Trio Of Bama Stars Selected For Team USA Softball Trials

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The USA Softball Women's National Team on Monday announced that Crimson Tide senior Montana Fouts and alums Bailey Hemphill and Haylie McCleney have been invited to participate in the team's 2022 Selection Trials, beginning in January.

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The trio of Crimson Tide stars will be among 45 players competing for spots.

The trials to determine the 18-player roster for the USA Softball Women's National Team will kick off the week of Jan. 1-6, 2022 at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida.

Once the roster is set, the team will first compete at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham.

McCleney is a 2016 graduate of the University of Alabama and will be one of 11 invitees from the Tokyo Olympic Silver Medal team. She has been a member of Team USA since 2014.

Fouts, one of the most decorated pitchers in college softball history, previously tried out for Team USA in the fall of 2019 after competing with the U19 team that summer, earning a third-place showing at the International Cup.

The power-hitting Hemphill graduated in 2021 as the Crimson Tide's all-time home runs leader and the SEC career walks leader. She also earned SEC Player of the Year honors in 2021 as the Tide fell just short of a national title at the NCAA Women's College World Series.

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