OKLAHOMA CITY – Following a three day selection camp at the ASA Hall of Fame complex in Oklahoma City, the roster for the 2013 USA Softball Women’s National Team is now set as announced today by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball. The 18-person roster will regroup next month for their first competition, the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City July 11-14.
Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif./California 2012)
Lauren Chamberlain (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Oklahoma junior)
Raven Chavanne (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Tennessee 2013)
Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich./Michigan 2012)
Aimee Creger (Yukon, Okla./Tulsa senior)
Amber Freeman (Lakewood, Calif./Arizona State junior)
Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md./Tennessee 2013)
Taylor Hoagland (Flower Mound, Texas/Texas 2013)
Nicole Hudson (Webb City, Mo./Missouri 2013)
Destinee Martinez (Corona, Calif./Oklahoma senior)
Jessica Moore (Sutter, Calif./Oregon 2013)
Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla./Florida 2012)
Sara Nevins (Pinellas Park, Fla./South Florida senior)
Keilani Ricketts (San Jose, Calif./Oklahoma 2013)
Kourtney Salvarola (Arnold, Md./South Florida senior)
Rhea Taylor (Buford, Ga./Missouri 2011)
Taylor Thom (Cedar Park, Texas/Texas senior)
Lindsey Ziegenhirt (Elk Grove, Calif./California 2013)
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Team USA will compete in three separate events in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Following the World Cup, the Women’s National Team is slated to compete July 16-22 at the Canadian Open Fast Pitch International Championship in Surrey, B.C., Canada and August 5-18 at an International Softball Federation (ISF) Women’s World Championship/Pan American Games qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Ken Eriksen (Tampa, Fla./Head Coach at USF) will lead the National Team and will be assisted by four-time Olympic Gold Medalist Laura Berg (Corvalis, Ore./head coach Oregon State) as well as Suzy Brazney (Huntington Beach, Calif./head coach Golden West College), Howard Dobson (Orange, Texas/assistant coach at LSU), Karen Weekly (Edmonds, Wash./co-head coach at Univ. of Tennessee) and Mike White (Eugene, Ore/ head coach Univ. of Oregon) throughout the summer events.
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larry freeman says
I love watching the USA fast pitch women softball team, I don`t know as much about this team as I did about past teams, With Cat Osterman, Monica Abbott, Jessica Mendosa, others, but I will learn more about them in the future They are the greatest, GOOD LUCK Ladies. I hope the OOC comes to their right mind and put Softball back in the Olympic . They never compaints when Russia was winning all those years in hockey. Only when the US winds a few games they want to take it out. Big mistake, Why not take out Hockey ? There`s no different. What Poor Russia can`t put together a good softball team? Japan and China and Canada and lots of other countries can, Why not Russia. That is their fought not ours, The Olympics is for all countries not just Russia . If Russia can`t win we have to drop any sport until we find one they can win. Again the Olympic are for all countries not just for a few. Let poor Russia stay home, Put Softball back in the Olympics, Give these beautiful women a chance they deserve it, they have trained so hard and so lone, Give them what they deserve. You`ll enjoy watching them play. They`ll make you proud to be an AMERICAN again, So enjoy them and support them.