{"id":3113,"date":"2009-02-25T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T21:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2009-02-25T20:23:57","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T03:23:57","slug":"usa-tabs-marcus-tan-ty-mckinney-for-final-2-slots-on-isf-world-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3113","title":{"rendered":"USA Softball Tabs Marcus Tan, Ty McKinney for Final 2 Slots on team for ISF Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/usasoftball.com\/images\/logo_USASoftball.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usasoftball.com\/news.asp?uid=4653&#038;p=303\"><strong>From the USA Softball website:<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2\/24\/2009<br \/>\n<strong>Two additional athletes named to USA Softball Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Championship roster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. &#8212; The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced today two additional athletes named to the 2009 USA Softball Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Championship roster for competition this summer in the ISF World Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan July 17-26.<\/p>\n<p>Tyron McKinney (Ashland, Ky.) and Marcus Tan (Union City, Calif.) have been selected by the Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National team selection committee and will join Team USA as they look to bring home a world medal in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I believe the two new additions offer us an opportunity to grow the program in a positive direction,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said head coach Pete Turner. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It also shows that our committee continues to look for new talent that can help us compete now and in the future.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/tyron.mckinney.USA.camp.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(Tyron McKinney at USA Softball Camp late last year) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photos by Maddy Flanagan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/marcus.tan.USA.camp.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(Marcus Tan at USA Softball Camp late last year) <\/em><br \/>\n<strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is the complete 17-person Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National team roster:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frank DeGroat (Ringwood, N.J.)<br \/>\nChris DeLarwelle (Denmark, Wis.)<br \/>\nNate Devine (Merced, Calif.)<br \/>\nDon Garvey (Appleton, Wis.)<br \/>\nPaul Koert (Brooklin, Ontario, Canada)<br \/>\nAdam LaLonde (Ashland, Ky.)<br \/>\nTerry Luster (Bunceton, Mo.)<br \/>\nKyle Magnusson (West Valley, Utah)<br \/>\n<strong>Tyron McKinney (Ashland, Ky.)<\/strong><br \/>\nBlake Miller (Kingsville, Texas)<br \/>\nDaryn Miller (Bloomington, Il.)<br \/>\nMatt Palazzo (Pleasant Hill, Iowa)<br \/>\nStephen Pinocchio (Merced, Calif.)<br \/>\nTravis Price (Corona, Calif.)<br \/>\nLandy Rodriguez (West Haverstraw, N.Y.)<br \/>\n<strong>Marcus Tan (Union City, Calif.)<\/strong><br \/>\nChase Turner (Sacramento, Calif.)<\/p>\n<p>The 2009 Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National team will be led by head coach Pete Turner (Stockton, Calif.) and assisted by Thad Brown (Modesto, Calif.) and Avon Meacham (Upper Marlboro, Md.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the USA Softball website: 2\/24\/2009 Two additional athletes named to USA Softball Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Championship roster OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. &#8212; The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced today two additional athletes named to the 2009 USA Softball Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Championship roster for competition this summer in the ISF World Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17,15,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}