Worth Sports And NCAA(R) Announce Worth as Exclusive Softball Supplier.ST. LOUIS -- Worth Sports and the NCAA announced today that the Worth brand has been selected as the official softball supplier for the NCAA Division I, II, and III softball championships. This exclusive long-term agreement is effective July 1, 2005. "All of us at Worth Sports are proud to provide the NCAA with Worth brand softballs", said David Zumbach, Vice-President of Marketing at Worth Sports. "This supplier agreement further enhances the Worth brand position as a major player in NCAA collegiate diamond sports. Our association with the NCAA will become an integral focus of our communication strategy in support of the Worth brand". "We're pleased to add Worth to the NCAA equipment supplier family," stated Sharon Cessna, Director of NCAA Championships. "Many of our member institutions have established relationships and confidence in the Worth brand, therefore, as a national office, we support Worth as our official NCAA softball supplier. Worth shares the NCAA's goals to promote collegiate softball and the NCAA Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament for college softball in the United States. The tournament is conducted in an eight-team, double-elimination format. , which continues to grow in terms of fan attendance and championship interest." Worth Sports(R) is a leading marketer and manufacturer of softball and baseball equipment. NCAA member institutions in the Worth collegiate softball lineup include the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. , University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. , Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame, University of (nō`tər dām, nō`trə), at Notre Dame, Ind., near South Bend; Roman Catholic; coeducational; est. and opened 1842, chartered 1844. Tennessee, University of Tennessee, University of, main campus at Knoxville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1794, opened 1795 as Blount College; became East Tennessee College 1807; closed 1807–20; became East Tennessee Univ. 1840, Univ. of Tennessee 1879. Nebraska, Baylor University, Cal-State Fullerton, Florida Atlantic University “FAU” redirects here. For other uses, see FAU (disambiguation). Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. and Kennesaw State. For more information, please visit www.worthsports.com The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 360,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 49,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA Championships in Division I, II and III sports. For more information, go to www.ncaa.org. |
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