Jessica "Jessie" Lynn Warren (born December 12, 1995) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional softball player.[1][2][3] She played college softball for the Florida State Seminoles, winning the 2018 Women's College World Series national title as a senior, and was subsequently named Most Outstanding Player for the series.[4]

Jessie Warren
USSSA Pride – No. 30
Third baseman
Born: (1995-12-12) December 12, 1995 (age 29)
Tampa, Florida
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2024 Castions di Strada Team

Warren is the Atlantic Coast Conference career leader in RBIs, home runs, slugging percentage and total bases, ranking top-10 in all except slugging for the NCAA Division I.[5][6] She was drafted #7 in the National Pro Fastpitch and went on to play for the USSSA Pride. She played in the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited Softball league, where she was the runner-up for second most individual points.[7]

Career

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Warren attended Braulio Alonso High School in Hillsborough County, Florida. She later attended Florida State University, where she was an All-American college softball player on the Florida State Seminoles softball team.[8] Warren led the Seminoles to the 2018 Women's College World Series title,[9][10] where she was named the 2018 Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player.[11]

Warren joined the USSSA Pride of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), a professional softball league, in 2019.[12] In August 2019, she became the fourth NPF recipient of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award.[13]

International career

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Warren represented the United States at the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a silver medal.[14]

Statistics

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Florida State Seminoles
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2015 61 188 53 69 .367 57 19 3 11 143 .760% 28 16 3 4
2016 65 187 71 71 .379 78 20 0 12 143 .764% 22 21 9 10
2017 64 179 61 74 .413 68 23 4 14 165 .922% 35 16 6 8
2018 63 183 44 74 .404 70 21 1 14 153 .836% 36 20 5 7
TOTALS 253 737 229 288 .391 273 83 8 51 604 .819% 121 73 23 29

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Athletes Unlimited Softball
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 15 51 5 26 .510 15 5 0 4 45 .882% 6 6 0

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "2017 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "2018 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Florida State Softball" (PDF). seminoles.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 ACC Softball Annual Champions & Composite Records" (PDF). Theacc.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "CAT OSTERMAN CROWNED FIRST ATHLETES UNLIMITED CHAMPION". auprosports.com. September 28, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Bianchi, Mike (June 9, 2018). "Exploitation of athletes? FSU softball star Jessie Warren sings a different song". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  9. ^ Hays, Graham (June 5, 2018). "It wasn't by choice that FSU's Jessie Warren was in position to make the diving double play". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  10. ^ Putnam, Bob (May 31, 2018). "Jessica Warren headlines FSU's local ties heading to College World Series". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  11. ^ Weiler, Curt (June 6, 2018). "A World Series title to end Jessie Warren's legendary Florida State softball career". Tallahassee Democrat. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  12. ^ Dill, Jason (June 12, 2018). "She was a key to Florida State's softball national title. Now she's playing here". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jessie Warren Wins 2019 Rawlings Gold Glove". usssapride.com (Press release). August 14, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  14. ^ "Japan outscore USA in the final to become Women's Softball World Champions". wbsc.org. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "Player Stats". ausports.com. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
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