American softball player and coach
Michelle Ruether Venturella (born May 11, 1973) is an American, former collegiate All-American, gold medal winning Olympian, left-handed softball player and former Head Coach, originally from South Holland, Illinois.[2][3] Venturella played for the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Conference, being named a three-time all-conference honoree and the 1994 Player of The Year.[4][5] She later served as an alternate for the 1996 Olympics and then winning a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for Team USA softball. She is the former head coach at Washington University in St. Louis.[6]
Career
She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal with the American team.[7]
Ventruella played NCAA softball at Indiana University. She was the head coach of the Washington University in St. Louis softball team.[8]
Statistics
[9][10][11]
YEAR
|
G
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
BA
|
RBI
|
HR
|
3B
|
2B
|
TB
|
SLG
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB
|
SBA
|
1993
|
52
|
157
|
29
|
55
|
.350
|
26
|
3
|
3
|
15
|
85
|
.541%
|
23
|
17
|
1
|
3
|
1994
|
65
|
182
|
57
|
76
|
.417
|
65
|
16
|
4
|
17
|
149
|
.818%
|
56
|
19
|
4
|
5
|
1995
|
55
|
151
|
38
|
57
|
.377
|
51
|
9
|
0
|
12
|
96
|
.636%
|
40
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
TOTALS
|
172
|
490
|
124
|
188
|
.383
|
142
|
28
|
7
|
44
|
330
|
.673%
|
119
|
47
|
14
|
18
|
References
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