Posted: 4/15/2009

ASA Announces USA Softball Women’s National team coaching assignments for 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced today the USA Softball Women’s National team coaching assignments for the 2009 season. The following coaches were selected by the Women’s National Team Selection Committee from the 14 coaches named to the Women’s National team selection pool. Leading the way will be Jay Miller (Starkville, Miss.) who was named the USA Softball Women’s National team head coach on February 16.

Listed below are the 2009 USA Softball Women’s National Team coaching assignments by event:

June 8 – 12- Selection Camp–Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, Calif.
Head Coach: Jay Miller
Assistants: Suzy Brazney (Buena Park, Calif. – Head Coach at Golden West College)
Chuck D’Arcy (Sacramento, Calif.)
Kate Drohan (Chicago, Ill. – Head Coach at Northwestern University)
Gordon Eakin (Sandy, Utah – Head Coach at Brigham Young University)
Ken Eriksen (Tampa, Fla. – Head Coach at University of South Florida)
Stacy Iveson (Prescott Valley, Ariz. – Head Coach at Yavapai College)
BarbaraJordan (Northridge, Calif. – Head Coach at California State University, Northridge)
PatMurphy (Northport, Ala. – Head Coach at University of Alabama)

June 29 – July 2 - Training Camp– Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, Calif.

Head Coach: Jay Miller
Assistants: Suzy Brazney, Chuck D’Arcy, Gordon Eakin, Ken Eriksen
Barbara Jordan, Pat Murphy, Scott Whitlock (Marietta, Ga. – Head Coach at Kennesaw State University)

July 3 – July 12 - Canada Cup - Surrey, B.C. Canada

Head Coach: Jay Miller
Assistants: Barbara Jordan, Ken Eriksen,Gordon Eakin

July 13 – July 20 - World Cup of Softball presented by KFC – Oklahoma City, Okla.

Head Coach: Jay Miller
Assistants: Ken Eriksen, Gordon Eakin, Barbara Jordan

July 28- August 3 - Japan Cup-Sendai City, Japan

Head Coach: Jay Miller
Assistants: Suzy Brazney, Chuck D’Arcy, Barbara Jordan

July 29 – August 10- Pan Am / World Championship Qualifier- Maracay, Venezuela

Head Coach: Jay Miller
Assistants: Karen Johns, Pat Murphy, Scott Whitlock

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 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 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 eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.