SWNT Canada Cup Roster
Monday, June 29, 2009
(Surrey, BC) - Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of nineteen (19) players who have been named to the Senior Women’s National Team for the 2009 Canada Cup. The roster includes nine (9) players returning from the 2008 Olympic Team, four (4) players who played for the Canadian Junior Women’s National Team in 2007, and six (6) other players who were selected from three Evaluation Camps held over the past month. The final Selection Camp was held this past weekend in Victoria, BC.
The athletes who will represent Canada at the Canada Cup in Surrey, BC from July 4-12 are:
| Athletes | Position | Number | Hometown |
| Jenna Caira | Pitcher | 20 | Toronto, ON |
| Erin Cumpstone | Catcher | 18 | Saskatoon, SK |
| Charlotte Dolan | Catcher | 28 | Coquitlam, BC |
| Tarah Ettinger | Catcher | 19 | Halifax, NS |
| Kelsey Haberl | First Base | 5 | Burnaby, BC |
| Victoria Hayward | Outfield | 8 | Mountain View, California |
| Kylie Hovinga | Pitcher | 21 | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Sheena Lawrick | First Base | 4 | Calgary, AB |
| Danielle Lawrie | Pitcher | 13 | Langley, BC |
| Caitlin Lever | Center Field | 9 | Buffalo, New York |
| Marisa Litster | Pitcher | 23 | Sidney, BC |
| Leah McIntosh | Pitcher | 44 | Whitby, ON |
| Melanie Matthews | Left Field | 12 | Surrey, BC |
| Evelyne Pare | Right Field | 26 | Ile-Perrot, QC |
| Kaleigh Rafter | Catcher | 55 | Guelph, ON |
| Jennifer Salling | Shortstop | 7 | Port Coquitlam, BC |
| Jessica Tieszen | Utility | 11 | Surrey, BC |
| Megan Timpf | Third Base | 14 | Port Dover, ON |
| Jennifer Yee | Second Base | 22 | North Delta, BC |
| Coaching Staff | Position | Hometown |
| Mark Smith | Head Coach | Falmouth, NS |
| Melissa Basilio | Assistant Coach | Pickering, ON |
| Kim Wright | Assistant Coach | Surrey, BC |
| Laurie Freebairn | Athletic Therapist | Maple Ridge, BC |
| Harvey Stevenson | Operations Manager | Saanichton, BC |
2008 Olympian Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON), who is recovering from an injury, will be added to the Canadian roster following the Canada Cup.
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For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications Services
223 Colonnade Rd., Ste 212
Ottawa, ON K2E 7K3
gleblanc@softball.ca
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
(613) 523-5761 (Fax)
www.softball.ca / www.backsoftball.com