August2015

Softball Canada Announces 2016 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool

August 26, 2015

Ottawa, ON

Softball Canada Announces
2016 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool

(Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of athletes who have been named to the 2016 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool. The coaching staff will select up to twenty-six (26) athletes from the Athlete Pool to attend a World Championship Selection Camp in December 2015 or January 2016. The Women’s National Team will compete at the 2016 WBSC Women’s World Softball Championship from July 15-24 in Surrey, BC. The team’s full 2016 schedule will be finalized at a later date.
 
“We are very pleased with our 2016 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool” stated Women’s National Team Head Coach Mark Smith. “It will be extremely difficult to select twenty-six athletes from this pool to attend the World Championship Selection Camp this winter, which speaks to the development and growth of Women’s Softball in Canada over the last several years. We are anxiously looking forward to the 2016 season and competing at the World Championship on home soil.”
 
The Women’s National Team completed its 2015 season by winning the Gold medal at the Pan American Games in Ajax, ON. Earlier in the summer, the team competed in an Exhibition Series with the Stratford Brakettes in Stratford, Connecticut, the US World Cup of Softball in Irvine, California and the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship in Surrey, BC.

The athletes who have been named to the 2016 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool are:
 
First Name Last Name Hometown
Kyla Benz Surrey, BC
Jenna Caira Toronto, ON
Miranda Castiglione Brampton, ON
Jocelyn Cater Delta, BC
Tori Charters Winnipeg, MB
Madison Clarke Edmonton, AB
Charlotte Dolan Port Coquitlam, BC
Emma Entzminger Victoria, BC
Larissa Franklin Maple Ridge, BC
Courtney Gilbert Delhi, ON
Jenny Gilbert Saskatoon, SK
Sara Groenewegen Surrey, BC
Megan Gurski Dalmeny, SK
Victoria Hayward Toronto, ON
Karissa Hovinga Edmonton, AB
Kelsey Jenkins Delta, BC
Chelsea Jenner Abbotsford, BC
Danielle Lawrie Langley, BC
Janet Leung Mississauga, ON
Taylor Lundrigan Abbotsford, BC
Joey Lye Toronto, ON
Becki Monaghan Spruce Grove, AB
Elizabeth Murphy Maple Ridge, BC
Callum Pilgrim Abbotsford, BC
Sara Plourde Fredericton, NB
Erika Polidori Brantford, ON
Kaleigh Rafter Guelph, ON
Sara Riske Richmond, BC
Vicky Rumph Mount Forest, ON
Jenn Salling Port Coquitlam, BC
Madison Schreyer Winnipeg, MB
Aspen Searle Brantford, ON
Brooke Seneshen Winnipeg, MB
Stefanie Sheard Winnipeg, MB
Holly Speers Surrey, BC
Carey-Leigh Thomas Ohsweken, ON
Megan Timpf Port Dover, ON
Hailey Unger Winnipeg, MB
Alisha Welch Langley, BC
Logan White Brantford, ON
Natalie Wideman Mississauga, ON
Jen Yee North Delta, BC

Athletes named to the Women’s National Team Athlete Pool are eligible to be invited to Senior or Junior National Team training camps and selection camps. Athletes may be named to the National Team Athlete Pool at any time at the Head Coach’s discretion.


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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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