LOUISIANA La. - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns softball All-American ace hurler Brooke Mitchell was one of the six athletes added to the 2004 USA Schutt Elite team, announced by USA Softball.

The USA Schutt Elite team will compete July 3-11 at the Canada Cup in Surrey, B.C. and July 14-18 at the Champions Cup in Irvine, Calif.

Mitchell joins former Cajuns All-American shortstop Alana Addison as the only two players in program history to compete with the Elite team. Addison starred in the Canada Cup during the summer of 2002.

The Pasadena, Texas, native is the lone representative of a softball program from the state of Louisiana.

Looking to defend their 2003 Canada Cup title, the USA team will be led by head coach Jay Miller (Starkville, MS, head coach at Mississippi State). He will be assisted by Michelle Gromacki (Huntington Beach, CA, head coach at Cal State Fullerton) and Kirk Walker (Keizer, CA, head coach at Oregon State).

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