Congratulations to Carli Merritt, a player on the 14U Wabash Mission team, for being named a Direct Invite to the All American games.  The players are evaluated by college coaches, USSSA staff, and Pride Professional softball players.  The Direct Invites are chosen using an algorithm to determine the highest overall scores.  This code takes each and every score that the athletes earned and factors it into one overall score.  The Direct Invites are not chosen by one aspect of the tryout, but determined by the highest scores overall from the tryout.  In February, Carli participated at the  Great Lakes tryouts in West Lafayette, IN. The selection show for the Great Lakes Area will air on usssalive.com, June 19.  Carli was selected last year as well and played in the All American games.  The games take place in Viera, Florida, July 20-25.

Carli was excited to meet one of her favorite players, Kirsti Merritt.  Kirsti played for the University of Florida and was drafted to the professional team, Pride.