{"id":31823,"date":"2017-10-11T17:08:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T00:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31823"},"modified":"2017-10-11T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T00:08:55","slug":"fifty-six-athletes-accept-invitation-to-2018-usa-softball-womens-national-team-selection-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31823","title":{"rendered":"Fifty-six athletes accept invitation to 2018 USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team Selection Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From\u00a0Codi Warren, Managing Director of Communications,\u00a0USA Softball<\/em><\/p>\n

OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Softball announced today the list of athletes invited to participate at the 2018 USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team Selection Camp to be held\u00a0January 1-5, 2018<\/span>\u00a0at Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in Clearwater, Fla.\u00a0 A total of 61 athletes were invited to attend the Selection Camp with 56 athletes accepting the invitation.\u00a0 Those athletes who accepted the invitation to try out will vie for a spot on the 2018 USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team (WNT) roster which will compete at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s World Championship in Chiba, Japan\u00a0August 2-12, 2018<\/span>, the World Cup of Softball XIII and select invitational events.<\/p>\n

Click here to see the athletes who received an invitation to try out for the Women\u2019s National Team<\/a><\/p>\n

During the selection process, athletes will participate in position drills as well as simulated games and be evaluated by the USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC).\u00a0 The 2018 USA Softball WNT will look to defend their Gold Medal finish at the 2016 WBSC Women\u2019s World Championship where the team claimed the 10th overall World Championship title for the WNT program.\u00a0 The team finished the 2016 WBSC World Championship with a .436 team batting average, 19 home runs, 80 RBI and outscored opponents 83-10.\u00a0 The pitching staff was lights out, allowing just eight earned runs for a 1.19 ERA.<\/p>\n

USA Softball will also hold an open tryout opportunity for players hoping to make the 2018 USA Softball WNT.\u00a0 Held\u00a0December 31<\/span>\u00a0at Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in Clearwater, Fla., eligible athletes have from now through\u00a0October 31<\/span>\u00a0to sign up through\u00a0USASoftball.com<\/a>\u00a0for the open tryout, which will involve a series of softball related skill drills for each position, hitting and bunting.\u00a0 Participants from the open tryout could be selected to participate at the USA Softball WNT Selection Camp along with the list of invited athletes.<\/p>\n

For updates on the USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team and events throughout the 2018 season visit\u00a0www.USASoftball.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From\u00a0Codi Warren, Managing Director of Communications,\u00a0USA Softball OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Softball announced today the list of athletes invited to participate at the 2018 USA Softball Women\u2019s National Team Selection Camp to be held\u00a0January 1-5, 2018\u00a0at Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in Clearwater, Fla.\u00a0 A total of 61 athletes were invited to attend the Selection […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,61,26],"tags":[125,727,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-31823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-usa-softball","9":"category-women","10":"tag-usasoftball","11":"tag-uswnt","12":"tag-uswnt2018","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31824,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31823\/revisions\/31824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}