Dionna Harris

Dionna M. Harris (born 4 March 1968) is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball second basemen and outfielder, originally from Wilmington, Delaware. She played two years for the defunct Temple Owls softball team from 1989 to 1990 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, where as a junior was named Player of The Year.[1][2] She was also an Olympic champion[3] and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Dionna M. Harris
Personal information
Born (1968-03-04) March 4, 1968
Wilmington, Delaware
Alma materTemple University
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Updated on 28 May 2014.

Career

Harris attended and played softball at Delcastle Technical High School in Wilmington, Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College. After graduating from community college, she attended Temple University, where she played second base and was named the 1990 Temple University Player of the Year.[4][5] Following college, Harris joined the Amateur Softball Association and played outfielder for the Connecticut Brakettes (1990-1994) and the California Jazz (1995-1996). Harris made the United States National team from 1993 to 1996, earning gold medals at the 1993 Intercontinental Cup, 1994 PanAm Games, 1995 Australian Games and 1996 Olympic Games. In 2001, Harris was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.[6]

Statistics

Temple Owls

[7][8]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1989 49 159 38 53 .333 26 6 12 3 98 .616% 10 9 7 7
1990 46 152 37 60 .394 26 6 9 6 102 .671% 10 5 10 15
TOTALS 95 311 75 113 .363 52 12 21 9 200 .643% 20 14 17 22

Team USA

[9]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO
1996 OLYMPICS 9 19 5 8 .421 1 0 0 0 8 .421% 1 1

References
  1. "2014 Temple Softball" (PDF). Owlsports.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. "Atlantic 10 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  4. Lauletta, Daniel (March 16, 2012). "Olympic Gold Medalist Dionna Harris Speaks to Wilmington Student-Athletes at Academic All-Star Banquet". Wilmington Wildcats. Wilmington University. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. "Dionna Harris". USA Softball. teamusa.org. 2014. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  6. "2001 Inductees". Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  7. "Final 1989 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  8. "Final 1990 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  9. "Olympic Games Schedule/Results". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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