2025 World Games Roster - Women's Softball

2025 World Games Roster - Women's Softball

5 August 2025 Gilles LeBlanc

Ottawa, Ont. – After an impressive summer on the international stage, Softball Canada is proud to unveil the roster for the Women’s National Team that will represent Canada at the 2025 World Games, taking place August 13–17 in Chengdu, China. 

Fresh off a gold medal performance at the Pan American Championship in Montería, Colombia and a silver medal finish at the 2025 Canada Cup, The World Games offers another opportunity for Canada to build on that success against some of the strongest programs in the world. 

“Our program has incredible momentum right now,” said the Women’s National Team Head Coach, Kaleigh Rafter. “This roster has a mix of veteran leadership and emerging talent, and they’ve already shown they can compete at the highest level. The World Games will be another step forward for this group.” 

Team Canada (No. 4) will compete in Group B, alongside Japan (No. 1), Puerto Rico (No. 3), and Australia (No. 8). Group A will include the United States (No. 2), Chinese Taipei (No. 5), the Netherlands (No. 6) and China (No. 10)  

The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals, with the tournament culminating in a medal round on Sunday, August 17. 

Canada last competed at the World Games in 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, where they earned a sixth-place finish. 

The athletes named to Canada’s 2025 World Games Women’s roster are: 

FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  HOMETOWN 
Dawn  Bodrug  Georgetown, Ont. 
Emma  Entzminger  Victoria, B.C. 
Logan  Forman  Brantford, Ont. 
Larissa  Franklin  Maple Ridge, B.C. 
Zoe  Hicks  Boissevain, Man. 
Kianna  Jones  Surrey, B.C. 
Janet  Leung  Mississauga, Ont. 
Grace  Messmer  Cloverdale, B.C. 
Callum  Pilgrim  Abbotsford, B.C. 
Erika  Polidori  Brantford, Ont. 
Morgan  Rackel  Calgary, Alta. 
Morgan  Reimer  Langley, B.C. 
Annabel  Teperson  Campbell River, B.C. 
Natalie  Wideman  Mississauga, Ont. 
CC  Wong  Port Coquitlam, B.C. 

COACHING STAFF 

POSITION  NAME  HOMETOWN 
Head Coach  Kaleigh Rafter  Guelph, Ont. 
Assistant Coach  Chris Jones  Oshawa, Ont. 
Assistant Coach  Christian Conrad  Fort Worth, Tex. 
Assistant Coach  Joey Lye  Toronto, Ont. 
Athletic Trainer  Natalie Ghobrial  Toronto, Ont. 
Manager  Angela Ballantyne  Ottawa, Ont. 

  2025 WOMEN'S WORLD GAMES SCHEDULE

DATE  OPPONENT  TIME (China Standard Time / EDT) 
August 13  Canada vs. Puerto Rico  10:00am CST (Aug. 12, 10:00pm EDT)
August 14  Australia vs. Canada  10:00am CST (Aug. 13, 10:00pm EDT)
August 15  Japan vs. Canada  10:00am CST (Aug. 14. 10:00pm EDT)
August 16–17  Semifinals & Medal Games  TBD  
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