CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball today announced the roster for the 2026 Women’s National Team Training Camp. Forty women hailing from 20 different states will convene from June 11-15 in North Carolina and compete in a five-day long Training Camp that will conclude with the naming of a final 20-player roster.

The selection process will consist of a series of workouts, practices, and intrasquad scrimmages held at various venues across the eastern part of North Carolina, including the National Training Complex in Cary, Jack Coombs Field in Durham, and Segra Stadium in Fayetteville.

Following the conclusion of Training Camp on June 15, the final Women’s National Team roster will reconvene in Chicago, Illinois, from July 16-20 for Training before traveling to Rockford, Illinois, for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Baseball World Cup Group Stage from July 22-26. This will be the first step in the program’s ultimate quest for a gold medal in 2027, as it will look to earn a spot in next year’s World Cup Finals, which will also be held in Rockford.

“We are very excited to welcome these forty players to Training Camp next week,” said Women’s National Team Program Director Makenzie Kelly. “These players will have the opportunity to continue to learn from some of the best as we set our sights on earning a spot in next year’s World Cup Finals. This year’s roster features some of the best women’s baseball players in the nation, and we anticipate a very competitive five days on the field.”

Among the 40 women on the Training Camp roster, 23 are Women’s National Team alumni. This year’s roster is highlighted by 12-time alum Anna Kimbrell, who owns the Team USA record for most appearances on a national team, nine-time alums Meggie Meidlinger and Kelsie Whitmore, and five-time alums Alex Hugo, Kylee Lahners, and Ashton Lansdell.

Along with the national team alumni coming to Training Camp, 13 other players have participated in past Women’s National Team programming, including the Women’s National Team Training Camp, Women’s National Team Development Program, Women’s National Open, and the 2021 Girls’ Camp. Twenty-five of them attended last year’s Women’s National Team Development Program, which was an identification event for this year’s Training Camp.

The roster also features four newcomers to USA Baseball’s Women’s National Team Program: Madison Erickson, McKenna Huff, Valentina Smith, and Addy Wilson.

Additionally, 25 players on the roster have attended a past girls’ development event jointly hosted in partnership with Major League Baseball, including the Trailblazer Series, Elite Development Invitational (EDI), Breakthrough Series, and MLB GRIT: Girls ID Tour.

This year’s coaching staff will be led by 2000 Olympic gold medalist Mike Kinkade, and he will be joined by five-time national team gold medalist coaches Jason Sekany and Tanner Vesely along with three-time Women’s National Team medalist Kristin Caldwell. Kinkade will be making his managerial debut, Sekany will serve as pitching coach, while Vesely and Caldwell will join as assistant coaches. The staff owns a combined 12 gold medals with USA Baseball as players and/or coaches.

During Training Camp, the coaching staff will be joined by past USA Baseball national team coaches Rick Eckstein, Bryan Madsen, and Jack Wilson, Women’s National Team alum Ronnie Gajownik, along with Karavin Dew, Sam Freeman, Matt Frisbee, and Calvin Pickering, who all have extensive knowledge across all levels of the game.

Along with the 25 players who have attended a past girls’ development event, Dew, Eckstein, Gajownik, Kinkade, and Pickering have all been heavily devoted to growing the game and spend time on a year-round basis coaching at MLB Develops boys’ and girls’ events. Ten Women’s National Team alumni have also served as coaches at past events: Denae Benites, Amanda Gianelloni, Beth Greenwood, Hugo, Alexia Jorge, Kimbrell, Lahners, Meidlinger, Valerie Perez, and Whitmore.

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The 2026 Women's National Team Training Camp Roster is as follows:

2026 Women’s National Team Training Camp Roster

(Name - Position - Hometown)

• *^Jillian Albayati - RHP/OF - Anaheim, Calif.
• ^Jordan Andreas - RHP - St. George, Utah
• *^Jamie Baum – INF/OF/RHP - Los Altos, Calif.
• *^Denae Benites - C - Las Vegas, Nev.
• *^Elise Berger - RHP - Shelburne, Vt.
• *^Kate Blunt – RHP/INF - Ladera Ranch, Calif.
• *^Sophia Broderick – RHP/INF/OF - Geneva, Ill.
• ^Bailey Brown - RHP - Southampton, N.Y.
• *Niki Eckert - LHP - New York, N.Y.
• *Sarah Edwards – INF/OF - Bay Shore, N.Y.
• Madison Erickson - INF - West Linn, Ore.
• Maggie Foxx - RHP/OF/C - Bedford, N.H.
• *^Amanda Gianelloni - INF - Napoleonville, La.
• *^Beth Greenwood - C - Amherst, N.H.
• ^Gabbie Haas - INF - Jupiter, Fla.
• ^Amira Hondras - OF/UTL - Chicago, Ill.
• McKenna Huff - INF/RHP - Fairfax, Va.
• *^Alex Hugo - INF - Olathe, Kan.
• Keira Izumi – INF/RHP - San Diego, Calif.
• *^Alexia Jorge - C - Lyndhurst, N.J.
• *^Anna Kimbrell - C/INF - Fort Mill, S.C.
• ^Mia Kruspe - OF/RHP - Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
• *^Kylee Lahners - INF - Laguna Hills, Calif.
• *^Ashton Lansdell - INF/OF - Marietta, Ga.
• Sarah Lessig - OF/INF - Seattle, Wash.
• Jasmine Mack - C/INF/OF - Whitsett, N.C.
• *^Jamie Mackay - C/RHP - Laguna Beach, Calif.
• ^Ashanthy Marcano - OF - Fayetteville, N.C.
• Lillian Martineau - INF - Harwinton, Conn.
• *^A’Lana Martinez - OF - Cooper City, Fla.
• *^Meggie Meidlinger - RHP - Sterling, Va.
• Luciana Moreno - INF - Sun Prairie, Wi.
• ^Maggie Paulovich - OF - Albany, Calif.
• *^Valerie Perez - INF - Corpus Christi, Tex.
• *^Olivia Pichardo - OF/RHP - Queens, N.Y.
• *^Naomi Ryan - LHP/INF/OF - North Chesterfield, Va.
• *^Remi Schaber - INF/RHP - Memphis, Tenn.
• ^Lauren Schwab - OF/RHP - McKinney, Tex.
• Valentina Smith - RHP - Parkland, Fla.
• *^Kelsie Whitmore - RHP/OF - Temecula, Calif.
• Addy Wilson - LHP/OF - Woodstock, Ga.

* denotes National Team alumna
^ denotes National Team Development Program participant