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Virginia Softball Players To Compete Against U.S. Olympic Team
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June 11, 2004
SALEM, Va. – University of Virginia softball players Jessica Taylor (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Academy) and Jenn Wynn (Herndon, Va./Herndon) along with assistant coach Karen Lemcke have been selected to play for a college all-star team that will compete against the United States Olympic softball team on June 18. The game will be played at the James Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va. at 8:00 p.m.
The U.S. Olympic softball team is coming to Salem as part of USA Softball’s “Aiming for Athens” tour. The tour is in the second of two phases leading up to the Athens Games. The Olympic team participated in various high profile tournaments against college teams and now is in the grassroots portion of the tour, making stops in 22 cities across the country, including Salem.
The Olympians will be playing a team made up of players with ties to Virginia. In addition to the team members from UVa, there are five players with ties to Virginia Tech on the squad, while Hokie head coach Scot Thomas will direct the college all-stars. A pair of players represents Longwood, while Roanoke College and Radford both have one player on the team. Several players who played high school softball in Virginia and went on to play college ball outside the commonwealth will also play for the college all-stars.
Taylor, an outfielder, is a rising junior for the Cavaliers. She hit a career-best .313 (52-166) in 2004 with a team-high seven triples. Taylor led the team with 18 sacrifice hits and drove in 24 runs and scored 30 times. Taylor, who started 61 games of 64 games in center field this past season, shared the team lead with five hit by pitches with Wynn.
Wynn, a catcher, is a rising senior. She hit a career-best .299 (56-187) with 29 RBI and 23 runs scored in 2004. Wynn also tied the school record with 19 doubles this past season and posted a .444 slugging percentage. Wynn started 62 games in 2004, including 47 at catcher.
Lemcke recently completed her second season as an assistant coach at Virginia. Lemcke was a three-year starter at third base for UVa from 1998 to 2000. She earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 1999 and was selected to the ACC All-Tournament Team the same season. During her UVa career, Lemcke hit .274 (144-531) and drove in 67 runs while scoring 64 times.