NOVEMBER 22 UPDATE

COMMITMENTS

Alex Gagne, C, Valley Breeze, to University of Maryland

Krista Klein and Whitney Wyatt have signed National Letters of Intent with the Auburn softball team for the 2007 season, head coach Tina Deese announced Monday. Klein, a catcher, hails from Garden Grove, Calif., while Wyatt is an infielder from Ramer, Ala

Kellie Sirus  C, 3B Sarasota FL   Team FLA  to Lipscomb U.

Kristie Sirus  SS, 2B Sarasota FL  Team FLA to Lipscomb U

Ashlee Craig 3B/SS, CA Desperados (Pat), committed to Cal State San Marcos.
Joy Leon C/1B/OF, CA Desperados (Pat), committed to Cal San Marcos..

Seattle University

Signed Sandra Hernandez-OC Lionettes-3B/OF
Signed Katie Petersen-American A's Gold/Durham-OF/2B

Committed Lauren Berin-American A's Gold/Durham-Utility

Mass Fire 'N Ice

Jennifer Puccini, SS, signed with University of Maine

Alyssa Gerrish, C/OF, signed with LIU/CW Post

Jackie Dionne, OF, signed with LIU/CW Post

Justyne Roy, 1B, signed with University of Connecticut

Jennifer Gilbert, P, signed with Fairfield University

Ashley Botelho, C, signed with Drexel University

ISF 2006 CALENDAR

PAN AMERICAN GAMES

PAN-AMERICAN WOMEN’S SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Guatemala – November 26 to December 3, 2005

Guatemala – Central America

This tournament is a qualifier for the ISF’s XI Women’s World Championship (August 2006 in Beijing, China). The top five teams from this event will qualify on behalf of the Americas. In addition, the top eight teams will qualify for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio.

Participating Countries:

North America: Canada, Mexico, and USA

Central America: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

Caribbean: Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela

PITCHER CHANGES FOR TEAM USA IN GUATEMALA

USA Softball has confirmed to SPY two changes in the pitcher corps for the Pan American games.  For different reasons, Jennie Finch and Catherine Osterman will not make this particular trip – but remain on Team USA.  Jennie Ritter, Michigan, and Alicia Hollowell, Arizona, have been added to the roster for the games.  Jamie Southern and Amanda Freed are the other pitchers previously announced.

Holly Krivokapich joins ASA/USA Softball
11/9/2005

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—The Amateur Softball Association and USA Softball announced today the hiring of Holly Krivokapich of Farmington, N.M., as the new Assistant Director of Communications. Krivokapich’s duties will include serving as the assistant editor of Balls and Strikes Softball Magazine, maintaining information files on all USA Softball National Teams, developing a quarterly on-line magazine, serving as a liaison between local, regional and national media outlets as she travels with the various USA Softball National teams.

Most recently, Krivokapich completed an internship with the ABC Sports in New York City where she worked as a research analyst for upcoming events. A graduate of Texas Tech University, she worked four years in the Red Raider Athletic Communication Department where she served as the contact for the Softball, Volleyball, Women’s Golf and Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams.

2006 NPF Louisiana Clinics & Dinner

January 5-7th, 2006

The primary instructors/speakers for this event include:

Olympian Jessica Mendoza (OF)
USA National Team member Toni Mascarenas (IF)
USA Elite team member Heather Scaglione (C)
Arizona Heat MIP/2004 NPF All-Star Cheryl Schaefer (OF/IF)
Chicago Bandit Pitcher Amy Harre (P)

More information is available on the website: www.geocities.com/fastpitchclinic

Online Registration provided by Active.com (link on the clinic website)

Great Britain training camp

Great Britain is holding a selection/training camp January 4-8 at the ISF facility in Plant City.  More details when available.  Team Canada may also be on hand.

POTPOURRI

Jack and Bobby.  President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot to death on this day in 1963 in Dallas, at the age of 46.  Jack would have turned 89 next May.  Bobby Kennedy, assassinated in 1968, would have turned 80 on November 20.  Hard to imagine two so very vigorous men as octogenarians.

Surgery.  In response to reader inquiries, I now have outpatient surgery scheduled for December 5, 9, 13, 16, 19.  For Christmas, I get the stitches removed.

Humor.  A Ronnie Isham special: Man forgets wedding anniversary.  Wife tells him she expects to wake up next day and find something in driveway that can go from 0 to 200 in second.  She walks out next day and finds bathroom scale in driveway.  Funeral services for husband are pending.

Your emails to SPY.  Name the subject.  My first order of business is Commitments, then unsigned seniors, then other breaking news.  If you leave the subject blank, I just might assume it’s a commercial.

RFH

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