The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced today the three teams that will represent USA Softball Women's National team program during the 2009 summer season, kicking off with the Canada Cup, July 4-12. The three teams were selected after a selection camp last week in Chula Vista, Calif.

Former Virginia Tech pitcher Angela Tincher was one of 17 players selected Pan Am Qualifier Team, as announced Monday by the organization.

The 2009 USA Softball Pan American Qualifier Team will represent the USA at the Pan American Qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela, July 31-Aug. 9. The team will be coached by head coach Jay Miller and assistants Karen Johns (Whippany, N.J.), Mike Larabee (Dayton, Ohio) and Pat Murphy (Northport, Ala.).

Tincher has returned from Tokyo, where she has been playing with LeoPalace 21 and is now back with the Akron Racers of the NPF for parts of the schedule until her USA Softball duties call. This is her second stint with USA Softball as she was a member of the gold-medal winning World University Games team in 2006.

The roster for the 2009 USA Softball Pan American Qualifier Team is as follows:
Monica Abbott – Salinas, Calif.        
K’Lee Arredondo – Tempe, Az.       
Brandice Balschmiter – Newark, N.Y.  
Chelsea Bramlett – Cordova, Tenn.               
Kaitlin Cochran – Yorba Linda, Calif.
Andrea Duran – Selma, Calif.     
Vicky Galindo – Union City, Calif.
Ashley Hansen – Chandler, Az.  
Ashley Holcombe – Fayetteville, Ga.     
Megan Langenfeld – Bakersfield, Calif.             
Caitlin Lowe – Tustin, Calif.             
Nikki Nemitz – St. Clair Shores, Mich.
Melissa Roth – Long Beach, Calif.
Katie Schroeder – Yorba Linda, Calif.
Angela Tincher – Eagle Rock, Va.
Maggie Viefhaus – Pacific, Mo.
Tammy Williams – Roscoe, Mo.

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