Jenna Marston

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]

Jenna Marston
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing  United States
Women's Baseball World Cup
2010 Venezuela Team competition
2012 Canada Team competition
2014 Japan Team competition
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team competition

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
  • 2010 USA Baseball Sportswoman of the Year[6]
  • 2011 John E Wray Award (awarded at the St. Louis Baseball Writers' Dinner)[7]
  • 2011 Premier Player of College Softball as voted by the fans.

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
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