Jenna Marston

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Jenna Marston
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Women's Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Venezuela Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Canada Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Japan Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team competition

Jenna Marston (born July 16, 1991) 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]

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Playing career

Baseball

At Principia High School in Missouri, she played on the boys' varsity baseball team with her brother Christopher. [3] Before high school, she was on a travel team with the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association. [4]

Playing for Team USA at the 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup, she logged a .593 batting average, second highest among all players. She led all Team USA players in the tournament with 16 hits and eight doubles. [5]

Softball

Earning a softball scholarship at the University of Missouri, she played catcher, outfield and shortstop.

Awards and honors

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References

  1. "MARSTON, Jenna". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. "Baseball - Event Overview - Women". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.155. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN   978-0-8032-4480-1
  4. "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.158. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN   978-0-8032-4480-1
  5. "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.167. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN   978-0-8032-4480-1
  6. "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.165. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN   978-0-8032-4480-1
  7. "A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball", p.167. Jennifer Ring, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2015, ISBN   978-0-8032-4480-1