Michelle Moultrie (born July 13, 1990) is an American professional softball outfielder for the Oklahoma City Spark of the Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). She played college softball at Florida, where she was named SEC Player of the Year in 2012. She has been a member of United States women's national softball team since 2011 and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.[1] She also played in the Athletes Unlimited Softball league.[2]

Michelle Moultrie
Oklahoma City Spark – No. 16
Outfielder
Born: (1990-07-13) July 13, 1990 (age 34)
Jacksonville, Florida
Teams
Medals
Women's softball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team

Career

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Moultrie was a walk-on player at Florida, and went on to achieve two Second Team and a First Team All-SEC honors, including being named 2012 SEC Player of the Year.[3][4] She was named a Third Team and First Team All-American in her final two years.[5][6][7]

Team USA

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Moultrie represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics. During the tournament, she had two hits and one RBI. During the gold medal game, she had one of her hits as the USA was defeated by Team Japan 2–0.[8][9]

Statistics

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Florida Gators
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2009 60 115 22 30 .261 17 2 1 5 43 .374% 2 12 15 20
2010 59 185 47 72 .389 29 4 2 12 100 .540% 17 30 13 17
2011 69 228 75 101 .443 40 6 5 17 146 .640% 34 23 31 34
2012 61 184 60 71 .386 30 10 4 7 116 .630% 28 21 24 28
TOTALS 249 712 204 274 .385 116 22 12 41 405 .569% 81 86 83 99
Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 14 42 11 15 .357 9 0 3 4 25 .595% 3 4 1
2021 28 76 18 19 .250 8 0 1 2 20 .370% 9 6 4
Olympics 6 13 0 2 .154 1 0 0 0 2 .154% 0 6 0
TOTAL 48 131 29 36 .275 18 0 4 6 50 .381% 12 16 5

References

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  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Michelle Moultrie". Auprosports.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Michelle Moultrie Named SEC Player of the Year". usssapride.com. May 9, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "2016 Softball Roster Michelle Moultrie". floridagators.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Americans". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "2012 NFCA Division I All-Americans". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Michelle Moultrie". floridagators.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Moultrie". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
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