Melissa Roth Selected to USA Softball Pan American Qualifier Team
June 15, 2009 | Softball
June 15, 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - - University of Louisville softball catcher Melissa Roth was selected to represent the USA Softball Women's National team in the Pan American Qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela, July 31-Aug. 9. She becomes the first U of L player to be selected for the honor.
The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced Monday, June 15, the three teams that will represent USA Softball Women's National team program during the 2009 summer season. The three teams were selected after a selection camp last week in Chula Vista, and the rosters will represent a new era of USA Softball as there are only eight returning players from the 2008 Olympic team.
Roth was selected to the 2009 USA Softball Pan American Qualifier Team which will represent the USA at the Pan American Qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela, July 31-Aug.9. The other teams selected will represent the USA in the Canada Cup and the KFC World Cup; and the Japan Cup.
The second team All-American led the Cardinals in virtually every offensive category this season including team-high numbers in batting average (.444), home runs (16), RBI (53), runs scored (64), slugging percentage (.870) and on-base percentage (.566). Roth was tabbed the 2009 BIG EAST Player of the Year, was an All-Great Lakes Region team member and was also a four-time league Player of the Week this season.
The roster for the 2009 USA Softball Pan American Qualifier Team is as follows:
Monica Abbott - Salinas, Calif.
K'Lee Arredondo - Tempe, Az.
Brandice Balschmiter - Newark, N.Y.
Chelsea Bramlett - Cordova, Tenn.
Kaitlin Cochran - Yorba Linda, Calif.
Andrea Duran - Selma, Calif.
Vicky Galindo - Union City, Calif.
Ashley Hansen - Chandler, Az.
Ashley Holcombe - Fayetteville, Ga.
Megan Langenfeld - Bakersfield, Calif.
Caitlin Lowe - Tustin, Calif.
Nikki Nemitz - St. Clair Shores, Mich.
Melissa Roth - Long Beach, Calif.
Katie Schroeder - Yorba Linda, Calif.
Angela Tincher - Eagle Rock, Va.
Maggie Viefhaus - Pacific, Mo.
Tammy Williams - Roscoe, Mo.
Be sure to visit www.usasoftball.com for complete coverage of all these events. Also log onto www.softballoutlet.com About ASA The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles.
