Yukiko Ueno is a Japanese, medal-winning Olympian, professional right-handed softball pitcher for Biccamera Takasaki and the Japanese national team, who holds a bronze and two gold medals from the 2004, 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics, respectively. She became the first pitcher ever to throw a perfect game at the Olympics, against China in Athens. With a fastball that tops out at 128 km/h (80 mph), she is widely recognized as the fastest pitcher in women's softball, although her signature pitch is her change-up, which is often cited as the best in the world.
Victoria Gran Hayward is Canadian, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional softball player. She played college softball for Washington from 2011–14. She most recently played for the Canadian Wild in the National Pro Fastpitch. She played in the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball league and finished in third place overall in points earned. She is an outfielder and bats and throws left-handed. She has played for the Canadian Senior Women's softball team since June 2009 and helped them win a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Valerie "Val" Ann Arioto is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball pitcher and first baseman. She was a pitcher and infielder for the California Golden Bears in the Pac-12 Conference. She has also served as a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2012, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics helped the team win a silver medal.
Amanda Marie Chidester is an American professional softball player. She was named National Pro Fastpitch Player of the Year for the Chicago Bandits in 2019. She has been a member of the USA Softball Women's National Team on-and-off since 2012. She previously played for the Michigan Wolverines softball team from 2009 to 2012 and was named First Team All-Big Ten three of her seasons. She was twice selected as the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year and National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American. Chidester represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. In 2021, Chidester played her second season in the Athletes Unlimited Softball league and placed second in individual points earned.
Dallas Jade Escobedo is a Mexican-American, former collegiate All-American, Olympian, professional softball pitcher and coach. She played college softball for Arizona State in the from 2011 to 2014, where she led them to the 2011 Women's College World Series title and ranks in several pitching categories for both institutions. She is currently the pitching coach at Cal State Fullerton.
Janette Miiko "Janie" Takeda-Reed is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional softball outfielder. She played college softball at Oregon, where she earned three First Team All-Pac-12 honors. She also was named a First Team and Second Team All-American three of her four years. She is a member of the elite 300 hits, 200 runs, 100 stolen base club. Takeda-Reed since graduating competes for the Team USA softball team and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
Allyson "Ally" Nicole Carda is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball pitcher and first baseman. Carda is currently a member of the United States women's national softball team and was a member of the UCLA Bruins from 2012 to 2015, earning three First Team All-Pac-12 and back-to-back conference Player of the Year awards. She also earned back-to-back National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American honors. Carda represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
Sara Angeline Groenewegen is a Canadian, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional softball pitcher for the Canadian Wild of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). From 2014 to 2017, Groenewegen pitched for the University of Minnesota, where she hold the all-time strikeouts and strikeout ratio records. She also currently still ranks for both the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA Division I in the ratio category. She has played for the Canadian Wild in the NPF since being drafted second overall in 2017. She has been a member of the Canada women's national softball team since 2013. Groenewegen helped Team Canada win a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Canada competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Gabrielle "Gabbie" Plain is an Australian, collegiate All-American, 2020 Olympian, right-handed softball pitcher, originally from Sydney, Australia. She attends the University of Washington and pitches for the Washington Huskies softball team in the Pac-12 Conference, where she ranks in several school records. In her freshman year, Plain led the Huskies to a runner-up appearance in the 2018 Women's College World Series, where they lost to Florida State, 2–0 in the finals. Plain played for Team Australia in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Haylie McCleney is an American professional softball outfielder. She played college softball for Alabama in the Southeastern Conference. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. She most recently played in the Athletes Unlimited Softball league.
Michelle Moultrie is an African-American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional softball outfielder. She played college softball at Florida, where she was named SEC Player of the Year in 2012. She has been a member of United States women's national softball team since 2011 and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. Currently, Moultire plays in the Athletes Unlimited Softball league.
Madilyn "Bubba" Ida-Marie Nickles is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, right-handed softball utility player. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins and won a national championship in 2019. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
Kelsey Stewart is an American softball player. She won two softball National Championships with Florida Gators softball and has been named a Second Team and two-time First Team All-SEC player, including being named 2015 SEC Player of the Year. She was also chosen a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American in 2014-15. She graduated as a member of the select 300 hits, 200 runs, 100 stolen bases club. She has been of the United States women's national softball team since 2014. She was a member of the national softball team that won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She later played in the Athletes Unlimited Softball and in 2021 was the third best individual points leader for the league.
Danielle Denise O'Toole-Trejo is a former collegiate All-American, Olympian, professional softball pitcher. She played college softball for San Diego State and Arizona. She graduated and was selected eighth overall in the National Pro Fastpitch draft by the Chicago Bandits, which she has played with on and off for three seasons.
Below are the team rosters for the softball competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Each team consists of 15 players.
Jennifer Salling is a Canadian, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian and professional softball player. She played college softball at Oregon and Washington, and won a national championship at Washington in 2009. She has also played professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch for the USSSA Pride, Pennsylvania Rebellion and most recently the Canadian Wild. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she set the tournament batting average record for a single Olympic games, and won a bronze medal.
Erika Polidori is a Canadian softball player. Polidori's hometown is Brantford, Ontario. Besides being a softball player, Polidori is also a nurse.
Larissa Franklin is a Canadian Olympic softball player.
Joey Lye is a Canadian softball player.
