ESPN RISE GAMES ROSTER FOR 2011 UNDER ARMOUR ALL-AMERICA SOFTBALL GAME
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ESPN RISE GAMES ROSTER FOR 2011 UNDER ARMOUR ALL-AMERICA SOFTBALL GAME
Nation’s 30 Best High School Softball Players to Showcase Their Talents at ESPN RISE Games
ESPN RISE today announced the roster for the 2011 Under Armour All-America Softball Game, part of the ESPN RISE Games. A four-day gathering of the nation’s 30 best high school softball players as selected by ESPN RISE, the event will take place at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in suburban Orlando, Fla., July 17-20, 2011.
Featuring players from 14 states and six players that were selected as their state’s Gatorade Player of the Year, every member of this year’s roster has either verbally committed or signed with a top-level college program. The coaching staff will feature an elite collection of athletes that includes three-time Olympic gold medalist Leah O’Brien-Amico.
Full roster of participants:
| Player | Position | Hometown | High School | Verbal Commitment/Signed |
| Ayanna Andrews | OF | Oldsmar, Fla. | Countryside | LSU |
| Alyssa Bache | P | Clearwater, Fla. | East Lake | Florida |
| Allison Brown | IF | Los Alamitos, Calif. | Los Alamitos | Mississippi |
| Allyson Carda | P/1B | Elk Grove, Calif. | Pleasant Grove | UCLA |
| Bailey Castro | 3B | Pembroke Pines, Fla. | American Heritage | Florida |
| Bailey Chalmers | C/1B | Montgomery, Texas | Montgomery | Baylor |
| Lauren Chamberlain | SS/3B | Trabuco Canyon, Calif. | El Toro | Oklahoma |
| Brittany Clopton | OF | Montgomery, Texas | Montgomery | Texas A&M |
| * Cheyenne Cordes | SS | Fairfield, Calif. | Angelo Rodriguez | Cal |
| Jessica Damico | SS/2B | Gray Summit, Mo. | Pacific | Florida |
| * Shelby Davis | OF | Goddard, Kan. | Goddard | Oklahoma State |
| * Sara Driesenga | P/1B/SS | Hudsonville, Mich. | Hudsonville | Michigan |
| * Mattie Fowler | UT | Tuscon, Ariz. | Canyon del Oro | Nebraska |
| Kiara Garcia | SS | Fairfield, Calif. | Angelo Rodriguez | Oregon State |
| Lauren Gaskill | SS | Mount Holly, N.J. | Rancocas Valley Regional | Virginia Tech |
| Corrin Genovese | SS | East Amherst, N.Y. | Williamsville North | Missouri |
| * Rachel Gillen | P/OF | Wilmington, Del. | Archmere Academy | Virginia |
| Delaney Guy | SS | Tomball, Texas | Klein Oak | Baylor |
| Lauren Haeger | P/1B | Phoenix, Ariz. | Deer Valley | Florida |
| Danae Hays | SS | Morris, Ala. | Mortimer Jordan | Auburn |
| Danielle Henderson | 3B | Elk Grove, Calif. | Sheldon | Cal |
| Kelsi Jones | CF | Carmel, Ind. | Carmel | Missouri |
| * Leslie Jury | P/1B | Anderson, S.C. | JL Mann | Alabama |
| Kylee Lahners | 2B | Laguna Hills, Calif. | Laguna Hills | Washington |
| Amy Letourneau | 1B/P | Laguna Niguel, Calif. | Santa Margarita Catholic | Northwestern |
| Callie Parsons | OF | Pryor, Okla. | Pryor | Oklahoma |
| Logan Spaw | C/OF | Blue Springs, Mo. | Blue Springs South | Virginia Tech |
| Lauren Sweet | C | Corona, Calif. | Santiago | Michigan |
| Janette Takeda | OF | Placentia, Calif. | El Dorado | Oregon |
| Cassidy Whidden | C | Parrish, Fla. | St. Stephens Episcopal | Notre Dame |
* Gatorade Players of the Year
A complete television schedule is available here. For more information, please go to: www.espnrise.com/erg
Opening ceremonies for the ESPN RISE Games will be Saturday, July 13 at 8 p.m. ET at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
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About ESPN RISE Games
The ESPN RISE Games is a two-week-long elite and competitive level student-athlete focused event, anchored by four elite high school sports events: the Champion® All-American Showcase, a US Lacrosse boys and girls event, the AAU 11th Grade Boys Basketball Super Showcase Presented By Champion®, the Under Armour High School Softball All-America Game and the elite 7-on-7 high school football event Champion® Gridiron Kings. The ESPN RISE Games’ competitive channel youth sports include boys and girls lacrosse, softball, football, baseball, basketball, field hockey and track & field. The ESPN RISE Games expects to host more than 14,000 student athletes during the 2011 event.
About ESPN RISE
ESPN RISE represents ESPN’s commitment to engage and elevate high school student-athletes by providing them with recognition, resources, information and inspiration to improve their skills and achieve their goals. ESPN RISE assets include ESPN RISE Guy and Girl magazines, with special issues for football, basketball, track and recruiting; ESPNRISE.com; mobile and social media products (Facebook.com/ESPNRISE and Twitter @ESPNRISE); and more than 160 high school events including Elite 11, Elite 24, ESPN RISE Games, ESPN RISE National High School Invitational, Area Code Baseball, ESPN RISE Girls Showcase, and ESPN RISE Nike Football Combines/Nike Football Training Camps. ESPN RISE is uniquely positioned to provide high school student-athletes and the company’s core fans with compelling high school sports content across multiple ESPN platforms. To follow ESPN RISE Girls on Facebook, please visit www.Facebook.com/espnrisegirl.
