Victoria Noel Galindo-Piatt (born December 22, 1983), commonly known as Vicky Galindo, is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, three-time professional All-Star, softball player and current head coach at West Valley College.[1][2][3][4][5] An infielder at second and third, Galindo played college softball at West Valley and later for California in the Pac-12 Conference, helping them to back-to-back national runner-up finishes at the 2003 and 2004 Women's College World Series.[6][7][8] She went undrafted but later played for the Chicago Bandits of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) winning two championships. She also played for the United States women's national softball team, winning a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[9][10]
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Title | Head coach |
Team | West Valley |
Conference | Coast |
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Born | (1983-12-22) December 22, 1983 (age 38) Union City, California |
Playing career | |
2002 | West Valley |
2003–2005 | California |
2005–2007 | Chicago Bandits |
2009–2013 | Chicago Bandits |
Position(s) | Third base, second base |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2006 | California (undergrad. asst.) |
2007–2009 | San Jose State (asst.) |
2010–present | West Valley |
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Women's softball | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 2008 Beijing | Team competition |
Galindo played for the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears from 2003–2005 and was an undergrad assistant in 2006.[11][12] Galindo was on the US national team from 2005-2007. She was also the assistant coach for the San Jose State in 2007. Before her time at Cal, Galindo played for West Valley Junior College for the 2002 season. She went to high school at James Logan High School in Union City, California where she graduated in 2001. Galindo started playing at age 4 when her dad coached her brother, baseball team. There was an extra jersey and he told her to go play.
Galindo was featured in The Advocate as one of the out athletes taking part in the Beijing Olympics. She said she has had serious relationships with both men and women. When she came out to the team, she said they were unconditionally supportive. Galindo's decision to come out helped teammate Lauren Lappin come out as well.[13] In 2014, she married Eddie Piatt.[14] The couple have two children together.
Vicky was the 2001 Best All Around Female Athlete her senior year.
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
2003 | 68 | 225 | 39 | 73 | .324 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 89 | .395% | 15 | 22 | 19 | 23 |
2004 | 66 | 222 | 53 | 83 | .374 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 126 | .567% | 19 | 25 | 23 | 32 |
2005 | 55 | 176 | 49 | 57 | .324 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 86 | .488% | 9 | 19 | 19 | 23 |
TOTALS | 189 | 623 | 141 | 213 | .342 | 57 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 301 | .483% | 43 | 66 | 61 | 78 |
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB |
2008 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .800% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Note: she batted .467 (7-15) for Team USA in the 2007 World Cup where she has played in all but one game. She appeared as a pinch runner for Crystl Bustos in the game she did not start.
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