CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball today revealed its roster for the 2023 Women’s National Open. The roster, which consists of 57 players from around the country, will be split into four teams - Pride, Stripes, Stars, and Eagles - and each team will play three games from July 7-9 at the Riverview Baseball Complex, the Spring Training facility for the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona.
There will additionally be workouts throughout the event, as the Women’s National Open will serve as the primary identification process for the 2023 Women’s National Team. Fans can follow along with the action by following @USABaseballWNT on Twitter and @USABaseball on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Forty players will be selected from the Women’s National Open on July 9 to participate in the Women’s National Team Training Camp, which will be held July 10-13 at the Riverview Baseball Complex. From there, 20 athletes will be chosen to represent the United States on the final Women’s National Team roster.
Seventeen players heading to the Women’s National Open are alumnae of the Women’s National Team, including nine members of the 2019 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Baseball World Cup Americas Qualifier gold-medal winning roster. Additionally, 26 members of the Open roster have previously participated at the Women’s National Team Development Program (WNTDP).
The Women’s National Team Training Camp roster will be announced on Sunday, July 9, following the completion of the Women’s National Open. The final national team roster will be revealed by USA Baseball on Thursday, July 13.
The Women’s National Team will then travel to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the group stage of the IX WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup from August 8-13. The team most recently played on the international stage last year when it defeated Canada in a five-game international friendship series in Thunder Bay.
This year’s Women’s National Team will be led by 2019 Rod Dedeaux Coach of the Year and five-time Team USA alum Veronica Alvarez. She will be joined by assistant coaches Alex Oglesby and Malaika Underwood, along with pitching coach Reynol Mendoza. Additionally, Matthew Flores, Tamara Holmes, Jim Koerner, Dave Tyoski, Tanner Vesely, and Chris Villa will serve as coaches for the Women’s National Open.
The 2023 Women’s National Open Roster is as follows:
2023 Women’s National Open Roster (click here for the individual team rosters)
(Name; Position; Hometown)
- Samantha Agredo; INF; Bronx, N.Y.
- *Jillian Albayati; P/INF; Anaheim, Calif.
- Jordan Andreas; P/INF; Las Vegas, Nev.
- Cassadie Armstrong; INF; Portland, Maine
- Sierra Baldwin; C; Lawton, Mich.
- Sierra Barnes; INF; Jacksonville, Fla.
- Celeste Barrios; RHP; Mission Hills, Calif.
- *Jamie Baum; RHP; Los Altos, Calif.
- Kaija Bazzano; INF; Sebastopol, Calif.
- Paloma Benach; LHP; Washington, D.C.
- *Denae Benites; C; Las Vegas, Nev.
- *Elise Berger; RHP; Shelburne, Vt.
- *Kate Blunt; P/INF; Ladera Ranch, Calif.
- Olivia Bricker; LHP; Cincinnati, Ohio
- *Janelle Calvet; UTIL; Deerfield Beach, Fla.
- Summer Comstock; OF; Phoenix, Ariz.
- Peyton Coria; RHP; Perris, Calif.
- *Niki Eckert; LHP; Englewood, N.J.
- Sarah Edwards; INF; Bay Shore, N.Y.
- Cameron Ely; RHP; Valencia, Calif.
- Bella Espinoza-Molina; RHP; Ladera Ranch, Calif.
- Quinn Faria; UTIL; Bristol, R.I.
- Maggie Foxx; C; Bedford, N.H.
- Alicia Gambone; INF; Fair Oaks, Calif.
- Kaylee Garner; INF; Newark, Ohio
- *Amanda Gianelloni; INF; Gretna, La.
- *Jade Gortarez; INF; Riverside, Calif.
- Elizabeth Greenwood; C; Amherst, N.H.
- Sydni Griffin; INF; Costa Mesa, Calif.
- Scrappy Hopkins; C; Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
- *Alexia Jorge; C; Lyndhurst, N.J.
- *Anna Kimbrell; C; Fort Mill, S.C.
- Akira Kopec; P/INF; Kingston, Penn.
- *Kylee Lahners; INF; Lake Forest, Calif.
- Patsy Lane; INF; Yorba Linda, Calif.
- *Ashton Lansdell; INF; Marietta, Ga.
- *A'Lana Martinez; P/OF; Cooper City, Fla.
- Meredith McFadden; C; Charlotte, N.C.
- *Meggie Meidlinger; RHP; Marietta, Ga.
- Luciana Moreno; UTIL; Sun Prairie, Wis.
- Katherine Murphy; INF; Belmont, Mass.
- Jadyn O'Dette; RHP; Orange, Calif.
- Maggie Paulovich; OF; Albany, Calif.
- Valerie Perez; INF; Corpus Christi, Texas
- *Olivia Pichardo; OF; Forest Hills, N.Y.
- Jacqueline Reynolds; RHP; Woburn, Mass.
- Aspen Robinson; OF; Roseville, Calif.
- Naomi Ryan; LHP; North Chesterfield, Va.
- *Remi Schaber; INF; Cordova, Tenn.
- London Studer; INF; Blacklick, Ohio
- Jana U'Ren; INF; Tucson, Ariz.
- Dawn Vana; LHP; Albuquerque, N.M.
- Celicia Wilken; P/INF; Wylie, Texas
- Lily Woodworth; INF; S. Glastonbury, Conn.
- Stasja Yaspelkis; LHP; Moorpark, Calif.
- Skylar Young; INF; Fayettevillle, N.C.
- Alyssa Zettlemoyer; C; Murrieta, Calif.
* denotes national team alumna