University of Tennessee Athletics
Turner Named to 2019 USA Softball Junior Women's National Training Team
January 02, 2019 | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY – Tennessee softball signee Callie Turner has been chosen to represent the United States as a member of the 2019 USA Softball Junior Women's National Training Team after a three-day selection process, USA Softball announced today.
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Selected by the Women's National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC), these athletes will compete in select tournaments and invitational events before the final 17-player roster for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-19 Women's Softball World Cup will be finalized.
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Turner, a pitcher from Land O'Lakes, Fla. is ranked No. 15 in the FloSoftball Hot 100 and tied for 11th in the Extra Elite 100. She was a member of the 2018 TC/USA National Championship Team, while also being named the 2018 Florida 6A Pitcher of the Year and being selected as a First-Team Extra Inning Softball All-American.
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Click here to see the fill list of athletes selected to the 2019 USA Softball Junior Women's National Training Team.
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Follow along all summer with all of the USA Softball National Teams at USASoftball.com.
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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 through a network of Local Associations, which includes all 50 states and select metro 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 are widely known as the best trained umpires in the game.
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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.
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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 208 National Federation and Associate Members in 135 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.
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The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Premier12, World Baseball Classic, Baseball World Cups, Softball World Cups and Softball World Championships, as well as baseball and softball events at the Olympic Games.
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Selected by the Women's National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC), these athletes will compete in select tournaments and invitational events before the final 17-player roster for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-19 Women's Softball World Cup will be finalized.
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Turner, a pitcher from Land O'Lakes, Fla. is ranked No. 15 in the FloSoftball Hot 100 and tied for 11th in the Extra Elite 100. She was a member of the 2018 TC/USA National Championship Team, while also being named the 2018 Florida 6A Pitcher of the Year and being selected as a First-Team Extra Inning Softball All-American.
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Click here to see the fill list of athletes selected to the 2019 USA Softball Junior Women's National Training Team.
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Follow along all summer with all of the USA Softball National Teams at USASoftball.com.
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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 through a network of Local Associations, which includes all 50 states and select metro 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 are widely known as the best trained umpires in the game.
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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.
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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 208 National Federation and Associate Members in 135 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.
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The WBSC governs all international competitions involving official National Teams. The WBSC oversees the Premier12, World Baseball Classic, Baseball World Cups, Softball World Cups and Softball World Championships, as well as baseball and softball events at the Olympic Games.
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