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Hannah Flippen Invited to USA Softball 2020 Olympic Team Selection Trials
8/7/2019 1:17 PM | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY - USA Softball announced the list of athletes invited to participate at the 2020 USA Softball Women's National Team (WNT) Olympic Selection Trials to be held October 1-6, at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City, Okla.Â
Click here to see the athletes who will try out for the U.S. Women's Olympic Team
Those athletes will vie for 15 spots on the 2020 U.S. Women's Olympic Team roster and three replacement athlete roles that will compete in a coast-to-coast tour prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, slated for July 22-28 in Fukushima and Yokohama, Japan.Â
Utah's all-time leader in runs, hits and batting average, Flippen concluded a stellar career (2014-17) by becoming the first three-time All-American in program history, as well as the first four-time All-Pac-12 honoree. She was the first Ute named Pac-12 Softball Player of the Year in consecutive seasons and the first person in the history of the conference to win that award, along with Defensive Player of the Year honors, in the same campaign. She currently serves as an assistant coach for the Utes and plays professionally with the Chicago Bandits
During the selection process, athletes will participate in position drills as well as simulated games and be evaluated by the USA Softball Women's National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC). Highlighting the list of invitees are two Olympic Medalists: Monica Abbott (Salinas, Calif.) and Cat Osterman (Houston, Texas). In addition to Abbott and Osterman, 14 members of the 2018 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) World Championship team, who helped the U.S. capture back-to-back titles and qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will participate at the 2020 Selection Trials.
Comprising the 2019 Women's National Team Selection Trials invitee list includes present or former student athletes from four athletic conferences: Big 10 (two), Big 12 (four), SEC (10) and Pac-12 (14) who represent 14 NCAA Division I universities. Of the athletes invited, 10 athletes have won one or more NCAA Women's College World Series (WCWS) National Championships with their respective university, while four have garnered USA Softball Player of the Year honors at least once during their career.
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