SANTIAGO, Chile — Utah Valley University head softball coach Cody Thomson and UVU softball alum Linnah Rebolledo are headed to Santiago, Chile to compete in the 2023 Pan American Games.
Thomson will be serving as the pitching coach for USA Softball, and Rebolledo will be competing with the Mexico National Softball Team. The Games run from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5, with the softball tournament being held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4.
The US and Mexico are slotted in Group A along with the host Chile and Venezuela. Group B consists of Canada, Cuba, Peru, and Puerto Rico. The top two teams from each group advance to the Super Round, where those four teams will play a round robin. The top two after the Super Round will play in the Gold medal game, with the bottom two playing for Bronze.
Thomson joined the USA Softball staff for the Pan American Games as the team's pitching coach. Thomson had previously joined the Team USA Softball support staff as the team's batting practice pitcher. Thomson traveled to Florida for the U.S. Women's FastPitch Camp in June, then joined Team USA in Ireland for the pool play of the WBSC World Cup in Dublin in July.
Rebolledo joined the Mexican national team in July of 2022 after finishing her career with the Wolverines. Rebolledo was named to the All-WAC first team in each of her final two seasons in Orem. As a senior, she batted a career-best .367 with six home runs, 13 doubles and 39 runs batted in. She finished her career with a .322 average, 17 home runs, 33 doubles and 109 RBIs. Her 171 career hits rank seventh on the program's all-time list. In July, Rebolledo and Team Mexico won the bronze medal at the Central American & Caribbean Games in El Salvador. In September, it was announced that Rebolledo would be joining the Liga Mexicana de Softbol as one of its inaugural players. The league is set to begin play in January 2024.
All games in the tournament will be held at the Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos.
USA & MEXICO SCHEDULES
Oct. 29 - Mexico vs Venezuela - 7 a.m. MDT/10 a.m. CST
Oct. 29 - USA vs. Chile - 1 p.m. MDT/4 p.m. CST
Oct. 30 - USA vs. Venezuela - 10 a.m. MDT/1 p.m. CST
Oct. 30 - Mexico vs. Chile - 1 p.m. MDT/4 p.m. CST
Nov. 1 - USA vs. Mexico - 10 a.m. MDT/1 p.m. CST
Nov. 2 - Super Round Day 1/5th & 7th place games
Nov. 3 - Super Round Day 2
Nov. 4 - Bronze Medal Game - 7 a.m. MDT/10 a.m. CST
Nov. 4 - Gold Medal Game - 10 a.m. MDT/1 p.m. CST
