USA Softball’s Candrea Recognized with U.S. Olympic Achievement Award
Former USA Softball head coach Mike Candrea has helped earn the U.S. Olympic Achievement award for the University of Arizona, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today. The award, given by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), U.S. National Governing Bodies for Sport (NGBs) and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), honors the colleges and universities whose student-athletes and coaches who have won Olympic medals.
Andrea’s resume with the USA Softball National team dates back to being an assistant coach with the 1994 Women’s World Championship team that captured the Gold Medal. Since that time, Candrea has been involved with over ten Women’s National Teams while taking over the head coach reigns for the 2002 World Championship. During his tenure, Team USA captured two World Championship Gold Medals, two Pan-American Gold Medals, two World Cup titles, one Olympic Gold Medal and one Olympic Silver Medal.
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