Oaks, Topping Invited to US National Team Camp April 14, 2003 – Oklahoma City, Okla.
Cal State Fullerton seniors Jenny Topping and Gina Oaks were listed among
45 players invited to participate in a USA Softball selection team camp,
June 4-8, at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.
These players will compete for spots on two teams that will represent
the USA in international competition this summer.
Two teams will be selected following the team camp. The National team
will represent the USA at the U.S Cup in Honolulu , HI, (June 19-22),
the Canada Cup in Surrey , B.C., Canada (July 4-13), and the Pan American
Games in Santo Domingo (August 5-14).
The USA Softball Elite Team will compete in the Canada Cup as well as
the Japan Cup in Yokohama, Japan (July 18-20).
Topping has spent the last two summers with the US National Training team,
hitting .371 with three home runs and 19 RBI in 2001, and was one of 22
players on the roster in 2002, but did not compete after suffering an
injury.
Oaks was one of 17 players on the 2002 US National "Elite" Team,
hitting .250 in eight games with five runs scored and five walks.
When the U.S. Women’s National Team travels to Santo Domingo , it
looks to defend their 1999 championship gold medal and add its fifth consecutive
gold medal to the Pan Am record books. In Pan American Competition,
the women have tallied a 55-3 overall Pan Am record since their first
title in 1979.
In 2002, the Women’s team captured their fifth consecutive World
Championship title qualifying them as the top seed at the 2004 Olympic
Games in Athens , Greece . USA Softball Women’s National Teams
have been among the most dominating of any sports team in history.
The USA ’s ability to bring home the title in World Championships,
Pan American Games and Olympic Games is unchallenged, with a total of
14 gold medals.
With its first Olympic gold medal in the sports history during the 1996
Olympic Games in Atlanta , GA , the USA Softball Women’s National
Team defended its gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney .
Winning the past five World Championships, the past four Pan Am Games
and the past two Olympic gold medals, the Women’s team is the undisputed
No. 1 team in the world.
As the National Governing Body of Softball, USA Softball is responsible
for training, equipping and promoting women’s, men’s, junior
girls’ and junior boys’ National Teams that compete in international
and domestic competitions. USA Softball is one of the only two women’s
sports to capture back-to-back gold medals at the Olympic Games since
1996.
The following is a complete breakdown of the training camp participants
by state with their college listed in parenthesis (* are players that
have college eligibility):
Arizona-
Selena Collins, Glendale , AZ ; ( *Texas A&M)
Tairia Mims, Tucson , AZ ; (*UCLA)
California-
Leah Amico, Chino Hills , CA ; ( Arizona )
Laura Berg, Santa Fe Springs , CA ; ( Fresno State )
Crystl Bustos, Canyon County , CA ; ( Palm Beach Community College )
Christina Clark, Santa Ana , CA ; (* Fresno State )
Jaime Clark, Tustin , CA ; ( *Washington )
Courtney Dale, Fresno , CA ; (UCLA)
Lisa Fernandez, Long Beach , CA ; (UCLA)
Jennie Finch, La Mirada , CA ; ( Arizona )
Amanda Freed, Cypress , CA ; (UCLA)
Nicole Giordano, Saugus , CA ; ( Arizona )
Keira Goerl, Moreno Valley , CA ; (*UCLA)
Alicia Hollowell, Suisun City , CA ; (* Arizona )
Lovieanne Jung, Fountain Valley , CA ; (* Arizona )
Lyndsey Klein, Roseville , CA ; (UCLA)
Lauren Lappin, Anaheim , CA ; (attending Stanford in the fall)
Jodie Legaspi, Garden Grove , CA ; (attending UCLA in the fall)
Carrie Leto, El Cajon , CA ; (*Northwestern)
Nina Lindenburg, Anaheim Hills , CA ; ( Fresno State )
Caitlin Lowe, Tustin , CA ; (attending Arizona in the fall)
Toni Mascarenas, Garden Grove , CA ; ( Arizona )
Jessica Mendoza, Camarillo , CA ; (Stanford)
Stacey Nuveman, La Verne , CA ; (UCLA) Gina Oaks, Alta Loma, CA, (*Cal State Fullerton ) Kristen Rivera, Perris , CA ; (*Washington)
Courtney Scott, Clovis , CA ; ( *California )
Dana Sorensen, San Diego , CA ; (*Stanford)
Jamie Southern, Clovis , CA ; ( *Fresno State )
Brandi Stuart, Cerritos , CA ; (*Florida State ) Jenny Topping, Whittier , CA ; ( *Cal State Fullerton ) Mackenzie Vandergeest, Newbury Park , CA ; ( *Arizona )
Natasha Watley, Irvine , CA ; (*UCLA)
Colorado-
Teri Goldberg, Ft. Collins, CO; ( Colorado St .)
Trena Peel, Aurora, CO; (LSU)
Florida-
Kelly Kretschman, Melbourne , FL ; ( Alabama )
Kellie Wilkerson, Jacksonville , FL ; ( Mississippi State )
Nebraska-
Peaches James, Papillion , NE ; (*Nebraska )
Kim Ogee, Omaha , NE ; (*Nebraska )
Nevada-
Lori Harrigan, Las Vegas , NV ; (UNLV)
Oregon-
Nicole Barber, Oregon City , OR ; ( *Georgia )
