North Carolina Amateur Softball Association - NCASA

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This site is dedicated to providing you with the information you need for all North Carolina Amateur Softball Association activities.

What is the Amateur Softball Association?
The Amateur Softball Association (ASA), a volunteer driven, not-for-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, OK, was founded in 1933 and has evolved into the strongest softball organization in the country. The growth and development of the association led the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to name the ASA the National Governing Body of Softball, pursuant to the Amateur Sports Act of 1978.

The ASA has many important responsibilities as the national governing body of softball in the United States, including regulating competition to insure fairness and equal opportunity to the millions of player who annually play the sport.

When the ASA entered the softball picture in 1933, the sport was in a state of confusion with no unified set of playing rules and no national governing body to provide guidance and stability. The ASA changed all that by adopting softball's first universally accepted rules of play and by organizing consistent and fair competition across the nation.

From this beginning, the ASA has become one of the nation's largest and fastest growing sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 93 state and metro associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 250,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than four million.

ASA Quick Facts

.: The Amateur Softball Association was founded in 1933 by Leo Fisher and Michael J. Pauley.

.: The ASA was named the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States by the United States Olympic Committee in 1978.

.: The ASA's National Office is located in Oklahoma City.

.: The ASA has 93 local state/metro associations that register teams and organize leagues around the country.

.: The Amateur Softball Association registers over 245,000 softball teams comprising over 3.5 million players.

.: The ASA annually registers over 83,000 youth girls' fast pitch softball teams comprising over 1.2 million girls.

.: The ASA annually registers over 43,000 certified umpires.

.: The ASA conducts over 90 National Championships on an annual basis in which 30,000 players compete.

.: The ASA's website, www.asasoftball.com, averages over 4,000 "unique visitors" per day.

.: The ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City has served as host of the NCAA Women's College World Series more than any other site.