Oklahoma City, OK - Seven ASA/USA umpires selected for 2016 WBSC World Championships
Seven umpires from the United States have been selected to represent the ASA/USA Umpire Program internationally in the 2016 season as the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) recently announced the umpiring staff for the Women’s and Junior Men’s World Championships. Slated for July 15-24 in Surrey, B.C., Canada, three U.S. umpires have been assigned to the WBSC Women’s World Championship while an additional four umpires have been selected to the WBSC Junior Men’s World Championship staff, which will be held July 22-30 in Midland, Mich.
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Seven ASA/USA umpires selected for 2016 WBSC World Championships
OKLAHOMA CITY — Seven umpires from the United States have been selected to represent the ASA/USA Umpire Program internationally in the 2016 season as the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) recently announced the umpiring staff for the Women's and Junior Men's World Championships. Slated for July 15-24 in Surrey, B.C., Canada, three U.S. umpires have been assigned to the WBSC Women's World Championship while an additional four umpires have been selected to the WBSC Junior Men's World Championship staff, which will be held July 22-30 in Midland, Mich.
"ASA/USA Softball is honored to have seven umpires selected this year for the WBSC-Softball Division World Championships," said ASA/USA Softball Director of Umpires Kevin Ryan. "This is a huge honor for our umpires along with the entire ASA/USA Softball Umpire Program. These umpires have worked hard to bring their abilities to the level it takes to be an umpire at a World Championship, and all of them deserve this opportunity because of their hard work and dedication to ASA/USA Softball. There is no higher honor for an ASA/USA Umpire than to represent your country on the softball field on the international stage."
ASA/USA umpires for the WBSC Women's World Championship will be Laura Head (Signal Hill, Calif.), Geri Magwire (Tempe, Ariz.) and Steve McCown (Wylie, Texas). Head and Magwire have recent international experience, having served on the umpiring staff for the 2015 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship in Oklahoma City, Okla. In addition to the umpire assignments, Chris Drumm (San Louis Rey, Calif.) has been appointed as an Assistant Umpire-in-Chief (UIC) for the Women's World Championship.
In addition to the WBSC Women's World Championship, four umpires were selected for the WBSC Junior Men's World Championship. James Connors (Manchester, Mich.), Jerry Norris (Belle Center, Ohio), Kevin Wallace (Shipman, Ill.) and Sean Wells (Renton, Wash.) will represent the United States on home soil in Midland, Mich. ASA/USA Softball Director of Umpires Kevin Ryan will also serve as an Assistant UIC for the Championship.
Please click here to see the entire umpiring staff for the WBSC Women's World Championship, while the staff for the WBSC Junior Men's World Championship can be found here.
About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body of 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 70 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 2.2 million. ASA/USA is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of 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 nine World Championship titles as well as claimed eight World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about ASA/USA Softball, please visit http://www.asausasoftball.com/.
About the World Baseball Softball Confederation
Headquartered in the Olympic Capital city of Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) was established in April 2013 and granted recognition as the sole competent authority in baseball and softball by the International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session in September 2013. The WBSC represents a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes worldwide. The WBSC governs all international competitions involving any of the National Teams of its 141 National Federation members. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships, The Premier 12, the World Baseball Classic, and the U12, U15, U18, U21 and Women's Baseball World Cups. For further information, please go to www.WBSC.co or follow the WBSC on Twitter at @WBSC.
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