Autumn Mills

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Autumn Mills
Born (1988-07-24) July 24, 1988 (age 36)
London, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb)
OUA team York Lions
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 20072011
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Women's Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Taiwan Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Japan Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Canada Team competition
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team competition

Autumn Mills (born July 24, 1988) is a former competitor with the York Lions women's ice hockey program. She is a member of the Canada women's national baseball team which won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. [1] [2] [3]

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Playing career

Hockey

In 2009, she was recognized by Ontario University Athletics as one of the top female scholar-athletes. She was recognized at the sixth annual Women of Influence Luncheon on February 10, 2009. [4]

On January 29, 2011, she registered five points in a 6–4 victory over the Western Mustangs women's ice hockey team. [5] The game took place in her hometown of London, Ontario. After the 2010–11 season, Mills was the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) nominee for the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Marion Hillard Award. [6]

Baseball

Mills joined the Canadian national women's baseball team at the age of 16 years. She has been a pitcher with the squad since 2005 and won a national championship with Team Ontario. She has competed in five IBAF World Cup competitions, capturing three medals (two bronze and one silver). At the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup, Mills got the save in the bronze medal game victory over Australia in Edmonton, Alberta. During 2015, she was one of three women (including teammate Ashley Stephenson that served as instructors at the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy.

Awards and honours

Personal

Earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in kinesiology from York University. Currently, she is employed as a police officer

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