{"id":10393,"date":"2011-05-10T12:42:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T19:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=10393"},"modified":"2011-05-10T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T20:41:07","slug":"nine-more-athletes-accept-usa-softball-wnt-tryout-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=10393","title":{"rendered":"Nine More Athletes Accept Invitation to USA Women&#8217;s National Team Tryout &#8211; June 12-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8471\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asasoftball.com\/about\/getStory.asp?nid=2343\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/USASoftball-150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"USASoftball 150\" width=\"150\" height=\"94\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8471\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for official press release.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. \u2013 The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today nine athletes who will join the already released 21 athletes who have accepted an invitation to the 2011 USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team Selection Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., June 12-17. Names of additional participants will be released upon acceptance of athletes. <\/p>\n<p>The approximately 17 athletes selected to the USA Softball roster will compete in six different events in three countries. Fans in the United States will get four opportunities to see the team in action with three exhibition stops scheduled as well as the World Cup of Softball VI, July 21-25, in Oklahoma City. For ticket information on the World Cup as well as the tour stops in Plant City, Fla., Salem, Va., and Bowie, Md., go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usasoftball.com\">www.usasoftball.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5012464944583968\";\n\/* Ballparkradio Main *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2176237682\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 2011 Women\u2019s National Team will also seek the program\u2019s eighth Pan American Championship title at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct. 17-23. <\/p>\n<p>Below are the nine athletes who recently accepted the invitation to compete for a spot on the 2011 USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Megan Bush (Anaheim Hills, Calif.\/Florida) <\/strong><br \/>\nWhitney Canion (Aledo, Texas\/Baylor)<br \/>\nBrigette Del Ponte (Peoria, Ariz.\/Arizona)<br \/>\nDallas Escobedo (Glendale, Ariz.\/Arizona State)<br \/>\n<strong>Andrea Harrison (Garden Grove, Calif.\/UCLA) <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ashley Lane (Escondido, Calif.\/Michigan) <\/strong><br \/>\nStacy May (Reno, Nev.\/Iowa)<br \/>\n<strong>Jenna Rich (El Segundo, Calif.\/Stanford) <\/strong><br \/>\nChelsea Thomas (Pleasantville, Iowa\/Missouri)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Two previous announcements of participants were made on March 16 and April 6 with the final announcement to come on May 31. The previously announced participants are as follows: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif.\/California) <\/strong><br \/>\nAshley Holcombe-Bell (Fayetteville, Ga.\/Alabama)<br \/>\nKatelyn Boyd (Phoenix, Ariz.\/Arizona State)<br \/>\n<strong>Raven Chavanne (Thousand Oaks, Calif.\/Tennessee)<br \/>\nKaitlin Cochran (Yorba Linda, Calif.\/Arizona State)<\/strong><br \/>\nKat Dotson (Savannah, Ga.\/Tennessee)<br \/>\nTaylor Hoagland (Flower Mound, Texas\/Texas)<br \/>\nMolly Johnson (Tucson, Ariz.\/Kentucky)<br \/>\n<strong>Megan Langenfeld (Bakersfield, Calif.\/UCLA) <\/strong><br \/>\nWhitney Larsen (Vestavia Hills, Ala.\/Alabama)<br \/>\n<strong>Jenae Leles (Sacramento, Calif.\/Arizona) <\/strong><br \/>\nBlaire Luna (Austin, Texas\/Texas)<br \/>\nMeagan May (Spring, Texas\/Texas A&#038;M)<br \/>\nMichelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.\/Florida)<br \/>\n<strong>Keilani Ricketts (San Jose, Calif.\/Oklahoma) <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Brittany Schutte (Fountain Valley, Calif.\/Florida) <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jessica Shults (Valencia, Calif.\/Oklahoma)<br \/>\nJordan Taylor (Valencia, Calif.\/Michigan) <\/strong><br \/>\nRhea Taylor (Buford, Ga.\/Missouri)<br \/>\n<strong>Niki Williams (Mission Viejo, Calif.\/Washington)<br \/>\nShawna Wright (Lancaster, Calif.\/Washington) <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note<\/strong>: California athletes shown in bold.  (4 of the latest 9, 11 of the original 21, total of 15 of 30) <\/p>\n<p>You can almost hear the Beach Boys singing&#8230;&#8221;<em>The West Coast has the sunshine and&#8230;..&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. \u2013 The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today nine athletes who will join the already released 21 athletes who have accepted an invitation to the 2011 USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team Selection Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., June 12-17. 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