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]
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| Born | May 11, 1973[1] Gary, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Durham Dragons | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | WPSL Gold | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Catcher | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Northern Illinois (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Iowa (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | UIC | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Washington University in St Louis | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 238–233 (.505) | ||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | NCAA Division I: 0–2 (.000) NCAA Division III: 1–2 (.333) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShe 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "Michelle Venturella". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ^ "1994 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "1995 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Softball Media Guide" (PDF). Iuhoosiers.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). Bigten.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "Michelle Venturella". Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ "Michelle Venturella Named WashU Softball Coach". July 6, 2016.
- ^ "Final 1993 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ "Final 1994 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ "Final 1995 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
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