Jennifer Spediacci

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Jennifer Ann Spediacci (born 5 April 1978) is an Italian-American, former collegiate All-American, 2004 Olympian, right-handed batting softball pitcher, originally from Fremont, California. She was a student athlete for the Washington Huskies from 1997-00 in the Pac-12 Conference, competing in four Women's College World Series and holding the school ERA record. She also who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

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Spediacci was a Second Team All-Pac-12 as a freshman and a three-time First Team in her other years. She was named Pitcher of the Year in 2000. [3] Spediacci was also a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches All-American for both the Second Team in 1998 and First Team as a senior. [4] [5] She led the Huskies to four straight college World Series and a national runner up finish in the 1999 Women's College World Series and a No. 1 ranking in 2000. As a senior, Spediacci struck out a career best 18 batters in a win against the Oregon State Beavers on May 13. She also won her 100th game on May 25 against the DePaul Blue Demons at that year's World Series. [6]

Spediacci's career record at the World Series includes: going 7-2 with 57 strikeouts in 61.1 innings, surrendering 34 hits, 14 earned runs, 10 walks for a 1.60 ERA and 0.72 WHIP. She also contributed 4 hits, 5 walks and an RBI at the plate. [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Washington Huskies

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
199715732231052139.01255539431161.961.21
199827641312382213.11274635372121.150.77
1999249413420111226.11125032442500.990.69
2000345453627161241.11353023533160.670.78
TOTALS1002715912480406820.04991811291778941.100.82
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
19974297727.2781101433.340%101823
1998541251837.2962302849.392%201377
1999611462345.3082742970.479%3219610
2000481151834.2953162359.513%182245
TOTALS20548366143.2969210724211.437%80721925

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  3. ↑ "Husky Softball Records & History" (PDF). Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  4. ↑ "1998 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  5. ↑ "2000 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  6. ↑ "DePaul vs Washington (May 25, 2000)". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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  9. ↑ "Washington WCWS Stats 1999". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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  12. ↑ "Final 1998 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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