Matt Greer named to 40 man roster for Softball Canada Men's National Team (with update)

Softball Canada has announced the list of athletes who have been selected to the 2014 Senior Men’s National Team Athlete Pool.

On the 40-man list is Matt Greer of the GOFL's Quyon Flyers. 

Congratulations to Matt and good luck on making the final team.  The last local guy to play on the Pan-Am team - to my knowledge - is another west Quebecker, Randy Peck in 1999.

UPDATE: An alert commenter reminded me that Jeff Seed from Portland in the Rideau Lakes area played on Team Canada in 2002/2003.

More information from the Softball Canada news release:

In 2014, the Senior Men’s National Team will compete at the Pan American Championship which will take place from October 25 to November 2, 2014 in Parana, Argentina.

The Pan American Championship will serve as a qualifier for the 2015 International Softball Federation (ISF) XIV Men’s World Championship which will be held June 26 to July 5, 2015 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and also for the 2015 Pan American Games that will take place the following week in Toronto, Ontario.

Canada is the defending champion of the Pan American Championship, having defeated Venezuela 4-1 to win the Gold medal at the previous event held in Colombia in 2012.