Triple Crown in Oklahoma City features Texas Travelers

From May 29th to June 1st softball in Oklahoma and the world for that matter doesn’t get any better.  The College World Series is taking place during that time, but the Triple Crown OKC will also feature some of the top teams around the United States as well.

In addition to the 2015 ASA/USA National Championship Texas representative, Texas Travelers; Texas Heat 04 (Kingwood, Texas), Corinth Lady Tigers (Corinth, Mississippi), Twister’s Gold (Lee’s Summit, Missouri), Waco Heat (Waco, Texas), Texas Bombers (San Antonio, Texas), Texas Elite (McKinney, Texas), Heartland Havoc 04 (Milan, Illinois), Texas Stealth 04 (Pasadena, Texas), Oklahoma Steele (Stillwater, Oklahoma), Impact Gold (Brownfield, Texas), OC Batbusters (La Habra, California), Fury 04 (Ringgold, Georgia), Diamond Sports Hotshots Gold (Montgomery, Texas) and Texas Chaos (Texas City, Texas) will be competing in this prestigious tournament.  Most of these teams are preparing for their World Series or National Tournaments for the end of their year as the Texas Travelers are utilizing the tournament as they get ready to compete in the National Championships in Normal, Illinois.

The Texas Travelers will have their newest team member with them in Oklahoma City.  Coach Jordan Strickland, Baylor Bear softball legend and 2014 Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team selection will be making her coaching debut this weekend.  “I could not be more pleased to have Jordan join our coaching staff. She is a remarkable young woman with a great career, and an excellent role model for all of our girls to imitate” states, Head Coach of the Texas Travelers, Kyle Bennett.

The Texas Travelers will face the Heartland Havoc Saturday at 11:30 am and then the Texas Stealth at 1:15 pm both at Reeves Park in Norman, Oklahoma.  On Sunday they will face Oklahoma Steele at 8 am and then Impact Gold at 11:30 am.  Depending how the Travelers compete those two days will determine who and when they will play on Monday in single elimination bracket play.  Bracket play starts at 8 am with the championship game scheduled for 4:45 pm deciding who will be the Triple Crown OKC Champions.

The competition will be fierce, but the Texas Travelers support will be strong.  Good luck to all of the girls competing.

For more information on the Texas Travelers, players, coaches, or schedules visit the Texas Travelers News Network or follow the team on Facebook.  The Texas Travelers take pride in competing at the highest level possible for select softball.  They have earned the right to represent Texas in the 2015 ASA/USA National Championships in Normal, Illinois.

About ASA:

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 74 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 200,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than four million.

Top Select Softball Team is Fully Funded

Select Softball can be an expensive sport, especially when your daughter plays for a highly competitive team.  In addition to uniforms, softball equipment, pitching & hitting lessons, field rentals, and indoor facilities; there is travel, food and lodging when top teams travel to tournaments.

The Texas Travelers have been chosen to represent Texas in the 2015 ASA/USA National Championship in Illinois.  This year, they have traveled to Louisiana, Arkansas and later this month will be playing in the Triple Crown in Oklahoma City at the home of Women’s Softball World Series against the likes of Texas Chaos, Fury 04, Diamond Sports Hotshots, Corinth Lady Tigers, Texas Bombers, Heartland Havoc, Texas Stealth, Oklahoma Steele, OC Batbusters and other highly rated teams across the country.  Of course, all of these tournaments and travel can cost families thousands of dollars just to have their daughter play softball.

The Travelers and their players are very thankful to their sponsors and proud to be a fully funded team where they have not had to pay anything for their daughter to enjoy playing softball.  As a matter of fact, Texoma Shirt & Cap located at 501 Quail Creek CR in Pottsboro, Texas has donated all of the Texas Traveler Apparel to Texas Travelers coaches, players and fans alike.

This highly rated softball team is proud to be comprised of girls who other teams have overlooked, or minimized their softball abilities to field a team that has the ability to play at a very high level as well as earning their berth to the ASA National Championship in Normal, Illinois.  These girls are coached to respect the game and carry themselves with class on and off the field.  They play with heart, and don’t let off until the last call of the game is made.  The Texas Travelers are one of the most talked about teams in the United States, and look forward to adding to their strong softball reputation.

The Texas Travelers are not interested in making money on players and their family.  They are excited about developing the girls preparing them to play as a freshman on their high school varsity team and then having the ability to play at the D1 Collegiate Level upon graduating from high school.  With their rich history and strong connections to college coaches across the country; the girls just have to work hard, show heart, keep their academics strong and continue to be coached by the best.

For more information about the 04 Texas Travelers contact Coach Kyle Bennett at 972.679.7702 or follow The Texas Travelers on Facebook.  The Texas Travelers are a 10 U 2004 team that plays ASA competitive softball.  To follow particular players, games, practices or see any other information about the North Texas Select Softball team visit: 04 Texas Travelers News Site.