Two University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine softball players have made the Australian Olymic team roster.

Pitcher Justine Smethurst and former UH All-American Stacey Porter were both selected to the 15-player squad.

Smethust, a two-time all-Western Athletic Conference selection, took the semester off to pursue playing in the Olympics. She is expected to return next season.

"It has been a dream of Justine's from when she was a child to play for Australia in the Olympics," UH head coach Bob Coolen said in a press release. "She's worked hard the past two seasons and has developed into a stronger and more confident player who will represent her country and Hawaii well. We all wish her nothing but the best."

Smethurst's career record at UH is 35-21 with a 1.81 ERA in 356.2 innings pitched. She has thrown three perfect games and a no-hitter in her career at UH.

Porter remains one of the most revered hitters in softball .

During her three seasons at UH (2001-03), Porter was a 2003 first team NFCA All-American, the 2003 WAC Player of the Year, and three-time all-WAC selection.

Her career totals include a .374 batting average, with 119 runs scored, 38 doubles, 38 home runs and 115 runs batted in.

Porter left the program before her senior season to join the Australian national team for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. She has been a member of the Australian Institute of Sport squad since 2002 and was the first Indigenous Australian to represent her country in softball in the Olympics. In 2004, Porter drove in the only run against the Team USA in the gold medal game, helping to lead Australia to a silver medal.

The softball competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be held from Aug. 12-21. This is the last Olympics in which the sport of softball will be played.