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Atthe2013ASACouncilMeeting914NovemberinOklahomaCity,OK,theNational UmpireStaffselectedJoeCoatesasanEliteUmpire.Joehasjoinedan"ELITE" groupofMenandWomenwithhisselectionasanAmateurSoftballAssociation "ELITE"Umpire.PleasejointheAZASAUmpireStaffincongratulatingthis outstandingArizonaASAUmpireforhissignificantaccomplishmentsandgreat achievement.TheArizonaASAUmpireStaffaswellasStateCommissionerDon Fisheltakesgreatprideinthesuccessofothersandwecouldnotbemorepleased andproudofJoe.HisselectionasEliteUmpireisatremendousaccomplishment consideringASAhasover30,000registeredumpiresandnow,aftertheselectionof the2013GroupofEliteUmpires,thereareonlyafewover400EliteUmpiresinASA. Withoutadoubt,JoeCoatesisnowamongtheBestoftheBest! ThisrewardprogramisthehighesthonoranASAumpirecanobtainotherthan selectiontotheASAHallofFame.Theprogramwaslaunchedin2003,with153 umpiresapprovedinFebruaryofthatyear. WiththeselectionofJoeCoates,ArizonaASAnowhas23ASA/USAEliteUmpires13 ofwhichremainsActive.InactiveAZASAEliteUmpiresinSlowPitchare:Charles Lundquist,DarrellMcRae,DickPetragallo,HaroldGilbert,Jr.,andMichaelValdez. InactiveFastPitchEliteUmpiresare:DaleWilson,LenFriedlund,MartyMakarand MichaelGump.ActiveAZASAEliteUmpiresinSlowPitchare:DanPeterson,Jim Bronson,RichardEddingsandSteveGibbs.ActiveEliteUmpiresare:AaronBurns, AndyWilliams,DonMcCombs,EmilyAlexander,GeriMagwire,JoeRobinson,Joe CoatesandoriginallyAZ,butnowOhio,TimCooper.AZASAhasthedistinctionof havingtwoUmpireswhobecameEliteinboththeSlowPitchandFastPitch Category;JeffKersch(Inactive)andWallyLatall(Active). FullinformationabouttheASA/USASoftballEliteUmpireProgramincluding QualifyingTournamentsandApplicationProceduresvisittheASA/USASoftball NationalWebSiteathttp://www.softball.org.
First Championship Tournament Huge Success at Fields at Papago Park Other Opportunities for many Umpires
Six(6)AZASACertifiedUmpireswereselectedandworkedtheFirstAZASA NationalQualifyingTournamentoftheyearon2526January2014.Representing theWestDistrictwasMikeSaboandrepresentingtheSouthDistrictwasJoePorter. UmpiresfromtheCentralDistrictincludedRichardBeals,KaseyBurns,TomManzo andMattOrlando.TheTournamentUmpireinChiefwastheStateDeputyUmpire inChief,AndyWilliams.Therewillatotalofsix(6)ChampionshipEventshostedby ArizonaASAin2014providingexcellentopportunitiesforourumpires.Theyare: