USA Collegiate Softball Team with NC roots leaves for Spain

The 2006 USA Athletes International softball team, lead by Peace College head coach Charlie Dobbins leaves today from New York at 730 pm for the July 25-31 Spanish Cup in Barcelona, Spain. The USA Team will be making its debut next week in the Red, White and Blue when it takes the field against the Spanish National Team and other regional Spanish Federation teams in the Spanish softball series.

This team is composed of those with college eligibility or those who just completed their collegiate eligibility. The team is comprised of fourteen players with nine players from the USA South Conference, headquartered in Fayetteville NC, with the schools regionally located within North Carolina and Virginia.

Amy Faucette, Rebekah Kelly and Jenny Sorensen (Methodist College), Niki Dobbins, Sarah Heenan, and Nicole Shoemaker (Peace College), Libby Fulford (NC Wesleyan College), Meagan Knight (Greensboro College) and CJ McQueen, (Christopher Newport University) round out the USA South representatives.

Jaimee Cassidy and Jody McCurdy (Pfeiffer University), Kylie Childress (Lambuth University) and Mallory Meyer (Widener College) round out the collegiate players. Haley Suitt, (South Granville HS, Oxford NC) completes the roster.

JD McCurdy, head softball coach at Eastern Mennonite University and Rob Faucette, former head coach with the NC Challengers complete the coaching staff for the U.S.A. Team.

A mixture of familiar and new faces, the 14-member roster will arrive in Spain on Monday ready to represent the USA.

Led by head coach Charlie Dobbins (Raleigh NC, /head coach Peace College) who is making his Team USA coaching debut, the U.S. opens pool play on Tuesday, July 25 at 6 p.m.

“We have a great group of kids along with a tremendous staff,” said Dobbins. “I love the attitude of this group and they have been wonderful to work with. We only have a few days here to prepare and the team is adapting but we will be ready to play.”

USA Athletes International, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to giving amateur athletes and coaches the opportunity to participate in International Olympic style sporting events throughout the world, while also allowing them to broaden their educational and cultural knowledge of the world through the experience.




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Best Wishes and enjoy your travel, Coach!

Looking forward to hearing scores and the stories.

 

Good Luck USA!

Best of luck Charlie. Sounds like a GREAT experience for the girls as well as the chance to showcase the talent of our young ladies internationally.

 

NC on nat. team?

best of luck internationally to Charlie & this group of mostly NC players.

Anyone: have any players from the state of North Carolina ever played for the USA National womens' softball team?

 

The Team is there !!!!!

Just got off the phone with them ,

The USA Team got to Spain safely !!!!!

 

Best of Luck to all

It is a great feeling when your child is picked to do something such as this. I hope someday mine can be so lucky. So for all the parents that have daughters as well as sons involved with this Bless you and your families. We all pray for success as well as a safe return..

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Hey! Shoe tone it down a little I can't read my own writing with you smiling so darn hard. Awesome!!!!!!!! Best of luck Nicole Shoemaker and Team....

Mike Donnelly:bananalam

 

Game tonight in Barcelona

We arrived safe and trying to beat the jet lag..

We play tonight vs Hercules Barcelona, an "A" division pro team in
the Spanish league..

Will post scores as we finish

We received great news today also...
We travel to France this weekend for 2 DH's ( 4 games )
against the French National team...

Go USA!!

 

Good Luck Charlie & all the team I know you will represent the USA well Keep those Methodist girls straight and keep a eye on Rob he will be looking for somewhere to turkey hunt Billy