Besides introducing Dennis Kelly and Cory Stevens, the Mannheim Tornados also announced two acquisitions for the Softball team, which won the German championship last year. Kaleo Eldredge and Terese Gober will reinforce the Softball-Bundesliga team in 2010 and also will make sure that the squad will be competitive during the European Cup in Haarlem this summer.
The 26-year-old Eldredge is an outfielder from Hawaii, who played and coached for the Dutch Hoofdklasse champion Computer SOS Tex Town Tigers during the 2009 season. She played for the Cal Golden Bears and was an All-American in 2004. Gober is 22 years old and a right-handed pitcher, who is currently finishing her college career at Florida State University. She had an ERA of 1.24 in 191 2/3 innings last year.
The Softball season in Germany starts on April 10th and 11th with Mannheim hosting the Laufer Woelfe at home. This weekend the Tornados will travel to Haarlem, Netherlands for a preseason tournament.