Kate Psota is one of Canada’s most decorated female baseball players,in Canada. By the time Kate was 15 she focused on baseball, playing on multiple teams. She played Boys AA baseball before joining the newly formed women’s program. She started to play provincial programs when she was 16 and first represented Canada in a tournament in Toronto in 2001. Kate’s baseball achievements are impressive being recognized as one of the greats of Canadian Women’s baseball. Kate was only 13 when she was named to Team Ontario in 1999. Representing Ontario Kate was a nine-time national champion, all while earning fame and success for Canada on the world stage. She was the first female to be honoured as Player of the Year by Baseball Ontario in 2002.
She joined the newly formed national team when she was 18 and has represented Canada in every IBAF (International Baseball Federation) World Cup since 2004. Kate has earned many personal and team accolades along the way. She has helped Canada win 6 World Cup medals ( 2 silver and four bronze) and was named to the World Cup All Star team at first base in 2010, 2012, 2016, and 2018. In 2008 Kate earned the Jimmy Rattlesnake Award from Baseball Canada for her on-field accomplishments as well as team spirit and leadership and was named Canada Baseball National MVP in 2009 and 2010. Garnering respect and admiration on the baseball field for Canada, Kate also pursued hockey at the post-secondary level, playing 5 years at Wilfrid Laurier University. At WLU Kate helped the team win five consecutive OUA championships from 2006 to 2010, earning a CIS (Now USports) bronze medal in 2010. Kate accomplished in the classroom as well, gaining Academic All Canadian honours in 2009. She loved playing hockey, but it was baseball that was her true passion. Kate helped Canada win a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Her last game for Canada was an exciting extra-innings game against the United States to win the bronze medal at the 2018 World Cup. A true trail blazer for the Women’s game, and a role model for the next generation of world class baseball players, Kate was only 18 when she played in her first World Cup and now is giving back to the game as a member of the coaching staff for Canada at next summer’s World Cup in Thunder Bay.
| John Ogiltree is a Canadian former baseball pitcher. Born in Toronto, he is a graduate of Martin Methodist College.
At the age of 18 he was originally taken in the June 1996 Regular Draft in the 32nd round (941st overall) by Detroit Tigers but decided to attend college instead. In 2000, he debuted for Team Canada, in the qualifiers for the 2001 Baseball World Cup. The tall right-hander, at 6' 8", was 7–3 with a 2.30 ERA and 97 K through 74 1/3 IP as a senior in 2001, making honorable mention on the SLAM! Canadian Baseball All-Canadian team.
He was signed by their chief Canadian scout, the late Jim Ridley, for the Toronto Blue Jays as an undrafted free agent after his senior year of college.
With the Toronto Blue Jays he played first with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays in 2001, the Dunedin Blue Jays in 2002, the New Haven Ravens in 2003, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in both 2004 and 2005 before moving to the Washington Nationals organization where he pitched briefly with the Potomac Nationals and Harrisburg Senators in 2005. He was with Team Canada in the qualifiers for the 2004 Summer Olympics, as they locked up one of two American spots (alongside Cuba) in Athens, which finished in fourth place.
Following his professional playing days, Ogiltree returned to Canada to play in the Intercounty Baseball League (IBL), playing with the Brantford Red Sox from 2006 to 2009.
Prior to going pro, he also spent some time in the IBL, playing with the Guelph Royals from 1997 to 2000. Overall, he finished his minor league career with a record of 19–19 with 39 saves and a 3.62 ERA.
His sister Tamara Ogiltree is also a very gifted ball player.
In June 2007 John married Elizabeth Tracz. Elizabeth is graduate of Providence College. |
