Sheila Marie Cornell-Douty (born February 26, 1962) is an American, two-time Gold Medal winning Olympian and former collegiate right-handed softball first baseman, originally from Woodland Hills, California. Cornell-Douty won two National Championships with the UCLA Bruins in 1982 and 1984.[1][2][3] After graduating from UCLA she played for the Stratford Brakettes from 1988 through 1994.[4] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team.[5] She was also a member of the American gold winning team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[6][7] She was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2006,[4] and the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.[8]
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| Birth name | Sheila Marie Cornell | |||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Sheila Marie Cornell-Douty | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 26, 1962 (age 62) Encino, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Statistics
edit| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 1982 | 37 | 116 | 7 | 25 | .215 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | .284% | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 47 | 146 | 17 | 33 | .226 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 53 | .363% | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 1984 | 52 | 139 | 17 | 43 | .309 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 65 | .467% | 26 | 24 | 6 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 136 | 401 | 41 | 101 | .252 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 151 | .376% | 47 | 47 | 8 | 8 |
Team USA
edit| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB |
| 1996 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 11 | .393 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .785% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .156 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .281% | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 18 | 60 | 9 | 16 | .266 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .516% | 10 | 18 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "UCLA WCWS Stats 1982". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ "UCLA WCWS Stats 1984". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ a b "National Softball Hall of Fame Member: Sheila Cornell Douty". Retrieved August 8, 2009.
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ^ "Sheila Cornell-Douty". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ^ "International Softball Federation - The ISF: Inductees/Bios". Archived from the original on July 17, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
- ^ "Final 1982 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Final 1983 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Final 1984 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "2000 Olympic Games". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
External links
edit- Sheila Cornell Douty at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
- Sheila Cornell at Olympics.com
- Sheila Cornell-Douty at Olympedia
- Sheila Cornell-Douty Interview on YouTube
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