FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19th, 2015 Â
Canadian Women's Softball Team Ready to Compete at XVII Pan American Games
(Ajax, ON) The Canadian Women's Softball Team is ready to compete at the XVII Pan American Games in Ajax, ON and will open the event with a game against Brazil at 4:30pm EDT today, July 19. The event will feature six teams, including Brazil, Canada, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the United States.  The Canadian Women’s Softball Team has finished fourth at the last two WBSC Women’s World Softball Championships after winning Bronze in 2010, and has won four consecutive Silver medals at the Pan American Games. The team features five Olympians from the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, as well as seven returnees from the 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico.  The athletes who will represent Team Canada as members of the Women’s Softball Team at the XVII Pan American are:Â
Athletes
Number |
Name |
Hometown |
29 |
Jenna Caira |
Toronto, ON |
11 |
Jocelyn Cater |
Delta, BC |
26 |
Larissa Franklin |
Maple Ridge, BC |
17 |
Sara Groenewegen |
Surrey, BC |
20 |
Megan Gurski |
Dalmeny, SK |
10 |
Karissa Hovinga |
Edmonton, AB |
5 |
Joey Lye |
Toronto, ON |
3 |
Erika Polidori |
Brantford, ON |
55 |
Kaleigh Rafter |
Guelph, ON |
77 |
Sara Riske |
Richmond, BC |
7 |
Jenn Salling |
Port Coquitlam, BC |
14 |
Megan Timpf |
Port Dover, ON |
33 |
Logan White |
Brantford, ON |
2 |
Natalie Wideman |
Mississauga, ON |
22 |
Jen Yee |
North Delta, BC |
Coaches
Position |
Name |
Hometown |
Head Coach |
Mark Smith |
Falmouth, NS |
Assistant Coach |
Melissa Basilio |
Pickering, ON |
Assistant Coach |
Ken Leavoy |
Vancouver, BC |
Assistant Coach |
Dave Paetkau |
Abbotsford, BC |
Physiotherapist |
Adam Davies |
Ottawa, ON |
Mental Performance Coach |
Lauren Tashman |
Pennington, NJ |
Team Leader |
Lisa Down |
Saskatoon, SK |
Umpires
Name |
Province |
Noreen Atkinson |
Ontario |
Geneviève Gaudreau |
Quebec |
susan Strafford |
British Columbia |
Six (6) teams will participate at the event, which will be a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the Page playoff round.
Team Canada Schedule
How to Follow Team Canada
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-SC- For more information, please contact: Gilles LeBlanc Manager - Marketing and Communications Softball Canada (613) 523-3386 ext. 3105 gleblanc@softball.ca
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