The Canadian Wild, officially the Canadian Wild of Southern Illinois, were a professional women's softball team based in Marion, Illinois. They were founded in 2019 as part of National Pro Fastpitch and are partnered with the Canada women's national softball team. The team was composed entirely of Canadian players and was essentially the Canada women's national softball team which allowed the team to play against top competition for most of the year, although there are some other players from Softball Canada on the roster.

History

They made their debut in the 2019 National Pro Fastpitch season, playing out of Rent One Park, in Marion, Illinois. They began the season with a six-game series sweep of the Beijing Eagles. They finished their first season in third place out of six teams, finishing with a 22–20 record.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team announced they were withdrawing from the 2020 NPF season, becoming the second team to withdraw from the season, after the Aussie Peppers, due to the pandemic. The NPF eventually cancelled the entire season, as well as the 2021 season.

2019 roster

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Active roster (YYYY = Final season of player contract)Inactive rosterCoaches
Pitchers 10 Karissa Hovinga (2020) Canada 15 Danielle Lawrie (2020) Canada 21 Kenzie Friesen (2020) Canada 27 Sara Plourde (2020) Canada 29 Jenna Caira (2020) Canada 99 Morgan Rackel (2020) CanadaCatchers 4 Victoria Rumph (2020) Canada 19 Emma Entzminger (2020) Canada Utility players 2 Natalie Wideman (2020) Canada 31 Rachel Lack (2020) Canada Infielders 33 Shianne Brannan (2020) Canada 6 Holly Speers (2020) Canada 1 Kelsey Jenkins (2020) Canada 5 Joey Lye (2020) Canada 14 Janet Leung (2020) Canada 7 Jennifer Salling (2020) Canada Outfielders 3 Erika Polidori (2020) Canada 5 Joey Lye (2020) Canada 8 Victoria Hayward (2020) Canada 25 Jennifer Gilbert (2020) Canada 26 Larissa Franklin (2020) CanadaLegend * Franchise Player Tag(C) Captain(A) Alternate captain → All NPF rosters

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