OKLAHOMA CITY – The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today an addition of athletes who will join the already released list of athletes who have received an invitation to the 2015 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team (JWNT) Selection Camp and Women’s National Team (WNT) Selection Camp. Slated to be held at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, Calif., the JWNT Selection Camp will be held January 3-4, 2015 while the WNT Selection Camp will be held January 5-7, 2015.

 

Additional athletes attending USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team Selection Camp

Kelly Barnhill (Marietta, Ga./Florida commit)
Mia Camuso (Redding, Calif./Oregon commit)
Rachel Garcia (Palmdale, Calif./UCLA commit)
Amanda Lorenz (Moorpark, Calif./Florida commit)
Taylor McQuillin (Mission Viejo, Calif./Arizona commit)
Alyssa Palomino (Mission Viejo, Calif./Arizona commit)
DJ Sanders (Columbus, Miss./Louisiana-Lafayette Freshman)
*Additional invites may be added at a later date

The additional athletes will join the 20 athletes who have already accepted their invitation to attend the 2015 USA Softball JWNT Selection Camp.  Seventeen athletes will be selected by members of the USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC) to represent the United States as a member of the 2015 JWNT roster that will compete at the World Cup of Softball X in July, 2015 in Southern California and the International Softball Federation (ISF) Junior Women’s World Championship, which will be held August 9-15 in Oklahoma City, Okla..

ASA/USA Softball will also hold an open tryout opportunity for players hoping to make the 2015 USA Softball JWNT.  Held January 2, 2015 at Bill Barber Park, eligible athletes have from now through December 5 to sign up and submit payment through USASoftball.com for the open tryout, which will involve a series of softball related skill drills for each position, hitting and bunting. The top athletes from the open tryout will be selected to participate at the USA Softball JWNT Selection Camp along with the list of invited athletes.

With Tairia Flowers (Tucson, Ariz./ head coach at Cal State Northridge) at the head of the Junior Women’s program, joining Flowers as the assistant coaches for the JWNT staff are Trisha Ford (Fremont, Calif./head coach at Fresno State), Kristie Fox (San Diego, Calif./head coach at UT- Arlington) and Tim Walton (Cerritos, Calif./head coach at University of Florida).

Additional athletes attending USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Camp

Bianka Bell (Tampa, Fla./LSU Junior)
Emily Crane (Troy, Mo./Missouri Junior)
Lexie Elkins (Victoria, Texas/Louisiana-Lafayette Junior)
Lindsey Stephens (Beaumont, Texas/Texas Junior)
Paige Wilson (Chicago, Ill./Georgia Senior)
*Additional invites may be added at a later date

The additional athletes will join the 28 athletes who have already accepted their invitation to attend the 2015 USA Softball WNT Selection Camp and will vie for 17 spots on the 2015 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) roster that will compete at the World Cup of Softball X and a spot on the 15-athlete roster that will compete in the 2015 Pan American Games, which will be held July 15-26 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

With Ken Eriksen (Tampa, Fla./Head Coach at USF) at the head of the Women’s program, the Assistant Coaches will be Laura Berg (Corvallis, Ore./head coach at Oregon State), Howard Dobson (Orange, Texas/assistant coach at LSU) and Lisa Dodd (San Diego, Calif./head coach at UNLV).

For updates on the USA Softball National Team Program and events throughout the 2015 season visitwww.USASoftball.com.

About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 165,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2.5 million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.

— Courtesy of ASA/USA Softball