StLMSUA Mid-Summer News 2017
Hope this finds you in the midst of a fantastic summer season. What started off as a rainy spring with unfinished tournaments has transitioned into our typical hot and steamy St. Louis summer. Keep drinking that water!
WE NEED DONTATIONS!
We are in need of donations of Pepsi products for the All-Star Game. Please bring a 12 pack of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mt. Dew or Diet Mt. Dew to your next tournament. Dianna Wozniak will collect at Chesterfield this weekend.
BTW, Walgreens has a sale 3 for $10 with their reward card going on this week....
Thanks for your support!
2017 Advanced Fast Pitch Camp
David, Dianna (Woz) and Shannon attended the USA Softball Advanced Fast Pitch Camp in Cumming, GA. The focus was on three-man mechanics and all drills and exercises were geared toward improving performance. Six National Umpire staff were in attendance to work with campers. The days were long and full of learning.
National Championships 2017
We have several umpires working National Championships this summer:
St. Louis HOST Umpires for 14UA
Helen Baltimore-Minner
Bob Berthold
Michael Bland
Eugene Bouie
Michael Collins
Randy Griffon
Daniel Gruenefelder
Cindy Hill
Josh Rosenfield
Larry Slusser
Shelby Wolfram
14UB - Mankato, MN
Brad Gaylord - HE
14U USA - TN
Kristina Klump - HE
16U USA - Normal, IL
Rory Reynolds - HE
Dianna Wozniak - HE
16U Gold - Clearwater, FL
Shannon Kamp - AL
David Lee - AL
18U USA - OR
Daimon Russell - HE
Men's Open FP - East: IN
Roy Shoffner - HE
MMFP - IN
Kevin Wallace - AL
Tournament Stars for Fast Pitch
We've been recognizing umpires for their hard work and flexibility during tournaments this year. Each tournament has a "Star", recommended by the UIC. Being on time, looking sharp in your uniform, helpfulness, working hard and just generally being awesome are some of the traits they are looking to honor. Congratulations again to all our Stars!
Larry Slusser
James McFerren
Shelby Wolfram X2
Eugene Bouie
John Jeffress
Dan Harper
Kristina Klump
Roy Shoffner
Kevin Menning
Michael Bland
Slow Pitch Stars of the Month
Our Slow Pitch umpires also have the opportunity to be recognized as a Star! Each of the slow pitch schedulers select a Star for their geographic area (North & South) every month. Here are the recipients so far:
April
North - Rich Mohrmann
South - Paul Rother
May
North - Larry Slusser
South - Mike Kremer
June
North - Patrick Dekken
South - Dennis Speeler
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK!
Wallace Appointed To the 2017 Pan American Games
Kevin Wallace, District 2 UIC, was selected to work the Men's Fastpitch tournament of the 2017 Pan Am games to be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. This tournament will take place in September and will include teams from the Americas (i.e. Canada, Mexico, US, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil etc...)
Rule Clarifications and Plays
St. Louis Metro Softball Umpires Association