Jennifer Spediacci

Jennifer Ann Spediacci (born 5 April 1978) is an Italian-American, former collegiate All-American, 2004 Olympian, right-handed batting softball pitcher, originally from Fremont, California. She was a student athlete for the Washington Huskies from 1997-00 in the Pac-12 Conference, competing in four Women's College World Series and holding the school ERA record. She also who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

College

Spediacci was a Second Team All-Pac-12 as a freshman and a three-time First Team in her other years. She was named Pitcher of the Year in 2000.[3] Spediacci was also a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches All-American for both the Second Team in 1998 and First Team as a senior.[4][5] She led the Huskies to four straight college World Series and a national runner up finish in the 1999 Women's College World Series and a No. 1 ranking in 2000. As a senior, Spediacci struck out a career best 18 batters in a win against the Oregon State Beavers on May 13. She also won her 100th game on May 25 against the DePaul Blue Demons at that year's World Series.[6]

Spediacci's career record at the World Series includes: going 7-2 with 57 strikeouts in 61.1 innings, surrendering 34 hits, 14 earned runs, 10 walks for a 1.60 ERA and 0.72 WHIP. She also contributed 4 hits, 5 walks and an RBI at the plate.[7][8][9][10]

Statistics

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Washington Huskies

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1997 15 7 32 23 10 5 2 139.0 125 55 39 43 116 1.96 1.21
1998 27 6 41 31 23 8 2 213.1 127 46 35 37 212 1.15 0.77
1999 24 9 41 34 20 11 1 226.1 112 50 32 44 250 0.99 0.69
2000 34 5 45 36 27 16 1 241.1 135 30 23 53 316 0.67 0.78
TOTALS 100 27 159 124 80 40 6 820.0 499 181 129 177 894 1.10 0.82
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1997 42 97 7 27 .278 11 0 1 4 33 .340% 10 18 2 3
1998 54 125 18 37 .296 23 0 2 8 49 .392% 20 13 7 7
1999 61 146 23 45 .308 27 4 2 9 70 .479% 32 19 6 10
2000 48 115 18 34 .295 31 6 2 3 59 .513% 18 22 4 5
TOTALS 205 483 66 143 .296 92 10 7 24 211 .437% 80 72 19 25

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jennifer Spediacci". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Player Bio: Jennifer Spediacci". Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. ^ "Husky Softball Records & History" (PDF). Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  4. ^ "1998 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  5. ^ "2000 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  6. ^ "DePaul vs Washington (May 25, 2000)". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  7. ^ "Washington WCWS Stats 1997". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  8. ^ "Washington WCWS Stats 1998". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  9. ^ "Washington WCWS Stats 1999". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  10. ^ "Washington WCWS Stats 2000". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  11. ^ "Final 1997 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  12. ^ "Final 1998 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  13. ^ "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  14. ^ "Final 2000 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.


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