonnentag Family scholarship. The scholarship was established in order to promote educational opportunities for members of the USA Softball Jr. Men’s National Team Players Pool and to encourage good citizenship and volunteerism.
"I am glad to I can help support the USA men’s junior national team. I have worked with Tim and Scott before and know their dedication to getting the boys team back where it belongs,” said Sonnentag. “This is a great game and I know this will help develop young players and pitchers.”
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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 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://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 nine World Championship titles including the last seven consecutive as well as claimed four World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.
