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]
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Born | (1973-05-11) May 11, 1973 (age 49)[1] Gary, Indiana | |||||||||||||
Playing career | ||||||||||||||
1992–1995 | Indiana | |||||||||||||
1999 | Durham Dragons | |||||||||||||
2001 | WPSL Gold | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Catcher | |||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||
1997 | Northern Illinois (asst.) | |||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Iowa (asst.) | |||||||||||||
2009–2016 | UIC | |||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Washington (MO) | |||||||||||||
Head coaching record | ||||||||||||||
Overall | 238–233 (.505) | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | NCAA Division I: 0–2 (.000) NCAA Division III: 1–2 (.333) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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 |
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