Christie Ambrosi

Christie Ambrosi (born December 21, 1976)[1] is an American, former collegiate All-American, gold-medal winning Olympian, right-handed softball player and current Head Coach, originally from Overland Park, Kansas.[2][3] She attended high school at Blue Valley Northwest High School.[4] Ambrosi was a shortstop and outfielder for the UCLA Bruins in the now-named Pac-12 Conference from 1996-97, 99, winning a national title in her final year and was named All-Tournament.[5][6][7] She later helped Team USA to a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics. Ambrosi held several coaching positions and is now head of the SVSU Cardinals softball team.[8]

Christie Ambrosi
Personal information
BornDecember 21, 1976 (1976-12-21) (age 46)
Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Softball

Career

She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal as a member of the American winning team.[9] Ambrosi contributed a hit and RBI at the games.[10]

Christie attended UCLA,[4] where she was All-American all four years, and won the division 1 National Championship. She has a gold medal from the 2000 Olympic Games, and the Pan-American Games.

Christie recently played in the Celebrity All-Star slow pitch game hosted at Community America Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

No longer with SVSU[11]

Statistics

UCLA Bruins

[12][13][14]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1996 58 178 35 55 .309 35 1 0 6 64 .359% 18 11 3 3
1997 58 204 43 70 .343 22 0 6 10 92 .451% 13 7 5 6
1999 68 240 65 103 .429 48 10 4 14 155 .646% 19 14 25 28
TOTALS 184 622 143 228 .366 105 11 10 30 311 .500% 50 32 33 37

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christie Ambrosi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  2. "1997 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. "1999 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. "Christie Ambrosi". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  5. "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  6. "UCLA WCWS Stats 1999". Ncaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  7. "Division I Championships" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  8. "Christie Ambrosi". Svsucardinals.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  9. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
  10. "2000 Olympic Games". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  11. Rounding Third Softball April 24, 2022
  12. "Final 1996 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  13. "Final 1997 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  14. "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.


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