Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the names of 13 athletes in the 16U girls baseball category who have been identified by officials of the Women’s National Team program. These athletes were on the path to compete on the “Prospects Team” at the Women’s Invitational Championships later this year in Stonewall, Man., prior to the event being cancelled due to Covid-19.

She looks in for the sign from her catcher, comes set and takes a deep breath to gather herself before kicking and firing a fastball over the outside part of the plate. This routine was something that Heidi Northcott did numerous times over the course of her baseball career with the Women’s National Team program. Today, although she wears a different type of uniform, it’s that routine and preparedness learned in baseball that is helping in her role as a Registered Respiratory Therapist at an adult acute care setting in Edmonton.

Jenna Flannigan (Cornwall, Ont.) has announced her retirement from the Women’s National Team.

The Canadian Women’s National Baseball Team knows how to get it done on the field with a current world ranking of No. 2 and six all-time medals collected at eight Women’s Baseball World Cup events. This group of amazing athletes is now coming together to make a difference off the field for the first-ever TOGETHER FOR WOMEN, an on-line event on Saturday, May 16 that will showcase some of Canada’s top female athletes in support of the Canadian Women’s Foundation.