Under 18 Girls

Background

The inaugural tournament for 18s and under was introduced as an equivalent national event in 1974, to fill the gap identified between the U16 and Open Women’s Australian Championships. The tournament was hosted by Victoria in Melbourne and won by New South Wales. The 18 and under age group officially became the U19 Australian Championship in 1976. In 2020, the age group changed to U18, reflecting the change made by the World Baseball Softball Confederation with the age group of the Junior Women’s World Cup.

Today

This event is a showcase of our future stars, and a major part of the high performance pathway. Many college scouts from the US have identified this event as a recruitment opportunity with many Australian girls being offered scholarships to a number of the top schools in America.

2022 Under 18 Girls Team

Neve Adams	Georgia Ballard	Harper Bridley	Georgia Burr
Charlize Callaghan	Taylor Chillingworth	Ruby de Broughe	Emilia Dolphin
Ruby Fidge	Elisa Gooley	Mikayla Jankovic	Abi Jorgensen
Abby Kennedy	Georgia King	Claire Warburton	Chloe Zakelj
Reserve: Zoe Benedictson	Reserve: Charlotte Dobroszczyk
Head Coach: Alex Mackay	Asst Coach: Elisa Chillingworth
Manager: Jo Liddell

Previous Results

Year	Result	Year	Result	Year	Result	Year	Result
1983	*	1993	5th	2003	3rd	2013	2nd
1984	1st	1994	2nd	2004	6th	2014	5th
1985	*	1995	3rd	2005	4th	2015	1st
1986	2nd	1996	3rd	2006	1st	2016	4th
1987	3rd	1997	4th	2007	5th	2017	2nd
1988	4th	1998	6th	2008	5th	2018	3rd
1989	2nd	1999	5th	2009	6th	2019	3rd
1990	*	2000	3rd	2010	2nd	2020	4th
1991	2nd	2001	2nd	2011	6th	2021	**
1992	2nd	2002	6th	2012	6th	2022	2nd

* Result not known

** No Championships held due to COVID-19

Previous State MVP Recipients

Ian Pike Memorial Trophy

1982	Di Statton	1996	Mandy Rossack	2010	Abigail Priolo
1983	Linda Martin	1997	Laura Bond	2011	Lana Kaesler &
1984	Tracey Thomson	1998	Lauren Hodgeman		Stephanie Trzcinski
1985	Hilde Froelingsdorf	1999	Melissa Roberts	2012	Jasmine Lee
1986	Melanie Bennett	2000	Marni Nicholls	2013	Stephanie Trzcinski
1987	Karen Whennan	2001	Leyna Bruggemann	2014	Maggie Breen
1988	Alexandra Robinson	2002	Jasmin Peterson-Mayger	2015	Sarah Tonkin &
1989	Trudy Wright	2003	Emmie Green		Stephanie Trzcinski
1990	Leanne Strachan	2004	Jenny Dunn	2016	Amber Hood
1991	Kylie Holmes	2005	Vanessa Stokes	2017	Georgia Hood
1992	Tracey Mosley	2006	Alex Besanko	2018	Georgia Hood
1993	Emily Hall	2007	Belinda White	2019	Georgia Hood
1994	Karina Hunyadi	2008	Sarah Albino	2020	Millie Fidge
1995	Fiona Craker	2009	Ada Brincat-Tree	2021	**