January 5, 2012 

ASA releases 2012 Men’s Slow Pitch Restricted Player List

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced today the 2012 Men’s Slow Pitch Restricted Player list (RPL). Players on the ASA RPL may only play Class A and any team that participates in ASA may not have more than five (5) players from the ASA RPL.

For the Men’s Masters 35-Over, 40-Over, and 45-Over Slow Pitch competitive division the teams will be allowed up to three (3) players from the ASA RPL. The Recreation division will be allowed up to three (3) Class C rated players and no players rated A+, A, B+, B, C+ or from the ASA RPL.

Per the ASA Code, the players on the Men's Restricted Player List were determined by the ASA Slow Pitch Restricted Player Committee. Any appeals regarding this list can be made to the players local commissioner who will forward it to the ASA National Office for further review by the ASA Slow Pitch Restricted Player Committee. Please do this in writing and be sure to include statistics, teams played against, and a reason why you feel you should be removed from the RPL in any appeal.

Below are the 99 Restricted Players for the 2012 season:

*Bryson Baker – California
*Rick Baker – Indiana
*Dal Beggs – Florida
*Vince Bisbee – Michigan
*Robert Blackburn - North Carolina
*Randall Boone – Georgia
Mike Bowlin – California
*Jason Branch – Florida
*Ken Briggs - North Carolina
Keith Brockman - South Carolina
*Scott Brown – Minnesota
*Geno Buck – Minnesota
*Rusty Bumgardner - North Carolina
Travis Clark - Wisconsin
*Tim Cocco – Kentucky
*Greg Connell – Georgia
*Victor Cordova – California
*Dennis Crine – Nevada
*Don Dedonatis, III – Florida
Jim Devine - New Jersey
*Dan Dillingham – Florida
Anthony Dress – Minnesota
*Chad Durick – Florida
*John Dutch - North Carolina
Jeff Edington – Ohio
*Kevin Filby – Ohio
*Joey Formosa – California
Dewayne Frizzell – Florida
*BJ Fulk - North Carolina
*Hank Garris – Florida
*JD Genter – Georgia
*Jamie Gordon – Michigan
*Rich Goulash – Florida
*Jeff Hall - North Carolina
Kelly Hartman – Oklahoma
*Greg Hartwick – Arkansas
*Shane Hatfield – Ohio
*Brett Helmer - New York
*Brian Higginbotham – Ontario
*Timmy Howard – Arkansas
*RJ Howerton – Texas
*Bobby Hughes – Arkansas
*Jeremy Isenhower – Kansas
*Todd Joerling – Missouri
*Brian Justice – Tennessee
*Jason Kendrick – Florida
*Matt King – Ohio
Scott King – Georgia
*Scott Kirby – Florida
Randy Kortokrak - Ohio
* Howie Krause – Ohio
*Chris Larsen – Washington
*Alex Laverico, California
Tim Linson – Ohio
*Sam Lopez – California
Bubba Mack – Florida
Keith Martin – Alabama
Mike Martin - North Carolina
*Todd Martin - North Carolina
Brian May – Ohio
*Brett McCollum – Illinois
*Johnny McCraw - North Carolina
*Sean McDonald – Michigan
*Jeff McGavin – Michigan
Bruce Meade – Florida
John Mello - Rhode Island
Bill Messina – Arkansas
*Brandon Murray – Mississippi
*Scott Nastally – Michigan
Dewayne Nevitt – Kentucky
Derek Oliver - North Carolina
*Matt Pesso – California
*Donovan Pokraka – Colorado
Lee Powers - North Carolina
*Andy Purcell – Florida
*Brian Rainwater – Georgia
*Mike Rhines – Illinois
*Wendell Rickard – Louisiana
*Ryan Robbins – Indiana
Adam Rockoff – Florida
Mike Rodriguez – California
*Dale Roe – Michigan
*Dennis Rulli – California
*Jimmy Salas – California
*Dan Sanchez – California
*Dennis Shrum - Texas
*Rick Sedlacek - Ohio
Butch Smith – Florida
*Seth Stephens – Washington
*Scott Striebel – Florida
*Ryan Thiede – Illinois
Tom Thompson – Ohio
*Jeff Wallace – Florida
Shaun Watson – Illinois
Will Watson – Georgia
*Brian Wegman – Ohio
Tom White - New Jersey
Derrick Williams – Nevada
Don Wilson – Washington

*Member of 2011 RPL List

The 2012 PRL list is also located on the ASA website at the link below and will remain posted through 2012.

http://www.asasoftball.com/adult/restrictedplayers.asp

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 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.