Softball Canada – Ottawa, Ont. – Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of forty (40) athletes who have been named to the 2018 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool. The coaching staff will select up to thirty (30) athletes from the Athlete Pool to attend a Women’s National Team Selection Camp in January, 2018.
 
The Women’s National Team competed in a series of events in 2017, including a pair of bronze medal performances at the US World Cup of Softball XII and the IX Pan American Women’s Softball Championship. The team also competed at the Canada Cup and Japan Cup.
 
“Year one of the quadrennial leading up to the Olympic Games provided us a lot of valuable information” stated Mark Smith, Head Coach of the Women’s National Team and Softball Canada’s High Performance Director. “The next step is to identify the athletes who are committed to doing what it will take to win in 2018 and beyond and the January Selection Camp will provide them with that opportunity.”
 
The marquee event of the 2018 season will be the WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship that will be held in Chiba, Japan in August, with Team Canada competing in other events leading up to the tournament including the Canada Cup from July 17-23 in Surrey, B.C.

The athletes who have been named to the 2018 Women’s National Team Athlete Pool are:
 

First Name	Last Name	Hometown
Emily	Allard	Antioch, Calif.
Brianna	Aguilar-Beaucage	Fort McMurray, Alta.
Lauren	Bay Regula	Trail, B.C.
Sierra	Bertrand	Stirling, Ont.
Kara	Bilodeau	Cumming, Ga.
Kristen	Brown	Levittown, N.Y.
Jenna	Caira	Toronto, Ont.
Jocelyn	Cater	Delta, B.C.
Sarah	Chow	Victoria, B.C.
Emma	Entzminger	Victoria, B.C.
Larissa	Franklin	Maple Ridge, B.C.
Kenzie	Friesen	Saskatoon, Sask.
Courtney	Gilbert	Delhi, Ont.
Jennifer	Gilbert	Saskatoon, Sask.
Sara	Groenewegen	Surrey, B.C.
Victoria	Hayward	Toronto, Ont.
Karissa	Hovinga	Edmonton, Alta.
Amanda	Janes	Brampton, Ont.
Kelsey	Jenkins	Delta, B.C.
Rebecca	Jones	Toronto, Ont.
Danielle	Lawrie	Langley, B.C.
Janet	Leung	Mississauga, Ont.
Taylor	Lundrigan	Abbotsford, B.C.
Joey	Lye	Toronto, Ont.
Grace	Messmer	Surrey, B.C.
Becki	Monaghan	Spruce Grove, Alta.
Maria	Palmegiani	Surrey, B.C.
Callum	Pilgrim	Abbotsford, B.C.
Sara	Plourde	Baker Lake, N.B.
Erika	Polidori	Brantford, Ont.
Kaleigh	Rafter	Guelph, Ont.
Nicole	Rivait	Oakville, Ont.
Victoria	Rumph	Mount Forest, Ont.
Jenn	Salling	Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Nicole	Schroeder	Yorba Linda, Calif.
Holly	Speers	Surrey, B.C.
Allyse	Volpe	Toronto, Ont.
Carey-Leigh	Vyse	Ohsweken, Ont.
Natalie	Wideman	Mississauga, Ont.
Jen	Yee	North Delta, B.C.

Athletes named to the Women’s National Team Athlete Pool are eligible to be invited to Women’s National Team training, development and selection camps. Athletes may be added or removed from 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 & Communications
Softball Canada
p: (613) 523-3386 ext. 3105 | m: (613) 795-1996
w: www.softball.ca | e: gleblanc@softball.ca