Aussie Spirit Head Coach, Fabian Barlow, has named the squad that will be participating in the Invitational Down Under Series against the Japan Toyota Red Terriers, 19-21 February at Blacktown International Sportspark.
Coach Barlow has named 22 players from the 30 squad members who participated in the International Series against the Japanese and New Zealand national women’s teams last week.
The women are competing for spots on the Aussie Spirit team that will be participating in the 2016 Women’s World Softball Championship in Canada this July. Queensland has 10 players on the list followed by NSW 9, ACT 2, SA 2 and WA 1. Four of this team will be playing in the US Professional Fast Pitch League, Stacey Porter, Taylah Tsitsikronis, Vanessa Stokes and Chelsea Forkin. Kaia Parnaby and Stacey Porter will be heading back to Japan to play in their professional league in the coming months to once again face the Red Terriers.
Aussie Spirit Squad
| POS | Player | State |
| P | Kaia Parnaby | NSW |
| P | Amelia Cudicio | NSW |
| P | Sandra Holden | Qld |
| P | Justine Smethurst | Qld |
| P | Jocelyn McCallum | Qld |
| P | Vanessa Stokes | SA |
| OF/INF | Rachel Lack* | NSW |
| OF | Katherine Tye | ACT |
| OF | Michelle Cox* | NSW |
| OF | Georgia Blair | Qld |
| OF | Janice Blackman | Qld |
| OF | Erin Thras | Qld |
| OF | Jade Wall | Qld |
| OF | Leigh Godfrey | WA |
| INF/OF | Chelsea Forkin | Qld |
| INF/C | Taylah Tsitsikronis | NSW |
| INF | Clare Warwick | ACT |
| INF | Stacey McManus | NSW |
| INF | Alexandra Casey | NSW |
| INF | Jordyn Christensen | NSW |
| INF | Brenda De Blaes | QLD |
| C/INF | Carmelle Sorensen | QLD |
| C | Belinda White | SA |
| 1B/3B | Stacey Porter | NSW |
*Rachel Lack and Michelle Cox were unavailable for selection due to prior commitments to their US University teams.
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