{"id":39376,"date":"2021-10-14T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T18:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=39376"},"modified":"2021-10-14T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T18:28:53","slug":"kaleigh-rafter-named-head-coach-of-canadian-womens-national-team-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=39376","title":{"rendered":"Kaleigh Rafter Named Head Coach of Canadian Women\u2019s National Team Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/softball.ca\/news\/kaleigh-rafter-named-head-coach-of-womens-national-team-program.htm\">From Softball Canada: <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa, Ont.\u00a0\u2013 Softball Canada is pleased to announce that\u00a0Kaleigh Rafter\u00a0(Guelph, Ont.) has been named Head Coach of the Women\u2019s National Team program. Rafter recently retired from her playing career after winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games and will now turn her attention to coaching the National Team. She will be looking to continue to build on the team\u2019s culture and success following the retirement of Mark Smith (Falmouth, N.S.) in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><br><br>\u201cI cannot put into words the excitement I have for being named Head Coach of the Canadian Women\u2019s National Team\u201d stated\u00a0Kaleigh Rafter. \u201cI am humbled at the trust Softball Canada has put in me.\u00a0I would like to thank President Scott Neiles, Board liaison Andrea Wolf and CEO Hugh Mitchener, as well as all the other Board members for their support throughout this process. I love the sport of softball and I am committed to growing the game across all age groups in Canada. This program has risen to new heights, culminating with a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.\u00a0I want to thank all those who came before me that helped build the program, especially Coach Mark Smith who led us for the last 12 years. It is my mission to make all of you proud. Go Canada!\u201d    <a href=\"https:\/\/softball.ca\/news\/kaleigh-rafter-named-head-coach-of-womens-national-team-program.htm\">Click here to read complete article at Softball Canada.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are pleased to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaleighRafter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KaleighRafter<\/a> (Guelph, Ont.) has been named Head Coach of our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamCanada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamCanada<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNT<\/a> program! ???<br><br>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rcnhL6DhWM\">https:\/\/t.co\/rcnhL6DhWM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlOGLY8MVw\">pic.twitter.com\/JlOGLY8MVw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Softball Canada? (@SoftballCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoftballCanada\/status\/1448704972451946498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So excited to continue the next chapter of my softball career leading the program I hold so dear to my ?? GO CANADA!! ?????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u7U3Z2jYpe\">https:\/\/t.co\/u7U3Z2jYpe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kaleigh Rafter OLY (@KaleighRafter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaleighRafter\/status\/1448710550209409024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Softball Canada: Ottawa, Ont.\u00a0\u2013 Softball Canada is pleased to announce that\u00a0Kaleigh Rafter\u00a0(Guelph, Ont.) has been named Head Coach of the Women\u2019s National Team program. Rafter recently retired from her playing career after winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games and will now turn her attention to coaching the National Team. 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