Welcome to the 2010 Champions Cup!
July 21, 2010
Congratulations to the Corona Angels, our 7th Annual 18U Champions Cup Champions. As I watched the last games being played, I realized that the Angels and the American Athletics have also been a big part of the Cup behind the scenes. Each organization has from inception supported all the teams playing. Marty Tyson’s group has staffed and sold food from the Harvard Snack Bar and the American Athletics have taken the harder job of staffing both Alton and Lower Peters. It was rewarding to see those programs meet in the finals. My thanks to both organizations for their tireless work over the years.
Our 16U Champions were TNL with Corona Angels as runner up. Congratulations to both of those teams.
The coaches dinner on Tuesday night for the 18U/Gold was a very exciting and motivational get together due in large to Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez. The 2010 WCWS Champions Head Coach’s inspiring topic was “COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE” and captivated us from beginning to end. Thank you so much, Coach Inouye-Perez
I would be remiss if I failed to mention the City of Irvine and especially Mr. Ed Crofts and Sandy Feicht. Without their help and support, the Champion’s Cup would be just another tournament. Irvine provides professional staff at each of the four locations and ensures that the all of the fields are groomed, chalked and watered, and the facilities clean.
I want to thank the following people and organizations that worked above and beyond the call of duty to make this year’s 16 & 18 Champions Cup the best ever:
16U Harvard Park – Jan Franscell and JSerra Softball
18U Bill Barber -- Lena Lovelace and the Minors Gold teams
18U Harvard Park - Chris Green and the Corona Angeles
18U Alton Park- Vicki Blanco, Dan Sotelo and the American Athletics 16U Team
18U Lower Peters - David Guzman, Isaac Delgadillo - American Athletics SGV
From the City of Irvine Community Services Progam-Ed Crofts, Sandy Feicht, Teresa Frei, Collum McLaughlin, Kevin Markham, Ross Moodie, Matt Kucera, Brian Fishel
Officer Mike Frei-Irvine P.D. (FTO and Explorer Scout program adviser)- traffic control.
Also a special thanks to some of the hardworking green and blue shirts that took care of the fields and facility maintenance: Marc Kibbe, Rich Brannon, Paul Lemos, Lauren O’Hara, and Steven Stewart are just a few that kept the fields playable and on time.
We also wish to express thanks to our 16U Umpire in Chiefs – Jim Sanderson and 18U/Gold – Sue Sawyer and their exceptional cadre of ASA certified umpires.
Lastly I want to thank each of our participating teams and all college coaches in attendance.
Speaking of colleges, Travel Coaches, please remind your senior players to forward applications for our scholarship program. All monies received (after expenses) goes into this fund – TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!
On behalf of Susan Bollinger, Assist. Tournament Director, Phil Gutierrez, SoCal ASA State Association Commissioner, Mike Schuck, SoCal ASA State JO Commissioner – Travel Ball, and Lorrie Ivie, SoCal Director of Players Association, THANK YOU AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
Left to right, Phil Gutierrez, Mike Schuck, Lorrie Ivie
Left to right Jim Bollinger
Tournament Director Nikki Pica, Kit Yellin, El Yellin, Emily George
Congratulations to the Corona Angels-Marty as the winner of the 2010 Champions Cup!
Corona Angels back row left to right:
#36 Evelyn Carrillo, #7 Lauren Anderson, #8 Courtney Gano,, #3 Amber Freeman, #16 Bethany Kemp, #11 Stephany LaRosa, #15 Jessica
Hall, #21 Savannah Smith, #13 Taylor Green, #25 Desiree Ybarra, #55 Elizabeth Caporusico.
Front row:
#23 Jazmine Ruiz, #88 Nikki Girard, #2 Tatum Edwards, #44 Jasmine Mejia, Bat Girl, #33 Dawna Tyson, #6 Whitney Jones, #9 Emily
Lockman, #31 Victoria Couch, #00 Destinee Martinez, Not Pictured #12 Taylor Edwards.
Congratulations to The Next Level for winning the 16 & under Champions Cup!
Player Name, left to right:
Coach Rich Downey, Celinna Cosio, Samantha Camello, Molly Hutchison, Jaylene Ignacio, Rachel Nasland, Monica Downey, Delanie Gourley, Noelle Johnson, Maritza Portillo, Coach Jerry Delamater, Brianna Giardin, and Jizelle Morando.
July 16, 2010 7:00 p.m.
check Live Results 18U pools and bracket to see when you play.
Seeding should be done by 10:30 p.m. if everyone turns in their scorecards on time!!!
July 15, 2010 10:30 a.m.
DUE TO THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF PARKING AVAILABLE AT BILL BARBER ..........BASED ON HAVING TO PARK AT LOT 3 .........., WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR COOPERATION IN NOT PARKING ANY RV'S OR MOTORHOMES IN LOT 3 AS IT IS TAKING PRECIOUS SPACE. THERE IS A POLICE VARIANCE ALLOWED THAT ... CARS .... CAN PARK ON THE STREET ON HARVARD ...PARK SIDE OF THE STREET FROM SAN JUAN TO CIVIC PLAZA ...
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
JIM BOLLINGER
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We are proud to present Kelly Inouye-Perez as our guest speaker at the
manager's dinner on Tuesday, July 13th.
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Kelly Inouye-Perez |
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Kelly Inouye-Perez begins her fourth season as the head coach of the
UCLA softball program in 2010. Inouye-Perez owns a 133-38 career record
(.778 winning percentage) and led the Bruins to a Pacific-10 Conference
Championship in 2009, as UCLA went 45-11 overall and 16-5 in league
play. She was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year and earned her 100th
career victory on Feb. 22 against Maryland.
In 2008, the Bruins went 51-9 and advanced to the Women's
College World Series, finishing second in the Pac-10 with a 17-4
record. In her first season at the helm of UCLA in 2007, Inouye-Perez
posted a 37-18 overall record and a 12-9 Pac-10 mark (t-3rd).
Over Inouye-Perez's three seasons, the Bruins have earned nine
All-American awards, 15 All-Region honors and 25 All-Pac-10 accolades.
Inouye-Perez, just the third head coach in UCLA softball
history, officially took over the reins from Sue Enquist on Jan. 1,
2007. Enquist announced her retirement as head coach on Sept. 26, 2006.
No stranger to the Bruin dugout, Inouye-Perez starts her
22nd-straight season in Westwood in 2010. She is a link to four decades
of Bruin softball success, joining the UCLA softball program as a
freshman in 1989. Inouye-Perez's apprenticeship is highlighted by six
NCAA Championships and eight Pac-10 titles in her previous 21 years,
spending five campaigns as a player and 13 as an assistant coach.
Over Inouye-Perez's 13 seasons (1994-2006) as an assistant
coach, UCLA was 617-150-1 (.804) and appeared in the NCAA title game
seven times, winning the NCAA Championship in the 1999, 2003 and 2004
seasons. The Bruins also won three Pac-10 titles during that span
(1999, 2002, 2006) and in 2004 were named the National Coaching Staff
of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
Inouye-Perez's primary responsibility as an assistant coach was
guiding the Bruin pitchers and catchers, a list which includes many of
the most honored and recognizable names in collegiate softball. Behind
the dish, where Inouye-Perez also starred as a three-time All-Pac-10
honoree during her playing days at UCLA, she helped mold and influence
arguably the best catcher in the history of USA Softball in Stacey
Nuveman. Under Inouye-Perez's tutelage, Nuveman became a three-time
Pac-10 Player of the Year, four-time, first-team All-American and the
NCAA's all-time single season and career home run leader.
Since the Pac-10 Conference began issuing a Pitcher of the Year
Award, UCLA has been honored with two winners, Courtney Dale in 1999
and Keira Goerl in 2003. Among the other pitching highlights
accomplished by the Bruins over her 13 years as an assistant included
at least one All-American award earned by a UCLA pitcher in 12 of those
campaigns, including DeeDee Weiman, four-time Olympian Tanya Harding
and two-time Olympian Amanda Freed.
In addition, nearly every UCLA pitching record has been set
during the time Inouye-Perez has overseen the Bruin battery and the top
four pitchers on UCLA's career wins list, Goerl, Selden, Freed and
B'Ann Burns, were coached by her.
Inouye-Perez was an exceptionally strong fielder behind the
dish for the Bruins. She made her mark immediately as a collegiate
player, earning first-team All-Pac-10 as a true freshman and
second-team as a sophomore, leading the Bruins to the 1989 and 1990
NCAA Championships before receiving a medical redshirt in 1991 due to
shoulder surgery.
She came back strong in 1992, picking up second-team All-Pac-10
honors as the Bruins once again won the national championship and
finished with a 54-2 record, the fewest losses in a season in program
history. Inouye-Perez also was named to the 1992 All-Women's College
World Series Team, going 5-for-12 (.417) with four RBI during WCWS
play. She wrapped up her career as a fifth-year senior in 1993 with an
NCAA runner-up finish. Impressively, Inouye-Perez did not commit a
single fielding error during her final two seasons.
Among the UCLA pitchers during her five seasons as a player
were Lisa Longaker and Lisa Fernandez, both of whom were named to the
NCAA's 25th Anniversary All-WCWS Team. During her UCLA career,
Inouye-Perez played in 22 Women's College World Series games, a mark
that is tied for third-best in UCLA history behind only Lisa Fernandez
and Kristy Howard (23). Inouye-Perez graduated from UCLA in 1993 with a
B.A. in psychology.
Prior to college, Inouye-Perez was one of the top players
during her ASA days, winning four national championships, with the
Panthers (1984, `85 and `89) and the Raiders (1986). She also competed
on an international level in Japan in 1985 and in Peru in 1987 (Pan
American Tournament) and followed her collegiate career with time
playing on the NPF Pro Tour.
Inouye-Perez and her husband, Gerardo Perez, currently reside
in Cerritos. Along with Kelly's exploits on the diamond, Gerardo
competed as a catcher/DH for Cerritos College from 1988-90 and helped
lead the Falcons to the 1989 Junior College National Championship.
After a stellar career at Cerritos, he went on to compete at Loyola
Marymount, earning first-team All-West Coast Conference honors his
junior and senior seasons. He currently teaches health and coaches
baseball at Gahr High School in Cerritos. The couple has two children,
Michael (10) and Kylie (5).
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