Melissa Armstrong (born September 18, 1990, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian baseball player. She is a member of the Canada women's national baseball team which won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1] [2] [3]
Armstrong made her debut with the Canadian national team prior to her senior year of high school. Of note, she has competed in five IBAF Women's World Cups (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016).Competing with Team Alberta, she helped the squad capture the gold medal at the 2014 Senior Women's Invitational (also known as the Canadian women's baseball championships).
Aside from baseball, Armstrong attended the UoS to receive an undergraduate degree in history and political studies, a master's degree in African studies from Oxford University and a PhD in history from Carleton University. She is currently in medical school at the University of Saskatchewan.
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