Baseball Canada releases 16U Girls ID list

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May 23, 2020

By Adam Morissette

Baseball Canada

OTTAWA - Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the names of 13 athletes in the 16U girls baseball category who have been identified (ID’d) by officials of the Women’s National Team program.

These athletes were on the path to compete on the “Prospects Team” at the Women’s Invitational Championships later this year in Stonewall, Man., prior to the event being cancelled due to Covid-19.

“Our intent behind identifying these athletes is to keep them motivated throughout the year as they continue to work towards their baseball goals,” said Women’s National Team General Manager André Lachance. “Given that we’re in a unique circumstance with baseball being shutdown due to the pandemic, we wanted to come up with a way to keep these athletes engaged in our sport and programming.”

The 13 athletes that have been identified competed in the 16U Girls Invitational last summer in Bedford, N.S. that had representatives from all 10 provinces for the first time in event history.

16U Girls Identified Athletes

RHP/3B Vanessa McKinley (BC)
LHP/OF Tess Sawkins (BC)
RHP/1B/3B/OF Keegan Wong (BC)
RHP/OF Raine Padgham (BC)

IF/RHP Mercedes Gorham (MB)

RHP/IF Claire Johnson (ON)

RHP/IF Éla Day-Bedard (QC)
RHP/IF Noémie Letendre (QC)
OF Naïma Bolduc-Sow (QC)
RHP/IF Delika Dumulong (QC)

RHP/3B Julia Konigshofer (NS)
1B/RHP Molly White (NS) .

RHP/IF Jaida Lee (NL)

*Please note that the identified athletes all fit into the 16U age category (Born in 2004 or after). Overage athletes, although eligible to play on the Prospects Team, were not included on this list.