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(Episode 141) "Team USA" Pitcher: Monica Abbott.


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Monica Abbott. Olympic Experience
  • 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist; Posted a 0.29 ERA and a 3-0 record in 24 innings pitched while striking out 32 batters
World Championship Experience
  • 2018 WBSC World Championship Gold Medalist; Had a 1.62 ERA while going 5-0 in 26 innings pitched; led the tournament with 5-0 record
  • 2010 WBSC World Championship Gold Medalist; Had a 0.58 ERA with a 2-0 record in 12 innings pitched while striking out 16
  • 2006 WBSC World Championship Gold Medalist; Posted a 2-0 record with a 0.00 ERA in six innings pitched with 10 strikeouts
  • 2003 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship Silver Medalist; Had a 0.28 ERA with a 2-2 record in 32 innings pitched with 58 strikeouts
Other Career Highlights
  • 2018 Japan Cup; Had a 0.00 ERA with 10 strikeouts in seven innings pitched
  • 2018 USA Softball International Cup; Had a 0.35 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 19.2 innings pitched
  • 2007 Pan American Games Gold Medalist; Posted a 2-0 record, led team with 10.0 innings pitched with a team-high 20 strikeouts
  • 2002 Pan American Championship (18-Under) Gold Medalist; Named MVP of the Pan American Championship
  • Five-time Japan Softball League Champion with Toyota Motor Corporation
Personal: Wears No. 14...Parents are Bruce and Julie Abbott...Founded the Monica Abbott Scholarship, which grants a scholarship to multi-sport female athletes that demonstrate leadership in the classroom and on the field....Favorite hobbies include sleeping, shopping and seeing the world....Personal motto: #Live2BringIt...Best advice she's ever received: Don't ever give up!...What non-softball sport would she like to try: Beach Volleyball...Plays professionally in the United States for Scrap Yard Fast Pitch...Plays in the Japan Professional Softball League for Toyota Motor CorporationMore

COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS

- Set career and single season NCAA records her senior season with 189 victories, 2,440 strikeouts, 112 shutouts, 253 appearances and 1,448.0 innings pitched- Finished career at Tennessee with 23 no-hitters and six perfect games- Recipient of the 2007 Honda Award as the nation's top collegiate softball athlete- Named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (2007)- Four-time First-Team Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American selection- Tennessee's first softball All-American in school history- Named to All-Women's College World Series team three times- Three-time SEC Pitcher on the year; 2005 SEC Co-Pitcher of the Year- 2007 ESPY Finalist for Best Female Collegiate Athlete- Four-time First Team All SEC

 

Meet Monica Abbott whom many consider to be the best fast pitch softball pitcher in history.

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