While eight teams qualified for this year's Women's College Softball World Series, it comes down to the University of Oklahoma and Florida State for the title. Their best-of-three series begins Wednesday at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City, widely regarded as the mecca of softball.
Although Stanford University was the sole representative from California, the Golden State dominated the tournament in terms of representation. If you aspire to compete for the championship, it would be wise to recruit talent from California. Each of the eight participating programs featured at least one former California player.
Florida State, which looks to end the Sooners' three-peat chances have only one California alumna, and is coached by Loni Alameda, who played her high school softball at
Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills, Calif.).
Ten high schools have two or more players who competed in this year's tournament as
Los Alamitos (Calif) and
O'Connor (Phoenix) each have three players.
Listed below is the breakdown of states represented by the number of players, including their names, high schools attended and the colleges where they play.
Oklahoma's Kinzie Hansen, who played high school softball at Norco in California, is one of 50 players in the Women's College World Series who played prep ball in the Golden State. (Photo: Heston Quan)
Giulia Koutsoyanopulos,
Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo) — Tennessee
Karlie Davison,
Chadwick (Palos Verdes Peninsula) — Utah
SilentRain Espinoza,
Christian (El Cajon) — Washington
Ella Nadeau,
Citrus Valley (Redlands) — Stanford
Morgyn Wynne,
Concord — Oklahoma State
Hannah Coor,
Esperanza (Anaheim) — Oklahoma
Julia Jimenez,
Etiwanda — Utah
Nicole May,
Foothill (Pleasanton) — Oklahoma
Madison Huskey,
Gahr (Cerritos) — Washington
Quincee Lilio,
Great Oak (Temecula)— Oklahoma
Aly Kaneshiro,
Hart (Newhall) — Stanford
Jordyn Gasper, Hart — Utah
Shelbi Ortiz,
Huntington Beach — Utah
Jadelyn Allchin, Huntington Beach — Washington
Lair Beautae,
JW North (Riverside) — Tennessee
Claire Timm,
Kennedy (La Palma) — Oklahoma State
Hailee White,
King (Riverside) — Utah
Leilani Melendez,
La Mirada — Utah
Kendall Lundberg,
Lakewood — Utah
Johnna Schroeder,
Lodi — Stanford
Sophia Nugent,
Los Alamitos — Oklahoma
Sarah Ladd, Los Alamitos — Utah
Aliya Belarde, Los Alamitos — Utah
Ella Murchison,
Moreau Catholic (Hayward) — Stanford
Kinzie Hansen,
Norco — Oklahoma
Abby Dayton, Norco — Utah
Allison Morikawa,
Northwood (Irvine) — Stanford
Brooklyn Carter,
Notre Dame (SO) (Sherman Oaks) — Washington
Grace Green,
Oakdale — Oklahoma
Sydney Sandez,
Olympian (Chula Vista) — Utah
Alyssa Brito,
Pacifica (Garden Grove) — Oklahoma
Sophie Jacquez,
Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) — Utah
Sydney Steele,
Poway — Stanford
Rylie West,
Roosevelt (Eastvale) — Tennessee
Sydney Stewart,
Saint Francis (Mountain View) — Washington
Cydney Sanders,
San Marcos — Oklahoma
Stella Bennett,
Santiago (Corona) — Utah
Kaylah Nelsen, Santiago (Corona) — Utah
McKenna Gibson,
Saugus — Tennessee
Grace Keene, Saugus — Tennessee
Avery Weisbrook,
South (Torrance) — Florida State
Tiare Jennings,
St. Anthony (Long Beach) — Oklahoma
Zaida Puni, St. Anthony's (Long Beach) — Tennessee
Kyra Chan,
Torrey Pines (San Diego) — Stanford
Emily Capobianco,
Upland — Utah
Ally Shipman,
Valencia — Alabama
Kylie Chung,
Westlake (Westlake Village) — Stanford
Emily Jones, Westlake — Stanford
Brooklyn Carreon,
Whittier Christian (La Habra) — Utah
Kaitlyn Lim,
Woodbridge (Irvine) — Stanford
Texas — 16
Audrey Schneidmiller,
Burleson — Oklahoma State
Kelly Maxwell,
Clear Springs (League City) — Oklahoma State
Camryn Carmouche,
Cypress Ranch (Houston) — Stanford
Katie Lott,
Cypress Woods (Cypress) — Oklahoma State
Olivia Johnson,
Dawson (Pearland) — Washington
Baylee Klingler,
Dickinson — Washington
Avery Hodge,
Fort Bend Christian Academy (Sugar Land) — Oklahoma
Allison Royalty, Home School — Florida State
Destiny Rodriguez,
Judson (Converse) — Tennessee
Haley Lee,
Kingwood — Oklahoma
Allie Clements,
Klein — Stanford
S.J. Geurin,
Leander — Oklahoma
Haidyn Sokoloski,
Marcus (Flower Mound) — Oklahoma State
Tatum Boyd,
Plano West — Stanford
Micaela Wark,
Reedy (Frisco) — Oklahoma State
Arizona — 12
Alynah Torres,
Cactus (Glendale) — Oklahoma
Ellessa Bonstrom,
Canyon del Oro (Tucson) — Utah
Halle Morris, Canyon del Oro — Utah
Taylor Jacobs,
Canyon View (Waddell) — Utah
Mariah Lopez,
Centennial (Peoria) — Utah
Taylor Gindlesperger,
Hamilton (Chandler) — Stanford
Grace Lyons,
O'Connor (Phoenix) — Oklahoma
Jocelyn Erickson, O'Connor — Oklahoma
Rylee Holtorf, O'Connor — Washington
Lindsay Lopez,
Poston Butte (San Tan Valley) — Washington
Florida — 12
Bethaney Keen,
Braden River (Bradenton) — Florida State
Alex Salter,
Estero — Alabama
Krystina Hartley,
Northeast (St. Petersburg) — Florida State
Scotland David,
Ponte Vedra — Oklahoma State
Kaia LoPreste,
Riverview — Florida State
Devyn Flaherty,
Riverview Sarasota (Sarasota) — Florida State
Jordan Stephens,
Robinson (Tampa) — Alabama
Michaela Edenfield,
Sneads — Florida State
Madi Frey,
Steinbrenner (Lutz) — Florida State
Amaya Ross,
Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville) — Florida State
Kaley Mudge,
Winter Springs — Florida State
Alabama — 9Marlie Giles,
Chilton County (Clanton) — Alabama
Emma Broadfoot,
Danville — Alabama
Jaala Torrence,
Dothan — Alabama
Larissa Preuitt,
Hartselle — Alabama
Kenleigh Cahalan,
Hewitt-Trussville (Trussville) — Alabama
M'Kay Gidley,
Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa) — Alabama
Sophie Page,
Satsuma — Oklahoma State
Kansas — 3Tatum Clopton,
Lawrence Free State (Lawrence) — Oklahoma State
NiJaree Canady,
Topeka -— Stanford
Kentucky — 1
Louisiana — 1
Kiley Naomi,
North Vermilion (Maurice) — Oklahoma State
Mississippi — 1North Dakota — 1
Abby Duchscherer,
Kindred — Alabama
New Jersey — 1
Oregon — 1Makenna Reid,
Tigard — Florida State
Pennsylvania — 1
South Carolina — 1
International — 1
Charli Orsini, Australia — Tennessee
