Roster includes rising female star Jaida Lee
By Brendan Mccarthy- SALTWIRE
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Jaida Lee has made a habit of being part of Baseball Newfoundland and Labrador provincial teams.
You can now add another to the list.
The 15-year-old from St. John’s is on the final roster for N.L.’s 2022 Canada Games baseball entry, the only female named to the 20-player team.
Lee, a student at Gonzaga high school, will be familiar with her Canada Games teammates, as like her, they have been members of the most recent provincial under-15 and under-17 (mostly) male lineups. In late August, she earned the decision in N.L.’s only win at the Atlantic U17 championship.
A right-handed pitcher and infielder, the 5-10 Lee also led Newfoundland and Labrador to the title at 2021 Atlantic U16 female championship, earning awards as top batter and top pitcher at the Summerside, P.E.I., event.
The Canada Games nod is the latest indication of Lee’s rising profile.
She’s on Baseball Canada’s U16 ID list of prospects for national-team programs and, along with fellow Newfoundlander Heather Healy of Paradise, was among the 41 players invited to the Women’s National Team (WNT) Showcase event in Trois Rivieres, Que., this summer.
Lee is already being followed by services specializing in recruiting for university baseball programs and the spotlight will undoubtedly become even brighter when she plays for N.L. at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in the Niagara region of Ontario.
The Games were originally to have been held in 2021, but were postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roster
The final roster for Team NL for the 2022 Canada Games:
Players
Brady Sheppard
Kody Butt
Braedan Walsh
Kody Thistle
Brandon Young
Logan Broderick
Cameron Pennell
Mark Torraville
Dylan Whelan
Matthew Flood
Eli Dunphy
Mitchell Noseworthy
Ethan Carter
Nicholas Smith
Hudson White
Ryan Symonds
Jaida Lee
Rylan Andrews
Joseph Wiseman
Thomas Hancock
Liam Ryan (alternate)
Nathan George (alternate)
Coaches
David Coates (head coach)
Kevin Higgins, David McCarthy (assistants)
