OTTAWA- Edmonton’s Madison Willan, who helped Canada capture a bronze medal at the 2018 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup, along with Isabella Bortolotto (Nanaimo, BC), Ellie Jespersen (Spruce Grove, AB) and Noémye Letendre (Drummondville, QC) have been selected by Major League Baseball to attend the 2019 Girls baseball Breakthrough Series from June 14 – 18 at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida.
OTTAWA- Reigning Women’s National Team Most Valuable Player Daphnée Gélinas picked up some more hardware on Wednesday evening as she was presented with “International Team Sport Athlete” award at the 46th annual Sport Québec Gala in Montréal.
OTTAWA – Major League Baseball recently announced participants for the third annual Trailblazer Series and among the group named are six Canadian athletes who will attend the event in Compton, California from April 11 – 13.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the following individuals who have been selected as officials by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) for various Baseball World Cup events in 2019:
OTTAWA-They began their careers on the Women’s National Team together back in 2004 so it’s only fitting that they finish together, too. After 15 seasons with the program, that has included participation in all eight Women’s Baseball World Cups and the 2015 Pan American Games, Kate Psota (Burlington, ON) and Ashley Stephenson (Mississauga, ON) are retiring as players from the Women’s National Team.
OTTAWA- Women’s National Team athletes Liz Gilder (Port Moody, BC) and Alli Schroder (Fruitvale, BC) were among eight Canadians announced by Major League Baseball to attend ‘MLB Grit’, an inaugural high school invitational designed specifically for girls who play baseball.
OTTAWA - Twenty-seven athletes will escape the cold and head south to Cuba this weekend for the tenth annual Girls Baseball Development Camp, combining a baseball and cultural experience that is second to none.
Dominic Therrien
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