Jenna Marston
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's baseball | ||
Representing  United States
| ||
| Women's Baseball World Cup | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2010 Venezuela | Team competition |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2012 Canada | Team competition |
| | 2014 Japan | Team competition |
| Pan American Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2015 Toronto | Team competition |
Jenna Marston (born July 16, 1991) 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]
Playing career
Baseball
At Principia High School in Missouri, she played on the boys' varsity baseball team with her brother Christopher.[3] Before high school, she was on a travel team with the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association.[4]
Playing for Team USA at the 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup, she logged a .593 batting average, second highest among all players. She led all Team USA players in the tournament with 16 hits and eight doubles.[5]
Softball
Earning a softball scholarship at the University of Missouri, she played catcher, outfield and shortstop.
Awards and honors
- 2010 USA Baseball Sportswoman of the Year[6]
- 2011 John E Wray Award (awarded at the St. Louis Baseball Writers' Dinner)[7]
References
- ↑ "MARSTON, Jenna". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Baseball - Event Overview - Women". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.155. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
- ↑ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.158. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
- ↑ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.167. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
- ↑ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.165. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
- ↑ ”A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball”, p.167. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1
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