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Written by James L   
Saturday, 20 October 2007 03:01

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Andy Dooley Elected President-Elect of the ASA
11/12/2007

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced today that Andy Dooley, 59, of Bedford, Va., was elected president-elect of the Amateur Softball Association during the National Governing Body of Softball’s 76th annual National Council meeting this past week in Louisville, Ken.

Dooley, who was one of five candidates for the ASA’s top non-paying position, defeated G. Pat Adkison of Rainbow City, Ala., who was seeking a fourth term as ASA president. The other candidates, H. Franklin Taylor III of Richmond, Va., E.T. Colvin of Columbus, Miss. and Tony Laws of Burlington, N.C. all withdrew before the final balloting.

“I am honored to be elected president-elect of the ASA,’’ Dooley said. ”I would like to thank all those people who supported me. I will give my best effort to continue to move the organization forward.”

ASA Commissioner of Piedmont, Va., since 1994, Dooley will serve as president-elect for the next two years before becoming the 37th president of the ASA at the National Council meeting in Reno, NV in 2009.

Joey Rich of Springfield, MO will serve as president from 2008-2009 after serving two years as president-elect. He is the second person from Missouri to serve as ASA president.

A Vietnam veteran (1968-1970), Dooley was named assistant recreation director of the Bedford Recreation Department in 1973 before serving as recreation director from 1994-2002.

Besides being involved with the ASA, Dooley is active with various civic organizations, including as administrator of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Bedford Lodge #1897 since 1988.

A lifetime member of the Virginia Parks and Recreation Society, Dooley was named Special Olympics “Volunteer of the Year” in 1997. In 2006 he served as the technical delegate for Special Olympics National Games in Ames, IA and earlier this year served in the same position for the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, China. He was a member of the Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging Board for eight years and was chairman for three years.

About ASA

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 84 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com.

About USA Softball

USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the 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 eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive. For more information about USA Softball, please visit www.usasoftball.com


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