Hotshots Gold-Gatti stars Dallas Escobedo and Lauren Haeger have been chosen for the USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team.

They were among 17 players selected to the team, which will play in the III Pan American Softball Championship (18-and-under), Aug. 6-15 in Bogota, Colombia. The event serves as a qualifier for the International Softball Federation (ISF) IX Junior Women's World Championship (19-and-under), Dec. 6-17, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa.

Escobedo played at St. Mary’s and is headed to ASU next fall. Lauren Haeger plays at Deer Valley and has committed to Florida.

A total of 42 players were invited to the tryouts in Chula Vista, Calif.. Among the invitees was Sierra Roridguez of Basha and the Killer Bees.

Stacy Iveson, coach at Yavapai College, is an assistant coach of the team.

Here is the roster:

Lauren Chamberlain (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)

Cheyenne Cordes (Fairfield, Calif./California Lady Magic)

Ally Carda (Elk Grove, Calif./California Lady Magic)

Dallas Escobedo (Glendale, Ariz./Arizona Hotshots Gold)

Amber Freeman (Lakewood, Calif./Corona Angels 18-Under Gold-Tyson)

Erin Gabriel (Poland, Ohio/Valley Extreme Blue)

Chelsea Goodacre (Temecula, Calif./California Fury)

Lauren Haeger (Peoria, Ariz./ Arizona Hotshots Gold)

Kylee Lahners (Laguna Hills, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)

Destinee Martinez (Corona, Calif./ Corona Angels 18-Under Gold-Tyson)

Shelby Pendley (Albuquerque, N.M./New Mexico Sundancers)

Kourtney Salvarola (Arnold, Md./Wagners)

Madison Shipman (Valencia, Calif./So Cal Choppers)

Cheyanne Tarango (Anaheim Hills, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)

Nyree White (Eugene, Ore./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)

Hallie Wilson (North Tustin, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)

Chelsea Zgrabik (Nokomis, Fla./Florida Tropic Wave-Morgan)