Jennifer Spediacci
Jennifer Ann Spediacci (born 5 April 1978) is an Italian-American, former collegiate All-American, 2004 Olympian, right-handed batting softball pitcher, originally from Fremont, California. She was a student athlete for the Washington Huskies from 1997-00 in the Pac-12 Conference, competing in four Women's College World Series and holding the school ERA record. She also who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
College
Spediacci was a Second Team All-Pac-12 as a freshman and a three-time First Team in her other years. She was named Pitcher of The Year in 2000.[3] Spediacci was also a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches All-American for both the Second Team in 1998 and First Team as a senior.[4][5] She led the Huskies to four straight college World Series and a national runner up finish in the 1999 Women's College World Series and a No. 1 ranking in 2000. As a senior, Spediacci struck out a career best 18 batters in a win against the Oregon State Beavers on May 13. She also won her 100th game on May 25 against the DePaul Blue Demons at that year's World Series.[6]
Spediacci's career record at the World Series includes: going 7-2 with 57 strikeouts in 61.1 innings, surrendering 34 hits, 14 earned runs, 10 walks for a 1.60 ERA and 0.72 WHIP. She also contributed 4 hits, 5 walks and an RBI at the plate.[7][8][9][10]
Statistics
Washington Huskies
YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
1997 | 15 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 139.0 | 125 | 55 | 39 | 43 | 116 | 1.96 | 1.21 |
1998 | 27 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 213.1 | 127 | 46 | 35 | 37 | 212 | 1.15 | 0.77 |
1999 | 24 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 226.1 | 112 | 50 | 32 | 44 | 250 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
2000 | 34 | 5 | 45 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 241.1 | 135 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 316 | 0.67 | 0.78 |
TOTALS | 100 | 27 | 159 | 124 | 80 | 40 | 6 | 820.0 | 499 | 181 | 129 | 177 | 894 | 1.10 | 0.82 |
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
1997 | 42 | 97 | 7 | 27 | .278 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | .340% | 10 | 18 | 2 | 3 |
1998 | 54 | 125 | 18 | 37 | .296 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 49 | .392% | 20 | 13 | 7 | 7 |
1999 | 61 | 146 | 23 | 45 | .308 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 70 | .479% | 32 | 19 | 6 | 10 |
2000 | 48 | 115 | 18 | 34 | .295 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 59 | .513% | 18 | 22 | 4 | 5 |
TOTALS | 205 | 483 | 66 | 143 | .296 | 92 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 211 | .437% | 80 | 72 | 19 | 25 |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jennifer Spediacci". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- "Player Bio: Jennifer Spediacci". Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Husky Softball Records & History" (PDF). Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "1998 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "2000 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "DePaul vs Washington (May 25, 2000)". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Washington WCWS Stats 1997". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Washington WCWS Stats 1998". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Washington WCWS Stats 1999". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Washington WCWS Stats 2000". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Final 1997 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Final 1998 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Final 2000 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.