Christie Ambrosi Explained

Christie Ambrosi
Birth Place:Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
Height:5 ft 8 in
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Christie Ambrosi (born December 21, 1976)[1] is an American, former collegiate All-American, gold-medal winning Olympian, right-handed softball player and current Head Coach, originally from Overland Park, Kansas.[2] [3] She attended high school at Blue Valley Northwest High School.[4] Ambrosi was a shortstop and outfielder for the UCLA Bruins in the now-named Pac-12 Conference from 1996-97, 99, winning a national title in her final year and was named All-Tournament.[5] [6] [7] She later helped Team USA to a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics. Ambrosi held several coaching positions and is now head of the SVSU Cardinals softball team.[8]

Career

She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal as a member of the American winning team.[9] Ambrosi contributed a hit and RBI at the games.[10]

Christie attended UCLA,[4] where she was All-American all four years, and won the division 1 National Championship. She has a gold medal from the 2000 Olympic Games, and the Pan-American Games.

Christie recently played in the Celebrity All-Star slow pitch game hosted at Community America Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

No longer with SVSU[11]

Statistics

UCLA Bruins

[12] [13] [14]

YEARGABRHBARBIHR3B2BTBSLGBBSOSBSBA
1996581783555.3093510664.359%181133
1997582044370.34322061092.451%13756
19996824065103.4294810414155.646%19142528
TOTALS184622143228.366105111030311.500%50323337

Notes and References

  1. Christie Ambrosi. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023704/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/christie-ambrosi-1.html. dead. April 18, 2020. September 23, 2013.
  2. Web site: 1997 NSCA Division I All-America Teams . Nfca.org . February 26, 2021.
  3. Web site: 1999 NSCA Division I All-America Teams . Nfca.org . February 26, 2021.
  4. Web site: Christie Ambrosi . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301095244/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/AM/Christie-Ambrosi . dead . March 1, 2014 . teamusa.org . September 16, 2019.
  5. Web site: Career Season Records . Uclabruins.com . February 26, 2021.
  6. Web site: UCLA WCWS Stats 1999 . Ncaa.org . February 26, 2021.
  7. Web site: Division I Championships . Ncaa.org . February 26, 2021.
  8. Web site: Christie Ambrosi . Svsucardinals.com . February 26, 2021.
  9. Web site: 2000 Summer Olympics  - Sydney, Australia  - Softball . databaseOlympics.com . October 31, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907043423/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=SOF . September 7, 2008.
  10. Web site: 2000 Olympic Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20151229114419/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/Events/2000/September/17/Olympic-Games . dead . December 29, 2015 . Teamusa.org . March 2, 2021.
  11. Rounding Third Softball April 24, 2022
  12. Web site: Final 1996 Softball Statistics Report . Ncaa.org . June 21, 2018.
  13. Web site: Final 1997 Softball Statistics Report . Ncaa.org . June 21, 2018.
  14. Web site: Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report . Ncaa.org . June 21, 2018.