Carda Invited to '15 USA Softball Women's National Team Selection Camp

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OKLAHOMA CITY - Senior Ally Carda has been invited to the 2015 USA Softball Women's National Team Selection Camp, which will be held Jan. 4-8, 2015 at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball has announced.

Carda is one of 32 who have received an invitation and will vie for 17 spots on the 2015 USA Softball Women's National Team roster. Team USA will compete at the World Cup of Softball X in July 2015 in Southern California and the 2015 Pan American Games, which will be held July 15-26 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Additional athletes may be invited to the USA Softball WNT Selection Camp at a later date. During the five-day selection process, athletes will participate in position drills as well as simulated games and be evaluated by the Women’s National Team Selection Committee.

Carda is no stranger to wearing the Red, White and Blue, helping Team USA to a gold medal at the 2011 ISF Junior Women's World Championship in Cape Town, South Africa. Carda went 2-1 with 23 strikeouts in 13 innings, including a 14-strikeout, no-hitter against China. She also hit .500 with seven runs batted in. A member of the JWNT from 2009-2011, Carda also helped the U.S. to gold at the 2010 Pan American Championship, hurling six hitless, shutout innings with 14 strikeouts, while hitting .353 with seven RBI.

Former Bruin Lisa Dodd was also named an assistant coach for the 2015 Women's National Team.