McFarland: No ordinary Zoe, Women's National Team MVP also a softball star
McFarland: No ordinary Zoe, Women's National Team MVP also a softball star

“She filled up two passport pages in 2023, and if Zoe Hicks has anything to say about it, she wouldn’t mind doing it all again in 2024.

Representing both Softball Canada and Baseball Canada during the year, she often found herself flying from one event to the next with little rest in between.

Hicks wouldn’t have it any other way though, as her passion and energy around the diamond is evident when we sit down for a Zoom chat in December.

She had just received the news that she was named the Baseball Canada Women’s National Team Most Valuable Player in just her second season with the team.”

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McFarland: Playing in Women’s World Cup would be “dream come true” for Johnson
McFarland: Playing in Women’s World Cup would be “dream come true” for Johnson

“Baseball’s offseason always feels far too long for Amy Johnson, but it’s felt even longer heading into the 2024 season.

The Saskatoon product has been champing at the bit to get back onto the field and get ready for the possibility of representing Canada at the Women’s Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Even though the 21-year-old has been on Baseball Canada’s Women’s National Team roster for the last two seasons, Johnson isn’t assuming anything yet.

“Playing in the World Cup would be a dream come true,” she told Saskatchewan Dugout Stories. “It’s the highest level in the sport I love and it would be such a great opportunity that I would remember forever.”

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