The most prestigious of the one-day showcases begins tomorrow as the West Coast National Elite Camp kicks off at Mat. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. with 78 elite underclass players ready to work out and play in front of dozens of college coaches from around the country.

Run by OnDeck Softball, the West Coast camp will be followed by the East Coast National Elite Camp on November 6-7 at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Ga.

Tomorrow’s event features players from as far away as New Jersey and covers five graduating classes: 2016’s all the way to two players from the 2010 class.

“We think this is a great crop of talent,” says Derek Allister, who along with his wife Joann, runs OnDeck Softball and travels the country running camps and jamborees to showcase elite talent.

“We’re very excited about the players coming in, it’s a very young group although we also have some older kids who have slipped through the cracks and show well.”

Allister says he’s excited about the variety and balance of the talent across all age groups.

“It’s solid down to the two 2020s,” he continues. “The two seventh graders are fabulous players and overall the talent is deep and athletic. There will be a couple of surprise players as well; for example, Courtney Pestka from Idaho went to our Northern California event and made plays that were ESPN highlight players.”

Allister says it’s a busy time of the year and it’s typical that a handful of invited players – on average from eight to 10 – won’t be able to attend.

“What happens is some kids who are going on (unofficial campus) trips and can’t make it while some are playing volleyball and they can’t make it. Some get squeezed and end up verballing right before the event, but we get an incredible participating rate compared to the number of invitations, especially this year.”

Number wise, the event producer says the target number is 70 for the camp, but it’s almost always higher than that.

“We have a total of 78 right now, we could put 200 players in but it always drifts up to around 75 as kids come in late.”

One other highlight of this week’s camp is two legendary former Pac 10 players, Nancy Evans (Univ. of Arizona) and Dana Sorensen (Stanford) will be pitching in the drills to the camp participants.

Here’s a list of the players scheduled to attend the West Coast National Elite Camp on October 16-17, 2014 (sorted by grad year and then last name):

Year	First	Last	Pos 1	Pos 2	Club Team
2016	Alexis	Bazos	OF	MI	NJ Intensity
2016	Roxy	Blanchard	C	1B	So Cal Choppers
2016	Jaiden	Johnson	SS	P	Desert Arsenal
2016	Kaley	Johnson	OF	SS	Nor Cal Patriots 18 Gold
2016	Karlee	Johnson	SS	P	AZ Firecrackers 18 - Ewing
2016	Cambria	Keefer	P	P	Batbusters - Smith 16U
2016	Alyson	Manzo	SS	OF	Firecrackers Blanco
2016	Kiwi	McDaniel	MI	MI	Grapettes Gold
2016	Cheyenne	Noli	P	1B	Killer Bees 18U Gold
2016	Courtney	Pestka	OF	3B	Idaho Sliders
2016	Mandy	Roberts	P	1B	Wichita Mustangs
2017	Bobbi	Aguirre	C	2B	So Cal Athletics 16U Quarles
2017	Xstaviana	Augur	3B	SS	Power Surge Gold- Berndes
2017	Annika	Baez	C	SS	AZ Cats Bonstrom
2017	Amber	Baldwin	P	1B	Firecrackers Blanco
2017	Lily	Bishop	C	C	Explosion
2017	Hope	Brandner	1B	3B	NorCal Firecrackers 16U
2017	DeNae	Chatman	SS	P	AZ Storm Gold 18U
2017	Kiana	Cisneros	OF	C	OCBB - Smith
2017	Ryan	Denhart	P	1B	So Cal Athletics Richardson
2017	Allyson	Dibsie	C	3B	So Cal Breakers - Imoto
2017	Patricia	Dun	SS	OF	White Rock Renegades U16
2017	Maddy	Dwyer	P	OF	OC Batbusters
2017	Lauren	Espalin	C	OF	OC Batbusters-Briggs 16U
2017	Katie	Faulk	C	3B	AZ Cats - Bonstrom
2017	Maddi	Flores	MI	MI	OC Batbusters Briggs 16U
2017	Bella	Gargicivich-Almeida	MI	MI	Explosion
2017	Danielle	Gibson	SS	1B	So Cal Athletics
2017	Maura	Glatczak	C	1B	Wichita Mustangs
2017	Jenna	Kean	OF	SS	So Cal Athletics- Quarles
2017	Giana	Lopez	P	OF	Corona Angels
2017	Neli	Maher	SS	2B	OC Batbusters - Smith
2017	Emme	Martinez	C	3B	Corona Angels
2017	Justene	Molina	SS	2B	Corona Angels
2017	Pat	Moore	P	OF	All American Mizuno - Walker
2017	Kelsey	Munoz	P	SS	So Cal Athletics- Myers
2017	Marisa	Olmos	C	OF	Lil Rebels '99 RC
2017	Sam	Pochop	P	1B	Lil Rebels 99 (RC)
2017	Saige	Pye	C	SS	AASA Merrida
2017	Lainey	Stephenson	P	1B	Firecrackers Blanco 16U
2018	Mikayla	Allee	SS	OF	Corona Firecrackers 16U
2018	Ellessa	Bonstrom	3B	MI	AZ Cats
2018	Amani	Bradley	OF	OF	Corona Angels
2018	Rachel	Cid	SS	2B	Sorcerers 18 Gold
2018	Dejanae	Davis	SS	OF	Nemesis Elite 18U Gold
2018	Alexis	Delgado	3B	2B	Corona Angels-Tyson 14U
2018	Lauren	Dvorak	P	1B	Power Surge - Gold
2018	Jordyn	Gasper	OF	OF	So Cal Choppers
2018	Frankie	Hammoude	C	SS	Firecrackers Blanco North
2018	Kallahan	Hunter	C	1B	Wichita Mustangs
2018	Jacqueline	Jones	OF	OF	Corona Angels:Tyson
2018	Haylee	Kela	OF	3B	OCBB Campell
2018	Bianca	Larios	1B	OF	Corona Angels 14U
2018	Mackenzie	Meech	1B	OF	Corona Angels/Tyson
2018	Alyssa	Molina	P	P	Corona Angels 14U Tyson
2018	Lani	Moreno	OF	1B	OC Batbusters
2018	Macy	Omli	OF	OF	Wichita Mustangs
2018	Alyssa	Podhurcak	SS	2B	OC Batbusters 14U
2018	Sydney	Preston	P	P	OC Batbusters - Campbell
2018	Sami	Reynolds	OF	P	Snohomish SWAT
2018	Nicole	Siess	SS	OF	Team Easton 16U Burkhardt
2018	Colleen	Sullivan	C	3B	OC Batbusters - Campbell
2018	Tera	Testa	OF	OF	So Cal Athletics - TO
2018	Emily	Tidd	OF	OF	So Cal Athletics - TO
2018	Payton	Tidd	P	1B	So Cal Athletics - TO
2018	McKenzie	Wilson	OF	OF	Corona Angels - Tyson
2019	Ciara	Briggs	OF	OF	OC Batbusters Briggs 16U
2019	Julia	Cottrill	C	C	Wichita Mustangs
2019	Kinzie	Hansen	C	1B	So Cal Athletics Mercado
2019	Brooke	Marquez	SS	2B	Corona Angels 2000
2019	Sophie	Medillion	MI	MI	So Cal Choppers
2019	Deijah	Pangilinan	OF	SS	Sorcerer
2019	Keana	Polamalu	2B	3B	Corona Angels - Tyson 14u
2019	Annebelle	Salas	1B	3B	Corona Angels
2019	Paige	Smith	3B	2B	So Cal Athletics Mercado
2019	Emily	Tinkham	1B	1B	So Cal Choppers
2020	Grace	Guzman	OF	SS	KG Hitters 16U Kiko Garcia
2020	Destinee	Noury	SS	2B	OC Batbusted Mauga