Jennifer Salling
Born: (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's softball
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima
Silver medal – second place2011 Guadalajara
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio de Janeiro

Jennifer Salling (born 4 July 1987) is a Canadian, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian and professional softball player.[1][2][3][4] She played college softball at Oregon and Washington, and won a national championship at Washington in 2009. She has also played professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch for the USSSA Pride, Pennsylvania Rebellion and most recently the Canadian Wild. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she set the tournament batting average record for a single Olympic games, and won a bronze medal.

Career

Salling began her college softball career at Oregon in 2007, before transferring to Washington in 2008. She won a national championship at Washington in 2009.[5][6] Salling was drafted third overall by the USSSA Pride in the 2011 NPF Draft and played for them from 2011–14. She most recently played for the Canadian Wild.

Team Canada

Salling represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[7][8]

Salling again represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. During the tournament, she hit .571 (8-for-14) to break Lisa Fernandez's tournament record. She also recorded five RBIs on two doubles and a homer to slug .928%, walking six times in six games. She also had one of her hits in the bronze medal game against Team Mexico in a 3–2 victory for Team Canada.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Softball's Salling sailing into final days of stellar career, looks to take on Tokyo with no regrets". The Province. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "2007 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "2010 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "2011 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "WASH STATS". Nfca.org. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jenn Salling". Gohuskies.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jennifer Salling". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jennifer Salling". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "MEX 2, CAN 3". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Salling". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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