Baseball Victoria is pleased to announce the 2020 Women’s State Team.
Baseball Victoria has elected to send a single team to represent the state at the 2020 Australian Women’s Championships from 10-17 April in Canberra. This is a shift from previous years selections; with development players added to the primary team and an extended squad to maintain the pathway for Victorian women’s baseball.
“We came to this decision after much thought and careful consideration regarding the current state of our women’s program,” Baseball Victoria CEO Kristie Middleton said. “We strongly believe it is in the best interests of the Women’s State Team program to send one women’s team this year. This team combines both experienced and developing players, we wanted to ensure our single team was strong and set up for success.”
The 2020 Women’s State Team includes a host of current Emeralds players including six members of the 2018 Australian team and a further four that attended the Bendigo Challenge in October 2019. The team is rounded out by a group of young players who will gain significant experience and exposure to a high level of competition as part of Baseball Victoria’s commitment to building a promising future for the Women’s State Team Program.
Dean Anglin, Head Coach of the Women’s State Team, says he has created a team to chase back-to-back titles after Victoria Women’s Blue won the 2019 Australian Women’s Championships. “Australian Emerald Bronwyn Gell returns and some of Victoria’s best young talent has been added to the team including Genevieve Beacom who is currently playing at the junior nationals and Lili Cavanagh who was tough to miss 2019 through injury,” Anglin said. “We expect nationals to be a strong competition leading into the World Cup in Mexico later this year so we will prepare as best we can to defend our title.”
