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This years Kern County ASA Senior High School All-star High Softball Game will be held on  Wednesday, June 11th @ 6:30pm at Dave Fry Field. Each High School team in Kern County was contacted and asked to nominate at least two (2) deserving players. There are over 30 High schools in Kern County this year and we were able to pick every player nominated by their high school coaches to play in this years game!  Last year the players from the desert took home most of the awards. But this year  for some reason, the desert coaches didn't nominate anyone deserving to play in this game? This game is a chance for all our  local players to show what they can do one last time for the Bakersfield and Kern County fans. Each player and coach will recieve the All-Star T-shirt and a framed Certificate from the game.

 Here are the teams as nominated by their high school coaches:
                                  PLAYERS
                        Melissa Cope, Stockdale                           
                        Jessica Johnson, Golden Valley                             
                        MacKenzie Oakes Stockdale                     
                        Yvette Salazar,  Golden Valley 
                        Amanda Roberts, Centennial                     
                        Kaiyla Stoddard,  Golden Valley
                        Jessica Newton-Smith, Centennial           
                        Brittany Hunt, Foothill
                        Hannah Grisham, Centennial                     
                        Heather Shull, Foothill
                        Vanessa Medina, Centennial                     
                        Lonnie Carrera, Garces    
                        Joni Lagerstrom, Centennial                      
                        Ellen Krausse,  Garces 
                        BreAnna Brown, North                                
                        Shelby Alsup, Garces 
                        Amanda Flores, North                                
                        Megan Grace,  Garces            
                        Danielle Scroggs, North                             
                        Celina Morales, Garces         
                        Sami Lindsey, North                                   
                        Danyel Fein, BHS        
                        Ashley Young, Taft                                     
                        Kelsey Nichols, Highland      
                        Brittany Barlow, Taft                                    
                        Myranda Sawyer, Highland
                        Brittney Morrison, Ridgeview                     
                       Courtney Hockett,  Liberty         
                       Jamie Dumatrait, Ridgeview                     
                       Joya Cervera, Wasco
                        Kristian Moore, Wasco 
                              COACHES
                       Jayna Chapman, Centennial                     
                       Henry Arias, Liberty
                       Corrie Gunnaway, North                            
                       Mike D'Amato, Garces

The Kern County ASA  will honor as it's "Kern County Woman of Softball"
Barbara SantaCruz, here is a list of her accomlishments:
Played High School Softball at East High School in Bakersfield
Played ASA Travel with the BLITZ, BLAZE and RUNNERS (15 years).     
Coached U14, U16 and U18 BAKERSFIELD DIRT DEVILS (6 years). 
Coached/Assisted at East,South,Ridgeview and Golden Valley High Schools.  
Played at CSUB from '86-90,where she was a 2 time All-American andled her team to 3 National Championships and was assistant coach from 1990-98
Selected to the NCAA 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame Team.

"Barb"is now Teacher/Interim Assistant Principal and Athletic Director in the Greenfield Union School District.

We are still looking for a sponsor to help us out this year. We need help to keep this game going year after year!  

Thank you,
Joe Cox
KernCountyASAJO@aol.com
661-565-1808