Delaney Spaulding

Delaney Spaulding
Personal information
Born (1995-05-09) May 9, 1995 (age 29)
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team

Delaney Lyn Spaulding (born May 9, 1995) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball shortstop. Spaulding played college softball for the UCLA Bruins in the Pac-12 Conference from 2014 to 2017. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.

Career

Spaulding has been named a Second Team and three-time First Team All-Pac-12 player.[1] She was also chosen twice as a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American.[2][3]

Personal life

Delaney has a sister who also played college softball at North Carolina, Danielle Spaulding.

International career

Delaney has played for Team USA since 2016 and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.[4] During the tournament, she recorded a double and four walks for the team. During the gold medal game against Team Japan, Spaulding recorded one walk in a 2–0 loss.[5][6]

Statistics

UCLA Bruins
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2014 60 173 59 61 .352 50 8 3 15 106 .612% 40 33 18 24
2015 63 189 69 75 .397 72 20 3 20 161 .852% 37 20 7 10
2016 57 170 52 58 .341 61 17 0 9 118 .694% 27 32 6 7
2017 63 205 58 78 .380 46 16 1 18 146 .712% 22 21 6 6
TOTALS 243 737 238 272 .369 229 61 7 62 531 .720% 126 106 37 47
Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2021 22 55 7 15 .272 12 3 1 2 27 .710% 6 8 1
Olympics 6 14 0 1 .071 0 0 1 0 2 .143% 4 1 0
TOTALS 28 69 7 16 .232 12 3 2 2 31 .449% 10 9 1

References

  1. ^ "Delaney Spaulding". uclabruins.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2015 All-American Awards". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "2016 All-American Awards". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Spaulding". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.