Uniform No. 8
Height: 6’3
Position: Catcher
Hometown: Ringwood, NJ
School: County College of Morris
Graduation: 1995
B/T: R/R
A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Has been a member of Team USA since 2006
TEAM USA EXPERIENCE
2014 National Team Member
Men’s Pan American Games Qualifier
– Hit .333 (4-for-12) with one run scored
2013 National Team Member
ISF Men’s World Championship
– Hit .300 (6-for-20) with three RBI, one HR and seven runs scored
2009 National Team Member
ISF Men’s World Championship
– Hit .278 (5-for-18) with three RBI, one HR and three runs scored
2007 National Team Member
Finished second with the USA Softball Men’s National Team at the ISF Men’s World Cup in Prague – batted .273 with five home runs and nine RBI
2006 National Team Member
Member of the USA Softball Men’s National Team that finished fourth at the Pan Am Qualifier in Sonora, Mexico
Led the USA Men’s National Team to the AAU International Fast Pitch Championship
Batted .438 in ISC Championship and named first-team All-World
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The USA Men’s National team will be competing this summer in the 2015 WBSC World Championships at Saskatoon, SK, June 24-July 5, 2015, and in the Pan-Am Games at Toronto, July 12-18, 2015.
USA Men’s National Team Schedule at the
2015 WBSC World Championships, Saskatoon, Canada
June 26-July 5
June 26
3 p.m. USA vs Mexico
June 27 11:30 a.m. USA vs Dominican Republic
June 28 6 p.m. USA vs Japan
June 29 1 p.m. USA vs Netherlands
June 30 8:30 p.m. USA vs Venezuela
July 1 6 p.m. USA vs Australia
July 2 3:30 p.m. USA vs DenmarkJuly 3-5 TBD Playoffs
USA Men’s National Team Schedule at the
2015 Pan American Games, Toronto, Canada
July 12-18
Date Time (EDT) Opponent Media
July 12 2 p.m. vs. Dominican Republic
July 13 7 p.m. vs. Canada
July 14 2 p.m. vs. Venezuela
July 15 4:30 p.m. vs. Argentina
July 16 7 p.m. vs. Mexico
July 17-18 TBD Playoffs
About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation’s largest sports organizations, ASA/USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 74 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 165,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2.5 million. ASA/USA is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in international and domestic competitions. For more information about ASA/USA Softball, please visit http://www.asausasoftball.com/.
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