91原创鈥檚 Danielle Lawrie-Locke will be pitching for Canada.
Softball Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the final roster for Canada鈥檚 women鈥檚 softball team at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday, May 12.
鈥淵our squad has been named,鈥 Lawrie said in a social media post.
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鈥 Danielle Lawrie (@daniellelawrie5)
In an emotional Mother鈥檚 Day video message to her children before the selection was made, Lawrie, who is away from her family at training camp in Florida, said she was grateful to her daughters who 鈥渁llow mommy to live out a pretty cool dream.鈥
鈥淵ou guys are on my mind and on my heart,鈥 Lawrie said.
鈥淎t the end of the day, regardless if there鈥檚 a medal around my neck or not, I鈥檓 hoping you guys are proud of what I鈥檝e done.鈥
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鈥 Danielle Lawrie (@daniellelawrie5)
Lawrie and 14 other athletes were selected by Softball Canada鈥檚 coaching staff in accordance with the Women鈥檚 National Team Olympic Team Selection Process.
Lawrie debuted for Team Canada in 2005 and was a member of the squad that placed fourth the last time softball was included on the Olympic program at Beijing 2008.
At the WBSC Women鈥檚 Softball World Championships, she was part of Team Canada in 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2018, bringing home home bronze in 2010 and 2018.
Lawrie had returned to pitch for Team Canada in 2018 after a three-year retirement.
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She was a member of Team Canada at two Pan American Games, 12 years apart, winning silver at Rio 2007 and Lima 2019.
At the WBSC Americas Olympic qualifier in 2019, she started three games and posted a 2-0 record as she allowed only two hits and struck out 23 in 14.1 innings as Canada booked its ticket to Tokyo.
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While studying sociology at the University of Washington, Lawrie had an outstanding playing career in four seasons with the Huskies and was arguably one of the best NCAA softball players.
In 2009, she earned her first of back-to-back USA Softball Player of the Year awards going 42-8 with 521 strikeouts and just 76 walks in 350.2 innings.
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鈥 Danielle Lawrie (@daniellelawrie5)
Softball returns to the Olympic Games after being left off at London 2012 and Rio 2016. Canada narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish the last time the sport appeared at Beijing 2008.
Softball will take place July 22 to July 27 at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium and the Yokohama Baseball Stadium.
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