ARCHIVE 2002 AND EARLIER
ASA Answers to Readers' Questions
Commitments; In Memoriam 2002
USA Defeats Canada 2-0 on Abbott 1-Hitter
Lowe, Clark, Dodd Provide Offense
Argentina 3rd, Antilles 4th
USA Defeats Canada 10-0; Advances to Finals
Hollowell Pitches Second Shutout
Argentina Defeats Antilles 11-2; Plays Canada Saturday
Important Information on Junior World Tryouts
USA Sweeps Qualifying Round with 1-0 Win over Canada
USA 6-0 Record Gives Team #1 Seed in Championship Round
USA, Canada, Argentina, Antilles, Mexico Qualify for China
Legaspi, Lappin lead hit parade
USA Defeats Mexico 6-0; Abbott Hurls Perfect Game
USA and Canada Undefeated; Meet Thursday
Argentina Improves Standings Defeating Antilles
Canada and N. Antilles win key games
Lisa Dodd's 5 rbi's Pace 20-0 3-inning game
More Pan Am; Jr World Tryouts; Commitments
Dodd, Van Brakle pitch perfect game as USA defeats Argentina
Canada, Guatemala win; Antilles upsets Mexico
Complete revised schedule for pool play
Argentina defeats Jamaica; Canada beats Guatemala
SPY survives auto accident; car doesn't
USA Annihilates Netherlands Antilles 21-0 in 3 inning
more to come
revised
USA looks sharp in practice round
SPY Softball Magazine
Joyce Compton Inducted into NFCA Hall of Fame
How Much Would You Pay to Practice
with the US National Team?
SPY Notes on Unsigned Players
Olympic Softball Gets a Reprieve
Commitments; More Batbuster; NFCA Honors Shamrocks
Scores from pre-Thanksgiving Tournament
Revised and Updated
New NCAA Admission Standards
Commitments; New Professional League
Updated and Alphabetized November 22, 2002
again!
Commitments; NFCA Leadoff Classic
Commitments; WPSL; College Players
Weekend Tournament Results
Setback on Face Guards
Reno Wednesday; Must Reading for JO
Gold Will Be Held in Marietta, GA
Softball Likely to Remain in 2008 Olympics
Commitments; More News from Reno
Legislative Committee Overrides JO on College Players
Update on Olympics 2008
BULLETIN FROM ASA COUNCIL MEETING
SPY Report on Preliminary Proposals at Reno Meeting
Proposal for Selecting 2003 Junior Olympic Team
Proposals Revising Gold & 18A:
separate dates; no college players; seeding
Commitments; Birthdays
An Appreciation of College Assistant Coaches
Commitments; Other Updates
Commitments; More San Diego Reports
Commitments; San Diego Results; An Appreciation of Toilets
Lisa Dodd Commits to UCLA
First Day Tournament Results
More Commitments (late update)
Haning resigns from Jr World; Commitments
Revised Report Tucson Fiesta; Commitments
First Round Results from Tucson
We Forgot to Consolidate These
SPY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASA COUNCIL
ASA meets at Reno in November; Make your voice heard
L'il Saints Go Undefeated
Five commit to Northwestern; early look at Arizona
Thumbnail sketches of each player
Weekend Tournament (revised)
ASA Announces National Team Selections
Commitments: Jennie Finch and Others
USA SELECTS NATIONAL TRAINING TEAM
Pam Newton Chosen Jr World Coach
which college team is the smartest?
Monica Abbott Commits to Tennessee; Other Commitments
and humor
ASA Announcement 9/24
FIVE FINALISTS FOR JR WORLD COACH
9/23: Bastian, D'Arcy, Haning, Newton, Richardson
Olympian Michele Smith Retires
List of Invitees to National Team Tryouts 9/24
state-by-state, team by team report on '03 graduates updated 12/11/02 to include all '03 graduates who played at Boulder and ASA nationals
Also, Classes of 2005 and '06, in a single nationwide report
Compiled September 9, 2002/Updated 1/10/03
A Murder Mystery You Will Enjoy
IMPORTANT: READ CORRECTION
Candidates for Junior World Coach
NFCA/Louisville Slugger High School All Americans
In Memoriam for 911; Johnny U dies
"Shattered" photo by James Nachtwey for Time
Commitments; Reply to Commissioners
Feature: What in the World
Status of Junior World
An Essay on the Events of September 11, 2001
More Fall tournaments; So Cal ASA Player Association Scholarships
Radigonda, Porter letters; Contacting IOC
ASA Outlaws More Bats; Revised Fall Schedule
Mendoza powers 2-1 (8) win; Harrigan is MVP
Fall Tournaments; Team USA in Championship Game
A GUIDE TO TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT
From the Opening Ceremony to the Final Out
California Coaches will Meet Saturday to Discuss Such Issues
More on the Olympics; also Commitments
Olympic Softball: requiescat in pace?
USA wins scrimmage in Yokohama
We mourn musical giant William Warfield
Twelve Named to Inaugural Greek National Team
NFCA names Catchers of the Year in all Divisions
la danse des les doights
Team USA schedule Japan Cup; Nuveman Award; Other News
New team-by-team SPY report on Players on Gold Rosters
from the Classes of 2004-06
First of a series of updates on SPY national listings of players
Hurricanes Edge Dynasty 7-6 (9); Meet Brakettes Tonight
Brakettes on Threshhold of 24th Title
Kaci Clark no-hitter paces Brakettes; Wilkerson, Quinones HRs
Osterman Notches 17Ks for Brakettes
College Players at Gold; Women's Majors; Greek National Team
Game Notes; SPY's honorable mentions
Rankings 1-66
Lisa Dodd Hurls No Hitter, 1-Hitter to Defeat Cruisers and Smoke
CA Cruisers, Haning Batbusters Atop Winners Bracket
Wardein retires as Firecracker coach; Jennie Finch on Today Show
SPY comments on selected games
Double Elimination Games Begin
Worth Firecrackers, VA Shamrocks, Comets, Elite Eliminated
Scores of first double-elimination games
First Round Schedule
ASA 18 Gold National Championship
Case Batbusters & Sorcerers top Winners Bracket
USA Advances to Gold Medal Round
ASA Says Worth 3DXFP Bat Is Legal
Jay Miller to Mississippi State; More on the Bat Controversy
ASU's Linda Wells to Coach Greek Olympic team
ASA Bans 5 Bats; USA Advances at World Cup
Thursday's games: homers and no-hitters
Thursday Action at Rockford
Final Round Pool Games; First Round Elimination
Tom Gray at UIC; USA Defeats Chinese Taipei
Complete Results First Day Games
Michele Smith Pitches No-Hitter at World Cup
Pool Play Matchups Drawn 7/29 for 128 teams
Batbusters Davis Win CA Gold Rush Tournament
Jennie Finch No-Hitter as USA Downs Canada 4-0
USA Routs Czech Republic 13-0 at World Cup
USA Wins 1st Game; World Cup Summary; Other News
We have 66; the Gold field is formed; other news
Revised format; final list of 66, July 24
People, Games, Tournaments, Other News
also: see updated list below of Gold teams
Complete Report on Finch-Osterman Duel
Complete Report on Firecrackers' Wire to Wire Win
USA World defeats Elite 4-0; Wins Canada Cup
Worth Firecrackers Win Inaugural Futures Tournament
CA Cruisers win Consolation in Women's Cup
USA Elite Stuns USA World 3-1
USA Elite Defeats Teamsmith to advance to Championship game
Worth Firecrackers Advance to Championship Game
USA World and Elite Teams to Meet in Semi-Finals
Firecrackers, Am Athletics, WR Renegades, Atlanta Vipers Undefeated
USA World Team, USA Elite, Australia, Teamsmith Undefeated
Australia, Firecrackers top seeds as bracket play begins
Canada Cup Futures Tournament Day Two; other Cup news
Canada Cup Futures Tournament
Canada Cup notes; more Gold qualifiers
Davis Batbusters, CA Sting Earn National Berths
FL Hi-Intensity, GA East Cobb Bullets Earn National Berths
July 13 Update; Games Suspended by Rain
Revised to include Day One Game Notes
A Vote for Jennie Finch
Seattle/Virginia Gold; People in the News
Coaching Changes; Other News
July 5: Coach and Player Changes
July 5: Lancaster, Other Gold
July 5 Roundup Other Action
USA Defeats Canada but Loses to Japan
Game and Player Notes/7-5-02
How to Apply; July 15 Deadline
BB Haning Defeat CA Cruisers 2-1 for Championship
EIGHT TO COMPETE FOR BOULDER TITLE
AM PASTIME G WINS AURORA
COLORADO FIREWORKS June 29 Update
Flash: Wendy Allen Goes to Arizona
Friday and Saturday Games
COLORADO FIREWORKS QUARTERFINALS
Sunday Winners Bracket Pairings
USA Shuffles National Team/Elite Rosters
Early reports from Aurora and Boulder
Easton Names All American Teams
All Eyes on Colorado
Shamrocks defeat KY Flyers in Indiana; both win berths
also, partial reports from non-qualifying tournaments in FL, CA
VA Shamrocks, WA Glacier Win Gold Berths
Jenny Gladding Goes to Florida
Reflections on the Games and the Tournament
Jenny Gladding Leaves Arizona
Altamonte Springs; Phoenix; Vegas; Pennsbury
Two Players Withdraw from Elite Team; Singleton to Coach Missouri
Haning Batbusters, So Cal Athletics Qualify
Also, Amie Stewart's Rebels and Salinas Storm
Paradise Valley Premier and CO Comets Win in Texas
First Day Action Sacramento Gold
Alicia Hollowell Gatorade National HS Player of the Year
NUVEMAN NAMED COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
ASA announces selection June 7
Or, California farming as a management science
Finch, Nuveman, Bird, Collins, Stiles are Nominees
also, SPY adventure in Chinatown
17 players chosen to represent USA
will play US Cup, Canada Cup, Japan Cup, and World Championship
Group added to national player pool; will play Canada Cup
Also brief comment on process which produced many new faces
JENNIE FINCH WINS 2002 HONDA AWARD
A look at 3 Batbusters, Cruisers and Smoke
COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF YEAR FINALISTS
Jennie Finch, Stacey Nuveman, Natasha Watley
SPY's report on first day of games
CALIFORNIA FIRST IN FINAL POLL
Numerous Shifts Mark Final USA Today/NFCA Poll May 29
CANDREA NAMED 2004 OLYMPIC COACH
Will guide USA National Teams 2002-03
Louisville Slugger and Coach Mays amplify points of view
May 16: Gordon's Panthers Larry Mays Resigns
Also, latest HS poll
Explaining the NCAA Process; Whither the Panthers?
THE NAME OF THE GAME IS SOFTBALL
Making a Qualified Case for Eastern Softball
USA SOFTBALL ADDS PLAYERS TO NATIONAL TEAM CAMP
20 Players Added May 1; 60 Stars will Compete at Chula Vista
Also: a Work-Out Schedule for the Masses
Also: 69 Gold Teams Register for Sector 4 Tournaments
Conference USA standings published
April 11: Junior World Qualifier Cancelled
Comments on Conference Standings (also see report below)
April 4 Update: Commitments; Foothill #1 High School
April 3 Update: Osterman Player of the Week; Also, midweek college scores
Clovis tops latest high school poll; Bonita Vista HS joins Top Ten
GOLD SECTOR TOURNAMENTS STATUS REPORT
ASA records as of April 12
USA ANNOUNCES FINAL TRYOUT INVITEES
20 additional players invited; 10-18 more may be considered
this report has been superceded by report on 04-05-06 above
Information on '04 and '05 players now on Gold/18A teams
See the Recruiting Section for Additional Recruiting Reports
A SPY Softball Editorial
MARGIE WRIGHT REACHES COACHING MILESTONE
Borrowed Laugh-Lines You Will Enjoy
A sometimes humorous journey thru the backwoods
ASA PROCEDURES FOR GOLD SECTOR QUALIFIERS
New: ASA Posts Procedures 3/1/02
2002 GOLD REGIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
The Story Behind the Los Angeles Monarchs
January thru early April
Spy Softball.Com Sections
Recruiting Reports Tournament Reports
College Softball Page ASARules/Regulation
Spy Softball.Com Archives
In the Spy Softball archives you will find all previously published reports from 2000 and 2001.
The archives are organized into the same categories as the Spy Softball Main Sections.
National Team Tryouts
USA SOFTBALL NAMES CORE NATIONAL TEAM
USA SOFTBALL PRESS RELEASE
SPY Thumbnail Sketches of Core Group
DAY THREE NATIONAL TEAM TRYOUTS
The Final Games
Day One: the Games
January 2 Report from Chula Vista
RECRUITING
STATE BY STATE TEAM ROSTERS CLASS OF 2002
Major New National Report 7/19/2001
UNSIGNED SENIORS CLASS OF 2002
Coast to Coast Listings//Revised 12/14
SPY's Complete List Updated Thru 2/1/02
Louisville Slugger/NFCA and SchoolSports Magazine Lists