Jenna Marston Explained
Jenna Marston (born July 16, 1991) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1] [2]
Playing career
Baseball
At Principia High School in Missouri, she played on the boys' varsity baseball team with her brother Christopher.[3] Before high school, she was on a travel team with the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association.[4]
Playing for Team USA at the 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup, she logged a .593 batting average, second highest among all players. She led all Team USA players in the tournament with 16 hits and eight doubles.[5]
Softball
Earning a softball scholarship at the University of Missouri, she played catcher, outfield and shortstop.
Awards and honors
- 2010 USA Baseball Sportswoman of the Year[6]
- 2011 John E Wray Award (awarded at the St. Louis Baseball Writers' Dinner)[7]
- 2011 Premier Player of College Softball as voted by the fans.
Notes and References
- Web site: MARSTON, Jenna . Toronto2015.org . Pan American Games . January 13, 2016.
- Web site: Baseball - Event Overview - Women . Toronto2015.org . Pan American Games . January 13, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210030046/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/baseball/event-overview-women.htm . December 10, 2017 . dead .
- "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.155. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015,
- "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.158. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015,
- "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.167. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015,
- "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.165. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015,
- "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.167. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015,
