Amanda Freed
Biographical details
Born (1979-12-26) December 26, 1979
Fountain Valley, California, U.S.
Playing career
1999–2002UCLA
2005–2007Texas/Rockford Thunder
2008Chicago Bandits
2008Denso
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008Virginia
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 2× first-team NFCA All-American (1999, 2002)
  • 4× first-team All-Pac-10 (1999–2002)
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 AthensTeam competition

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

[16][17][18][19]

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

  1. ↑ "1999 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ↑ "2001 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2002 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ "UCLA WCWS Stats 1999". NCAA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Division I Championships" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Amanda Freed". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "2005 NPF ALL-STAR ROSTER WEST TEAM" (PDF). Profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ↑ "Amanda Freed". UCLABruins.com. UCLA. Archived from the original on December 17, 2002. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Pac-12 networks On-Air Personalities". pac-12. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  12. ↑ "2004 Olympic Games". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Live Stats by 805stats.com". 805stats.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Amanda Freed Named Assistant Softball Coach". University of Virginia. September 11, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  15. ↑ Smith, Marcia C. (December 14, 2010). "O.C.'s Amanda Freed gives Reese Witherspoon game". Orange County Register. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Final 2000 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Final 2001 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
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