Anna Kimbrell

Anna Kimbrell (born October 4, 1990) 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]

Anna Kimbrell
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing  United States
Women's Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Japan Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Venezuela Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2012 Canada Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2014 Japan Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team competition

Playing career

Kimbrell, a pitcher and catcher, has been affiliated with Team USA women's baseball since 2006. Growing up, she played baseball throughout Little League. She played for Nation Ford High, where she was the first girl to play high school baseball in South Carolina, and later went on to be the first girl to play American Legion baseball in the state.[3] She began playing at age 8 with Rock Hill Little League baseball. With the Piedmont Patriots in 2003, she was the only girl to play in a 64-team tournament in Cooperstown. On July 14, 2016, Kimbrell became the third female player to join the Sonoma Stompers where she joined USWNT teammates Stacy Piagno and Kelsie Whitmore.[4] On July 22, 2016, Kimbrell and Whitmore combined to make history as the first all-female professional battery (baseball) in nearly 70 years.[5]

Softball

AK played Division I softball at Samford University before transferring to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from where she graduated in 2013.[6] In her senior season, she was the starting catcher for the UAB Blazers.

Awards and honors
  • Conference USA All-Second Team

References
  1. "KIMBRELL, Anna". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. "Baseball - Event Overview - Women". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. "Kimbrell, Team USA hoping for good showing at Pan Am games". heraldonline. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  4. "Sonoma Stompers: Anna Kimbrell to become third woman on roster". Excelle Sports. 2016-07-15. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  5. "After three weeks, the female players on the Sonoma Stompers are still making history". MLB.com. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. "Sonoma Stompers: Anna Kimbrell to become third woman on roster". Excelle Sports. 2016-07-15. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
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