January2014

Young Named Commissioner

January 17, 2014

Oklahoma City, OK

Gary Young appointed Commissioner for South Dakota ASA
1/16/2014

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Amateur Softball Association (ASA), a volunteer driven, not-for-profit organization, and USA Softball announced today that Gary Young (Watertown, S.D.) has been appointed the commissioner for the South Dakota ASA (SD ASA). Young takes over following the retirement of long-time SD ASA Commissioner Bill Maher, who served as commissioner for 42 years.

Young got started with ASA/USA Softball in 1974 as a men's fast pitch player, and started umpiring the following year. In 1979, Young was appointed the Northeast South Dakota Area fast pitch commissioner before becoming the Umpire-in-Chief (UIC) for Northeast South Dakota in 1980.

"What an honor to be chosen as the next commissioner of South Dakota ASA," said Young. "In the 40 years I have been involved, I have seen all aspects of the game and I know what a tremendous organization ASA/USA Softball is because of people like Bill Maher, who is retiring. Just as important are all the sponsors, volunteers, players, umpires and media. I am looking forward to working with those in South Dakota as well as fellow commissioners in ASA and the National Office staff to keep SD ASA successful."

Young has served on the SD ASA hearing board since 1986 and has also held a seat on the SD ASA scholarship committee. He also helped implement the website for the SD ASA.

Young worked for Hubbard Milling in Watertown for almost 20 years before starting his own screen printing company in 1990. He currently is the owner of Primetime Sports Embroidery & Screen Printing, which specializes in corporate and school spirit wear.

For more information about South Dakota ASA, please visit SDASASoftball.com.

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, visithttp://www.asasoftball.com/.
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