Debbie Sonnenberg Explained

Debbie Sonnenberg
Sport:Softball
Birth Date:4 January 1971
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Debbie Sonnenberg (born 4 January 1971) is a Canadian softball player.[1] [2] [3] [4] She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[5] [6]

Sonnenberg was born in 1971 to Karen and Leroy Sonnenberg and grew up in Leduc. She graduated from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama in 1994.[7] [8] [9]

Sonnenberg started playing for Edmonton Jolane in junior categories.[10]

Between 1991 and 1994, Sonnenberg played for the Huntingdon Hawks. She was a member of the NAIA All-American team in all of her four seasons in Alabama.[11]

In 1992, Sonnenberg moved from Edmonton to Winnipeg to give herself a better chance of being selected for the 1996 Olympics, the first time a medal was on offer for softball. Canada finished fifth in the group stage, missing the medal round, with a 3–4 win–loss record.[12]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cruickshank . Scott . 1999-08-21 . Reclaiming her game . 34 . Edmonton Journal . 2022-05-18.
  2. Web site: Debbie Sonnenberg . Softball Alberta . 17 May 2022.
  3. Web site: Deb Sonnenberg . Emory Athletics . 17 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Debbie Sonnenberg . Auburn University Athletics . 17 May 2022.
  5. Web site: Debbie Sonnenberg . Olympedia . 1 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Debbie Sonnenberg . Canadian Olympic Committee . 1 July 2021.
  7. News: Turchansky . Ray . 1996-07-16 . Georgia on their mind . A1-A2 . Edmonton Journal . 2022-05-19.
  8. News: Ingram . Ragan . 1995-11-28 . Huntingdon lends hand to old friend . 1D . The Montgomery Advertiser . 2022-05-19.
  9. News: Walker . Chris . 1992-04-19 . Hawks' Sonnenberg eyes 1996 Olympics . 23 . The Montgomery Advertiser . 2022-05-18.
  10. News: Yaskowich . Marty . 1996-08-14 . Arms for hire roam the softball circuits . 17 . The StarPhoenix . 2022-05-19.
  11. News: Long . Wendy . 1996-06-19 . Sonnenberg slows it down for a change and gives Canada the win . 42 . The Vancouver Sun . 2022-05-19.
  12. News: Lunney . Doug . At the Oly plate . 19 May 2022 . The Winnipeg Sun . 30 May 1996 . 36.