| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's baseball | ||
Representing  United States | ||
| Women's Baseball World Cup | ||
 | 2008 Japan | Team competition |
| 2010 Venezuela | Team competition |
 | 2012 Canada | Team competition |
| 2014 Japan | Team competition |
| Pan American Games | ||
 | 2015 Toronto | Team competition |
Anna Kimbrell (born October 4, 1990) 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]
Kimbrell, a pitcher and catcher, has been affiliated with Team USA women's baseball since 2006. Growing up, she played baseball throughout Little League. She played for Nation Ford High, where she was the first girl to play high school baseball in South Carolina, and later went on to be the first girl to play American Legion baseball in the state. [3] She began playing at age 8 with Rock Hill Little League baseball. With the Piedmont Patriots in 2003, she was the only girl to play in a 64-team tournament in Cooperstown. On July 14, 2016, Kimbrell became the third female player to join the Sonoma Stompers where she joined USWNT teammates Stacy Piagno and Kelsie Whitmore. [4] On July 22, 2016, Kimbrell and Whitmore combined to make history as the first all-female professional battery (baseball) in nearly 70 years. [5]
AK played Division I softball at Samford University before transferring to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from where she graduated in 2013. [6] In her senior season, she was the starting catcher for the UAB Blazers.
Women have a long history in American baseball and many women's teams have existed over the years. Baseball was played at women's colleges in New York and New England as early as the mid-nineteenth century; teams were formed at Vassar College, Smith College, Wellesley College, and Mount Holyoke College. An African American women's team, the Philadelphia Dolly Vardens, was formed in 1867.
The United States women's national baseball team is a national team that represents the United States of America in international women's baseball competitions. It is controlled by USA Baseball and is a member of the Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE).
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Puerto Rico competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015. Unlike the 2011 Pan American games, Puerto Rico did not perform well, earning only 1 gold and silver each, and 13 bronze medals.
The United States competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.
Venezuela competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.
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The women's baseball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held at the President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark in Ajax, from July 20 to 26. Women's baseball was making its Pan American Games debut, after being added to the program at the 2013 Pan American Sports Organization's general assembly. All women's matches happened on the main field.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's baseball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Rosters can have a maximum of 18 athletes.
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