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Born | Fountain Valley, California, U.S. | December 26, 1979||||||||||||||
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1999–2002 | UCLA | ||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Texas/Rockford Thunder | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Chicago Bandits | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Denso | ||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Pitcher | ||||||||||||||
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2008 | Virginia | ||||||||||||||
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Amanda Louise Freed (born December 26, 1979) is an American, former professional softball utility player and pitcher.[1][2][3] She played college softball for UCLA, winning the national title for the Bruins in the 1999 Women's College World Series.[4][5] In two other national runner-up finishes, she was also named All-Tournament in all her appearances at the world series.[6] She later won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[7][8] In 2005, Freed joined the National Pro Fastpitch and played until 2008 for the defunct Rockford Thunder.[9] She also served as a coach for Virginia.
Early life and college career
Born in Fountain Valley, California and raised in nearby Cypress, Freed went to Pacifica High School in Garden Grove. As a pitcher in high school, Amanda won numerous awards, including the Gatorade National Female Athlete of the Year and Gatorade Softball Player of the Year. As a senior in high school, Freed was rank the top pitcher in the world and even threw five perfect games.
As the top softball recruit in 1998, Freed decided to attend UCLA where she played for the UCLA Bruins softball team from 1999 to 2002.[10] To this day (2018) Freed stats at UCLA are impressive. Freed holds records in the top 10 for eight categories of pitching and eight categories of hitting.
International playing career
Freed played for a number of years as part of the for the United States women's national softball team , winning gold at the Canadian Cup and World Cup in 2002, the team won gold at 2003 Pan American Games, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2006 World Cup of Softball.[11]Amanda was also an alternate at the 2000 Olympics, where the team won gold. Making the team in 2004, Freed made four appearances contributing a double and scoring three runs.[12]
Professional playing career
From 2005 to 2008, Freed played for National Pro Fastpitch, first with the Texas (later Rockford) Thunder from 2005 to 2007 then with the Chicago Bandits Cowles Cup championship team in 2008.[13]
Post-playing career
In 2008, Freed was an assistant coach at Virginia under Eileen Schmidt.[14]
In 2009, Freed was a personal trainer for Reese Witherspoon during filming for the movie How Do You Know, in which Witherspoon played a softball player.[15]
Freed later became a softball color commentator for FSW, ESPN and Pac-12 Network.[11]
College Statistics
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
1999 | 69 | 227 | 50 | 81 | .357 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 98 | .431% | 12 | 29 | 9 | 10 |
2000 | 58 | 179 | 35 | 56 | .313 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 83 | .463% | 18 | 30 | 13 | 17 |
2001 | 59 | 200 | 45 | 63 | .315 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 87 | .467% | 22 | 24 | 16 | 18 |
2002 | 64 | 210 | 52 | 62 | .295 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 86 | .409% | 20 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
TOTALS | 250 | 816 | 182 | 262 | .321 | 98 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 354 | .435% | 72 | 98 | 51 | 58 |
YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
1999 | 27 | 4 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 211.2 | 124 | 37 | 29 | 63 | 187 | 0.96 | 0.88 |
2000 | 28 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 234.2 | 136 | 52 | 42 | 96 | 246 | 1.25 | 0.99 |
2001 | 21 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 152.0 | 70 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 157 | 0.46 | 0.64 |
2002 | 21 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 165.1 | 88 | 31 | 22 | 47 | 170 | 0.93 | 0.82 |
TOTALS | 97 | 20 | 127 | 116 | 97 | 47 | 4 | 763.2 | 418 | 135 | 103 | 234 | 760 | 0.94 | 0.85 |
References
- ↑ "1999 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ↑ "2001 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ↑ "2002 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ↑ "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ↑ "UCLA WCWS Stats 1999". NCAA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ↑ "Division I Championships" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ↑ "Amanda Freed". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amanda Freed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ↑ "2005 NPF ALL-STAR ROSTER WEST TEAM" (PDF). Profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Amanda Freed". UCLABruins.com. UCLA. Archived from the original on December 17, 2002. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- 1 2 "Pac-12 networks On-Air Personalities". pac-12. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ↑ "2004 Olympic Games". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Live Stats by 805stats.com". 805stats.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Amanda Freed Named Assistant Softball Coach". University of Virginia. September 11, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ↑ Smith, Marcia C. (December 14, 2010). "O.C.'s Amanda Freed gives Reese Witherspoon game". Orange County Register. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Final 2000 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Final 2001 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
External links
- Amanda Freed on Twitter
- 2006 World Cup profile
- 2004 Olympic profile
- Amanda Freed at Team USA (archived)
- Amanda Freed at Olympics.com
- Amanda Freed at Olympedia