Michelle Venturella

Michelle Ruether Venturella (born May 11, 1973) is an American, former collegiate All-American, gold medal winning Olympian, left-handed softball player and former Head Coach, originally from Indianapolis, Indiana.[2][3] Venturella played for the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Conference, being named a three-time all-conference honoree and the 1994 Player of The Year.[4][5] She later served as an alternate for the 1996 Olympics and then winning a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for Team USA softball. She is the former head coach at Washington University in St. Louis.[6]

Michelle Venturella
Biographical details
Born (1973-05-11) May 11, 1973[1]
Gary, Indiana
Playing career
1992–1995Indiana
1999Durham Dragons
2001WPSL Gold
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997Northern Illinois (asst.)
2003–2008Iowa (asst.)
2009–2016UIC
2017–2022Washington University in St Louis
Head coaching record
Overall238–233 (.505)
TournamentsNCAA Division I: 0–2 (.000)
NCAA Division III: 1–2 (.333)
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 SydneyTeam competition

Career

She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal with the American team.[7]

Ventruella played NCAA softball at Indiana University. She was the head coach of the Washington University in St. Louis softball team.[8]

Statistics

Indiana Hoosiers

[9][10][11]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1993 52 157 29 55 .350 26 3 3 15 85 .541% 23 17 1 3
1994 65 182 57 76 .417 65 16 4 17 149 .818% 56 19 4 5
1995 55 151 38 57 .377 51 9 0 12 96 .636% 40 11 9 10
TOTALS 172 490 124 188 .383 142 28 7 44 330 .673% 119 47 14 18

References
  1. "Michelle Venturella". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. "1994 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  3. "1995 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. "2021 Softball Media Guide" (PDF). Iuhoosiers.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  5. "2020 Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). Bigten.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  6. "Michelle Venturella". Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  7. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  8. "Michelle Venturella Named WashU Softball Coach". 6 July 2016.
  9. "Final 1993 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  10. "Final 1994 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  11. "Final 1995 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
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