University of Tennessee Athletics
Abbott Selected to USA Softball Women’s National Team
January 06, 2018 | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY — The road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games continues as USA Softball announced today the rosters for the 2018 Women's National Teams. Following a selection camp in Clearwater, Florida, former Tennessee All-American Monica Abbott (2004-07) has been chosen to represent her country and compete for USA Softball this summer. Abbott was one of 17 players selected to the World Championship roster as a pitcher.
Abbott, who is no stranger to the USA Softball Women's National Team was also a member of the U.S. Senior Women's National Team in the summers of 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010. She was also on the 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic Team that won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics and posted a 3-0 record and a 0.00 ERA from the circle. She had the first perfect game for the United States in Olympic competition with a dominant win over the Netherlands.
Abbott was also a member of the 2002 Junior Women's National Team and the Junior Women's World Championship Team (Summer 2003).
Abbott and her World Championship teammates are slated to compete at the World Cup of Softball and the 2018 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's World Championship, August 2-12 in Chiba, Japan, while an additional 17 athletes will represent the United States at the Japan All-Star Series and compete as a second National Team at the World Cup of Softball.
Abbott was the 2007 USA Softball Player of the Year, 2007 Honda Award winner for softball, three-time SEC Pitcher of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007), four-time NFCA First-Team All-American (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and 2004 SEC Rookie of the Year. She currently holds the NCAA Division I record for career victories (189), career shutouts (112), career strikeouts (2,440), career appearances (253) and the single-season record for strikeouts with 724 in 2007.
The complete roster of both the 2018 World Championship and the 2018 Japan All-Star Series can be view by clicking below.
Click here to see the athletes selected to the 2018 USA Softball Women's National Teams
A full list of National Team events, including exhibition games, will be released at a later date. Follow along all summer with all of the USA Softball National Teams at USASoftball.com.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is designated as the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation's largest sports organizations, USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 150,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2 million. USA Softball is dedicated to providing people of all ages the opportunity to play the game they love at a variety of levels by offering recreational, league, tournament and competitive play for fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch. USA Softball annually conducts thousands of tournaments throughout the country including over 100 National Championships. The USA Softball umpire program is among the nation's largest and is widely known as the best-trained umpires in the game.
As the NGB for the sport of softball, USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in events such as the Olympics, Pan American Games, World Championships and other international and domestic events. For more information on USA Softball, including its founding and history as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), please visit, www.USASoftball.com.
About the World Baseball Softball Confederation
Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland -- the Olympic Capital -- the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for baseball and softball. WBSC has 202 National Federation and Associate Members in 143 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually.
The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women's).
For more information, visit: www.wbsc.org.
Abbott, who is no stranger to the USA Softball Women's National Team was also a member of the U.S. Senior Women's National Team in the summers of 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010. She was also on the 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic Team that won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics and posted a 3-0 record and a 0.00 ERA from the circle. She had the first perfect game for the United States in Olympic competition with a dominant win over the Netherlands.
Abbott was also a member of the 2002 Junior Women's National Team and the Junior Women's World Championship Team (Summer 2003).
Abbott and her World Championship teammates are slated to compete at the World Cup of Softball and the 2018 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's World Championship, August 2-12 in Chiba, Japan, while an additional 17 athletes will represent the United States at the Japan All-Star Series and compete as a second National Team at the World Cup of Softball.
Abbott was the 2007 USA Softball Player of the Year, 2007 Honda Award winner for softball, three-time SEC Pitcher of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007), four-time NFCA First-Team All-American (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and 2004 SEC Rookie of the Year. She currently holds the NCAA Division I record for career victories (189), career shutouts (112), career strikeouts (2,440), career appearances (253) and the single-season record for strikeouts with 724 in 2007.
The complete roster of both the 2018 World Championship and the 2018 Japan All-Star Series can be view by clicking below.
Click here to see the athletes selected to the 2018 USA Softball Women's National Teams
A full list of National Team events, including exhibition games, will be released at a later date. Follow along all summer with all of the USA Softball National Teams at USASoftball.com.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is designated as the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation's largest sports organizations, USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 150,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2 million. USA Softball is dedicated to providing people of all ages the opportunity to play the game they love at a variety of levels by offering recreational, league, tournament and competitive play for fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch. USA Softball annually conducts thousands of tournaments throughout the country including over 100 National Championships. The USA Softball umpire program is among the nation's largest and is widely known as the best-trained umpires in the game.
As the NGB for the sport of softball, USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in events such as the Olympics, Pan American Games, World Championships and other international and domestic events. For more information on USA Softball, including its founding and history as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), please visit, www.USASoftball.com.
About the World Baseball Softball Confederation
Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland -- the Olympic Capital -- the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for baseball and softball. WBSC has 202 National Federation and Associate Members in 143 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually.
The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Softball World Championships (Men, Women, U-19 Men, and U-19 Women), Premier12, World Baseball Classic, and Baseball World Cups (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23 and Women's).
For more information, visit: www.wbsc.org.
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