Team USA named
6/13/2012
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today the final roster for the 2012 USA Softball Women’s National Team. In January, 12 athletes were named to the National Team and this week twenty additional players attended the USA Softball Women’s National Team selection camp in Ashland, Ohio to compete for the final spots on the roster.
The five additional athletes selected to represent Team USA are:
Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich./Michigan 2012)
Sam Fischer (Simi Valley, Calif./Loyola Marymount 2012)
Christi Orgeron (New Orleans, La./Louisiana Lafayette 2012)
Jessica Shults (Valencia, Calif./Oklahoma senior)
Jackie Traina (Naples, Fla./Alabama junior)
The 12 athletes who were named to the 2012 USA Softball Women’s National Team in January are Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif./Cal 2012), Kaitlin Cochran (Yorba Linda, Calif./Arizona State 2009), Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md./Tennessee senior), Ashley Holcombe (Fayetteville, Ga./Alabama 2009), Molly Johnson (Tucson, Ariz./Kentucky 2010), Stacy May-Johnson (Reno, Nev./Iowa 2006), Jenae Leles (Sacramento, Calif./Arizona 2009), Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla./Florida 2012), Keilani Ricketts (San Jose, Calif./Oklahoma senior), Jordan Taylor (Valencia, Calif./Michigan 2011), Rhea Taylor (Buford, Ga./Missouri 2011) and Chelsea Thomas (Pleasantville, Iowa/Missouri senior)
The following athletes will make up the USA Elite team who will participate in a series of exhibition games over the course of the next six days in Summersville, W.Va. (June 14) and Ashland, Ohio (June 18).
Lexy Bennett (Kingwood, Texas/Texas 2012)
Katelyn Boyd (Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona State 2012)
Elizabeth Caporuscio (Lake Arrowhead, Calif./Arizona State sophomore)
Lauren Chamberlain (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Oklahoma sophomore)
Dallas Escobedo (Glendale, Ariz./Arizona State junior)
Rebecca Gamby (Mount Victory, Ohio/Marshall 2012)
Jolene Henderson (Elk Grove, Calif./California senior)
Taylor Hoagland (Flower Mound, Texas/Texas senior)
Destinee Martinez (Corona, Calif./Oklahoma junior)
Meagan May (Spring, Texas/Texas A&M senior)
Sara Nevins (Pinellas Park, Fla./South Florida junior)
Ellen Renfroe (Jackson, Tenn./Tennessee junior)
Janine Richardson (Auburndale, Fla./South Florida 2012)
Madison Shipman (Valencia, Calif./Tennessee junior)
Lindsey Ziegenhirt (Elk Grove, Calif./California senior)
The USA Women’s National team will compete in six different events in the United States and Canada. Fans in the United States will get four opportunities to see the team in action with two exhibition stops scheduled as well as the Title IX 40th Anniversary Celebration Game against Canada on June 23 and the World Cup of Softball VII presented by Lumber Liquidators, June 27- July 2, in Oklahoma City. For ticket information on the Title IX Game and World Cup VII as well as the tour stops in Summersville, W. Va. and Ashland, Ohio, click here.
Following the World Cup, the Women’s National Team is slated to compete July 4-9 at the Canadian Open Fast Pitch International Championship in Surrey, B.C., Canada, and July 13-22 at the International Softball Federation (ISF) Women’s World Championship in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
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 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles including the last seven consecutive as well as claimed five World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.
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