A local athlete has been named to Canada’s national women’s softball team for two upcoming international events.
Victoria Rumph of Drayton was named to the team by Softball Canada on June 21.
Rumph and her teammates will compete at the U.S. World Cup of Softball from July 11 to 14 in Oklahoma City and the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship from July 16 to 22 in Surrey, B.C.
Following these two events, the coaching staff will select a final roster of 17 players to represent Canada at the Women’s Pan American Championship, scheduled for Aug. 10 to 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Gilles LeBlanc, manager of marketing and communications for Softball Canada, said Rumph was named to the team after attending evaluation camps in British Columbia in May and Ontario earlier this month. LeBlanc said Rumph is one of two catchers named to Team Canada.
Rumph just completed her senior year at Youngstown State University in Ohio, batting .291 with six home runs and 35 RBIs in 46 games in 2013. This spring she became Youngstown State career leader in runs batted in, breaking the previous record of 119.
Rumph, who majored in exercise science at Youngstown, is the daughter of Brian and Tina Rumph of Drayton. She began playing at a very young age in local leagues in Wellington County before she started playing with Guelph teams at age 14.
She was named female athlete of the year three times at Norwell District Secondary School, where she also played hockey, volleyball, basketball, soccer and badminton.
Rumph was unavailable for comment by press time.
