Oklahoma CF Jayda Coleman Lands Spot on Team USA
Jayda Coleman is about to have a busy summer.
Oklahoma’s dynamic junior center fielder was named on Friday to Team USA’s World Softball Confederation World Cup team.
The event takes place July 11-15 in Ireland.
Coleman, who’s also a leading contender for NCAA player of the year as she hopes to help lead OU to a three-peat national championship in June, leads the Sooners with a .455 batting average and is tied for the team lead with 11 home runs. She leads the team by a wide margin with 30 walks.
She also has nine doubles, one triple, 29 RBIs and a .899 slugging percentage batting leadoff for the top-ranked Sooners. Coleman also is 11-of-11 on stolen bases and has not committed an error on defense.
The competition will consist of a two-stage format with 18 teams competing across three groups (Group A, B and C) in Stage 1 followed by Stage 2, which will be held in 2024 and will include the top two teams from each group battling it out in the finals.
Coleman isn’t the only Sooner on the squad. Two-time Big 12 Player of the Year and career home run queen Jocelyn Alo also was named to the team.
Competing in Group A, the U.S. will be joined by world-ranked No. 3 Chinese Taipei, No. 9 Australia, No. 16 Great Britain, No. 17 Ireland and No. 43 Botswana.
An additional 12 countries will compete in Group B and Group C.
The 2023 U.S. WNT World Cup Group A roster includes 13 returners from the 2022 season, including six from the Canada Cup, five from The World Games, five from the Pan American Championship and five from the Japan All-Star Series.