Valerie Arioto Explained

Valerie Arioto
Position:	Pitcher/First Baseman
Birth Date:	April 10, 1989^[1]
Birth Place:	Pleasanton, California
Height:	5 ft 7 in-->
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutleague:	NPF
Teams:	California (2008–2012) United States National Team (2012–present)

Valerie "Val" Ann Arioto (born April 10, 1989) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball pitcher and first baseman. She was a pitcher and infielder for the California Golden Bears in the Pac-12 Conference. She has also served as a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2012, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics helped the team win a silver medal.

Career

Arioto attended Foothill High School and the University of California, Berkeley from 2008–2010, 12, where she earned a Second Team and two First-Team All-Pac-12 honors, including being named 2012 Pac-12 Player of The Year.^{[2] [3]} She was also recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a Third Team and two-time First Team All-American.^{[4] [5] [6]} With United States women's national softball team she won 2011 World Cup of Softball and has since been a member for 8 years.^[7]

International career

Arioto represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.^[8] Arioto recorded three hits and two walks for the team during the tournament. Team USA was defeated by Team Japan in the gold medal game.^{[9] [10]}

Statistics

California Golden Bears

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2008	70	219	55	71	.324	29	2	4	17	102	.465%	48	51	14	16
2009	58	163	41	53	.325	37	10	1	6	91	.558%	41	36	15	16
2010	63	138	61	49	.355	60	19	0	7	113	.819%	81	40	12	12
2012	65	137	65	50	.365	60	23	0	6	125	.912%	94	24	5	5
TOTALS	256	657	222	223	.339	186	54	5	36	431	.656%	264	151	46	49

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	Sh	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2008	8	3	30	8	2	1	1	87.0	60	37	24	57	105	1.93	1.34
2009	14	9	37	16	7	2	1	160.1	139	82	55	68	173	2.40	1.29
2010	21	9	35	26	19	11	0	205.2	126	49	42	66	264	1.43	0.93
2012	20	3	24	24	15	6	0	127.0	92	31	24	33	155	1.32	0.98
TOTALS	63	24	126	74	43	20	2	580.0	417	199	145	224	697	1.75	1.10

Team USA

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB
2020	13	32	9	9	.281	11	2	0	2	17	.531%	10	3	0
2021	31	75	13	16	.213	15	6	0	5	39	.520%	22	12	0
Olympics	6	17	1	3	.176	1	0	0	0	3	.176%	2	3	0
TOTAL	50	124	23	28	.226	27	8	0	7	59	.476%	34	18	0

External links

• Valerie Arioto at USA Softball (archive March 27, 2012)

Notes and References

1. News: Valerie Ann Arioto. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. January 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190128152731/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/valerie_ann_arioto_born_1989_18981138. live. January 28, 2019.
2. Web site: Pac-12 Announces Softball All-Conference . https://web.archive.org/web/20191007061932/https://pac-12.com/article/2012/05/16/pac-12-announces-softball-all-conference . dead . October 7, 2019 . Pac-12.com . 2012-05-16 . 2019-10-06.
3. Web site: 2011-12 Softball Roster Valerie Arioto . Calbears.com . 2019-10-06.
4. Web site: 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams . NFCA.org . 2019-10-06.
5. Web site: 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams . NFCA.org . 2019-10-06.
6. Web site: 2012 NFCA Division I All-Americans . NFCA.org . 2019-10-06.
7. Web site: U.S. wins World Cup of Softball . 26 July 2011 . July 29, 2011.
8. Web site: 2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20191007043704/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/team-usa/2020-olympic-team . dead . October 7, 2019 . teamusa.org . 2019-10-06.
9. Web site: JPN 2, USA 0 . olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-27 . 2021-07-27.
10. Web site: Arioto . olympicssoftball.wbsc.org . 2021-07-27 . 2021-07-28.