Shelly Stokes (born October 26, 1967) is an American, former collegiate All-American and Olympic champion, right-handed softball player originally from Sacramento, California.[1] Stokes was a catcher for the Fresno State Bulldogs in the Big West Conference from 1987-90.[2] She led them to three back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 1988, 1989 and 1990 Women's College World Series, also being named All-Tournament in the 1989 series.[3][4][5][6] Stokes would go on to win gold with Team USA in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[7]
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Medal record
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Career
editShe competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team.[8] Stokes had a hit, RBI and walked twice at the games.[9]
Stokes played NCAA softball for California State University, Fresno.
Statistics
edit| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 1989 | 72 | 228 | 30 | 64 | .280 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 92 | .403% | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990 | 77 | 233 | 26 | 58 | .249 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 74 | .317% | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 149 | 461 | 56 | 122 | .264 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 166 | .360% | 43 | 23 | 2 | 4 |
References
edit- ^ "1990 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "2018 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "FRESNO ST. WCWS STATS 1988" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "FRESNO ST. WCWS STATS 1989" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "FRESNO ST. WCWS STATS 1990" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "Division I Softball Championship Results" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "Shelly Stokes". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
- ^ "1996 Olympic Games". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Final 1989 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ "Final 1990 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
External links
edit- Shelly Stokes at Olympics.com
- Shelly Stokes at Olympedia
- Shelly Stokes at Team USA (archived)
- The Shelly Stokes Interview on YouTube
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