LOS ANGELES — USA Softball Women's Futures National Team member Megan Langenfeld, the UCLA standout who helped lead the Bruins to the NCAA softball title, will receive the prestigious 2010 Sportswoman of the Year award during the sixth annual LA Sports Awards, which will be held on Thursday, February 24 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Previous winners of the L.A. Sports … [Read more...]
Brazil Defeats South Florida for Youth World Cup (Girls)
BRAZIL DEFEATS SOUTH FLORIDA FOR YOUTH WORLD CUP 2011-01-05 Click here for Box Score Last Thursday at the International Softball Federation’s world headquarters complex in Plant City, Florida, 22 teams from eight different countries began what would be seven days of (age) 16-and-under girls’ fast pitch competition. It all came to a climax this evening as Brazil defeated … [Read more...]
Monica Abbott Female Pro Athlete of Year
The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame announced today the names of seven honorees and three National Championship teams to be recognized at its annual awards banquet and induction ceremony on Friday, February 11 at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, according to Bill Emendorfer, President, Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The Female Professional Athlete if the Year is Monica … [Read more...]
US pitcher gets White Sox nod
. Softball New Zealand have given the White Sox the green light to play a visiting American pitcher in a trans-Tasman test series in Perth next month. Jennifer Feret, who is pitching for Auckland club Western Magpies, will join the White Sox for the third round of the Gilley's Shield inter-state competition and stay on for the three-test series. White Sox coach Naomi Shaw … [Read more...]
NZ White Sox Win Two, Lose Two
Two wins From TVNZ The New Zealand White Sox softball team made it two wins from as many games in the Edebone Weber and Gilley's shields competitions in Waverley, Victoria yesterday. They followed up a 8-3 win over ACT with a 4-2 win over Victoria. The Gilley's Shield involves the leading women's players from the six Australian state sides and the New Zealand … [Read more...]
2011 ASA Girls’ 18U Gold National Championship to San Diego
San Diego to host GOLD July 24-30, 2011 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today that the 2011 ASA Girls’ 18-Under GOLD National Championship will now be played in the Greater San Diego area. Also, the competition dates will be changed to July 24-30, 2011. With Southern California ASA as the tournament host, the 64-team and … [Read more...]
European Softball to set up Olympic evaluation committee
(click logo for original news story) The European Softball Federation (ESF), the regional governing body for the sport, is setting up an Olympic Softball Evaluation Commission to analyse softball's chances for future reinstatement to the Olympic Games. Women's softball was an Olympic medal sport from the 1996 Games in Atlanta through to the Beijing Olympics in 2008, but … [Read more...]