Holding down center field for the national team, Haylie McCleney is one of the best outfielders in the game.locked up Olympic qualification, she hit. At the 2018 world championship, where the U.S. Having been on the national team since 2011, Arioto is one of the most feared hitters in the game. Infielder Valerie Arioto, 32, will bring veteran leadership to the U.S.Osterman also earned a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Olympic softball team that won a silver medal. Also returning to the national team are Olympians Monica Abbott and Cat Osterman - both members of the 2008 U.S.

Additional veterans include Haylie McCleney, Kelsey Stewart, Aubree Munro and Janie Reed. Valerie Arioto and Michelle Moultrie have made every U.S. has developed a core group of veterans heading into the Olympic Games.

Since the sport’s removal from the Olympic program, the U.S.

Eriksen is establishing himself as one of the winningest coaches in USA Softball history, currently sitting in second in wins for the program behind fellow hall of fame coach Ralph Raymond. since 2011, Ken Eriksen will lead Team USA at the Tokyo Games.

Having served as the head coach for the U.S.

has established itself as a perennial powerhouse, having claimed 11 total world championship titles, three Olympic gold medals and one Olympic silver medal.

Having medaled in every Olympic Games featuring softball, Team USA is considered by many to be the favorite heading into Tokyo.

For more information, contact the sport press officer here. Olympic softball team, which put on one of the most dominating performances in Olympic history. Eriksen also has previous Olympic experience, serving as an assistant coach for the 2004 U.S. At the helm of the program since 2011, Eriksen has guided the team to back-to-back world championship titles and Pan American gold and silver medals. Members of the team were selected in October 2019 at the Olympic Team Selection Trials, led by head coach Ken Eriksen. its first Olympic silver medal after three consecutive golds. 2 Japan, which upset the Americans at the Beijing Games to hand the U.S.

Team USA will look to reclaim the gold medal from No. 1 ranked team in the world, Team USA punched its ticket to the Tokyo Games by winning the 2018 WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship - the 11th overall for the program. With softball’s removal from the Olympic program following the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, both baseball and softball were added to the program for Tokyo as a part of the Olympic Agenda 2020, which encourages innovation in the Olympic program. women’s national softball team will look for the program’s fourth Olympic gold medal following the sport’s 13-year hiatus from the Olympic Games.

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