Jennifer Brundage
Jennifer Lynn Brundage (born June 27, 1973)[1] is an American, former collegiate All-American, 2000 Gold Medal winning Olympian, right-handed softball third basemen, originally from Irvine, California. She played for the UCLA Bruins from 1992–95 and won the 1992 Women's College World Series championship.[2] As a part of Team USA softball, she won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She is currently assistant softball coach for the Michigan Wolverines.[3][4]
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Title | Assistant coach | |||||||||||||
Team | Michigan | |||||||||||||
Conference | Big Ten | |||||||||||||
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Born | Orange, California | June 27, 1973|||||||||||||
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1992–1995 | UCLA | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Pitcher | |||||||||||||
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1996–1997 | Chattanooga (asst.) | |||||||||||||
1997–1998 | UCLA (asst.) | |||||||||||||
1999–present | Michigan (asst.) | |||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal as a member of the American winning team.[5]
Brundage was a four-year letter receiver in softball at UCLA. She won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top softball player in 1995.[6][7][8] She began her college softball career as assistant coach at UCLA Bruins, then was an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga before joining the University of Michigan coaching staff in 1998.
Coaching career
Brundage helped lead the 2005 Michigan Wolverines softball team to their first Women's College World Series in 2005 as an assistant coach and pitching coach.
Statistics
UCLA Bruins
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
1992 | 55 | 164 | 22 | 49 | .299 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 62 | .378% | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
1993 | 47 | 124 | 14 | 34 | .274 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 50 | .403% | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 57 | 158 | 29 | 69 | .437 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 92 | .582% | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 56 | 168 | 59 | 87 | .518 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 150 | .893% | 37 | 17 | 6 | 9 |
TOTALS | 215 | 614 | 124 | 239 | .389 | 151 | 20 | 5 | 45 | 354 | .576% | 84 | 43 | 8 | 11 |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jennifer Brundage". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
- "UCLA WCWS Stats 1992". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- "1994 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- "1995 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- "Jennifer Brundage - Softball Coach". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- "Softball". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- "Final 1992 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- "Final 1993 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- "Final 1994 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- "Final 1995 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- "Olympic Games Schedule/Results". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
External links
- Jennifer Brundage at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Jennifer Brundage on Twitter
- UCLA vs. Arizona: 1992 NCAA WCWS National Championship FULL REPLAY on YouTube