Central Michigan University Athletics
Hudson Invited to USA Softball Selection Camp
5/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 18, 2006
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Central Michigan University sophomore Amy Hudson (Everett, Wash./Everett HS) has been invited by USA Softball to participate in a selection camp for the 2006 World University Games. The camp will take place June 9-11 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
Of the 40 players invited, 18 will be selected to represent USA Softball in the 2006 World University Games in Taiwan, July 15-23.
Hudson, who plays third base, is a two-time first team All-Mid-American Conference selection. She led the MAC in hitting this past season with a school-record .414 batting average. For the last two seasons she has led CMU in hitting, RBI and runs scored.
Of the players selected for the camp, 19 are from the Pac-10 Conference, seven from the Southeastern Conference, six from the Big 12 and four from the Big Ten. Traditional Top 25 schools Fresno State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Virginia Tech also had players selected.
USA Softball announced 13 invitees this week, in addition to 27 previously invited individuals.
Amy Hudson set a school record in 2006 with a .414 batting average.  | |
The additional players invited this week were: Hudson; Angela Tincher (Eagle Rock, Va., Virginia Tech); Becky Marx (St. Joseph, Mich., Michigan); Megan Willis (Chandler, Ariz., Texas); Christina Clark (Santa Ana, Calif., Fresno State); Tonya Callahan (Holden, Mo., Tennessee); Danyele Gomez (Metairie, La., Louisiana Lafayette); Cambria Miranda (Camarillo, Calif., Oregon State); Leslie Klein (Sunrise, Fla., LSU); Courtney Bures (Haymarket, Va., Mississippi State); Megan McAllister (Carlsbad, Calif., Georgia); Megan Gibson (Spring, Texas, Texas A&M) and Callista Balko (Tucson, Ariz., Arizona).
The 27 players previously invited to the World University Team Selection Camp were: Caitlin Benyi (Scottsdale, Ariz., UCLA); Tina Boutelle (Katy, Texas, Texas); Katie Burkhart (San Luis Obispo, Ariz., Arizona State); Kaitlin Cochran (Yorba Linda, Calif., Arizona State); Maddy Coon (Chappaqua, NY, Stanford); Garland Cooper (Mission Viejo, Calif., Northwestern); Mindy Cowles (Riverside, Calif., Arizona State); Lisa Dodd (San Diego, Calif., UCLA); Norrelle Dickson (Orange, Calif., Oklahoma); Sarah Fekete (Maryville, Tenn., Tennessee); Samantha Findlay (Lockport, Ill., Michigan); Kristie Fox (San Diego, Calif., Arizona); Tiffany Haas (North Tustin, Calif., Michigan); Vanessa Iapala (San Diego, Calif., Oregon State); Jodie Legaspi (Garden Grove, Calif., UCLA); Brianne McGowan (Reno, Nev., Oregon State); Aimee Minor (San Jacinto, Calif., Washington); Catalina Morris (Sonoita, Ariz., Stanford); Jackie Rinehart (Reno, Nev., Stanford); Lindsay Schutzler (Monterey, Calif., Tennessee); Anjelica Selden (Vacaville, Calif., UCLA); Kristina Thorson (Lake Forest Park, Wash., California); Stephanie VanBrakle (Chambersburg, Penn., Alabama); Kristen Vesley (Phoenix, Ariz., Oklahoma); Desiree Williams (Tucson, Ariz., Texas); Haley Woods (Burlingame, Calif., California) and Emily Zaplatosch (Scottsdale, Ariz., UCLA).
