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Christie Ambrosi | Laura Berg | Jennifer Brundage | Crystl Bustos | Shelia Douty Lisa Fernandez | Lori Harrigan | Danielle Henderson | Jennifer McFalls Stacey Nuveman | Leah O'Brien-Amico | Dot Richardson Michele Smith | Michelle Venturella | Christa Williams

	Christie Ambrosi
Age: 24 Height: 5'8" Weight: 155 Birthdate: Dec. 21, 1976 Hometown: Overland Park, Kan. Position: Outfielder Olympic History: Competing in her first Olympics Accomplishments: Part of 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup gold medal team Part of Pan American Games gold medal team Hit game-winning homer against Australia in 1999 Canada Cup Championships Game. Also had a team-high 15 hits, batted .469 with two home runs, with six runs scored and nine RBI Played for 1999 NCAA Champion UCLA team 1999 First Team NAFCA All-American, All-Pacific, All-Pac-10 Holds UCLA career record for stolen bases and season record for hits (88)
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	Laura Berg
Age: 25 Height: 5'7" Weight: 130 Birthdate: Jan. 6, 1975 Hometown: Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Position: Outfielder Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after participating on the gold medal-winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup gold medalist at 1999 Pan American Games, where she hit .385 with 15 hits, six RBI and six runs Batted .383 during 1996 pre-Olympic Tour, during which team went 60-1 Led the 1999 Coca-Cola USA Softball Women's National Team Festival with a .476 batting average Led Fresno State to the 1998 NCAA Championships
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	Jennifer Brundage
Age: 27 Height: 5'7" Weight: 160 Birthdate: June 27, 1973 Hometown: Irvine, Calif. Position: Infielder Olympic History: Competing in her first Olympics after serving as an alternate for the 1996 team Accomplishments: Member of U.S. Olympic Cup gold medal-winning team Member of 1999 Pan American Games gold medal-winning team Mmer of USA Gold Team that won 1999 Canada Cup, where she hit .400, with 10 hits, including two homers ASA Sportswoman of the Year in 1994 and 1990 1995 Honda Award recipient as nation's top collegiate softball player
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	Crystl Bustos
Age: 23 Height: 5'8" Weight: 195 Birthdate: Sept. 8, 1977 Hometown: Canyon Country, Calif. Position: Infielder Olympic History: Competing in her first Olympics Accomplishments: Gold medalist at the 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, where she had five hits, a .385 average, an RBI and a run scored Gold medalist at 1999 Pan American Games, where she hit .439 and led team in hits (18) and RBI (15). She had three home runs, a triple and scored 10 runs Member of USA Gold Team at 1999 Canada Cup, where she hit a team high five home runs, had 13 hits, 11 runs and nine RBI and batted .419 with a slugging percentage of .968. Twice named NJCAA Player of the Year
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	Shelia Douty
Age: 28 Height: 5'10" Weight: 180 Birthdate: Feb. 26, 1962 Hometown: Diamond Bar, Calif. Position: Infielder Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after hitting .393 (second-highest on the team) for the gold medal-winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup. Hit a bottom of the seventh two-run homer to beat Australia, 3-2 Gold medalist at 1999 Pan American Games Member of USA Gold Team that won the 1999 Canada Cup Participant in seven U.S. Olympic Festivals Named to the Pac-10 All-Decade Team for the 1980s and inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame
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	Lisa Fernandez
Age: 29 Height: 5'6" Weight: 165 Birthdate: Feb. 22, 1971 Hometown: Long Beach, Calif. Position: Pitcher Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after batting .348 and posting a 1-1 record with a 0.33 ERA and a team-leading 31 strikeouts for the gold medal team at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games, where she went 3-0, including pitching a no-hitter vs. Cuba Gold medalist at the 1999 Canada Cup, where she went 3-0 with a -0.00 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 20.2 innings ASA SportsWoman of the Year in 1991 and 1992 Four-time NCAA All-America selection at UCLA Pitched UCLA to two NCAA World Series titles Broke the NCAA record for career winning percentage (.930)
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	Lori Harrigan
Age: 20 Height: 6'1" Weight: 200 Birthdate: Sept. 5, 1970 Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev. Position: Pitcher Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after winning a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at the 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, where she pitched a complete-game victory over Australia Gold medalist at 1999 Pan American Games, where she went 2-0, with a 0.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 14 innings Member of USA Gold Team at 1999 Canada Cup, where she had a 1-0 record and a 0.62 ERA Led UNLV Lady Rebels to three NCAA regionals and two NCAA Women's College World Series berths
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	Danielle Henderson
Age: 23 Height: 6'1" Weight: 200 Birthdate: Jan. 29, 1977 Hometown: Commack, N.Y. Position: Pitcher Olympic History: Competing in her first Olympics Accomplishments: Gold medalist at 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, where she pitched a complete-game shutout of Canada, striking out 16 Gold medalist at 1999 Pan American Games, where she went 3-0, throwing two perfect games, and striking out 42 in 17 innings, while allowing only one hit Member of USA Gold Team at 1999 Canada Cup, where she went 3-0 Set NCAA record for consecutive scoreless innings (105) and ranks second all-time with 1,343 career strikeouts
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	Jennifer McFalls
Age: 29 Height: 5'6" Weight: 150 Birthdate: Nov. 10, 1971 Hometown: Grand Prarie, Texas Position: Infielder Olympic History: Competing in her first Olympics after serving as an alternate at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at 1999 U.S.Olympic Cup Member of USA Gold Team that won 1999 Canada Cup 1997 recipient of the Erv Lind Award, which goes to the most ountstanding defenscive player at the ASA Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championship 1993 First-Team All-American
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	Stacey Nuveman
Age: 22 Height: 6'0" Weight: Birthdate: April 26, 1978 Hometown: LaVerne, Calif. Position: Catcher Olympic History: Competing in her first Olympics Accomplishments: Gold medalist at 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, where she hit .429, including a three-run homer vs. Australia in the title game Gold medalist at 1999 Pan American Games, where she hit .474 with thre home runs, a double, seven RBI and six runs scored Member of USA Gold Team that won 1999 Canada Cup. She hit .385 with a slugging percentage of .1.154 Top-10 finalist for the 1999 AAU James E. Sullivan Award present annually to the nations' top amateur athlete 1999 Pac-10 Player of the Year
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	Leah O'Brien-Amico
Age: 26 Height: 5'9" Weight: 140 Birthdate: Sept. 9, 1974 Hometown: Chino, Calif. Position: Outfielder Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after playing with the gold medal-winning 1996 Atlanta Games team Accomplishments: Gold medalist at the 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, where she hit .300 with three hits, an RBI and two runs Gold medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games, where she hit .333, with two triples, a double, six runs and seven RBI Member of USA Gold Team that won 1999 Canada Cup. She had a game-winning three-run homer in 3-0 playoff win over Australia First-Team All-American in 1994, 1995 and 1997
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	Dot Richardson
Age: 38 Height: 5'5" Weight: 145 Birthdate: Sept. 22, 1961 Hometown: Orlando, Fla. Position: Infielder Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after hitting the first home run in Olympic competition and the game-winning home run in the gold-medal game at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at the 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, where she got five hits and hit .333 Gold medalist at 1999 Pan American Games, where she hit .342 Member of USA Gold Team that won 1999 Canada Cup, where she hit .355, with a slugging percentage of .774 and a team-high 11 RBI 15-time ASA All-America Selection
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	Michele Smith
Age: 23 Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 Birthdate: June 21, 1967 Hometown: Califon, N.J. Position: Pitcher Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after going 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA for the gold medal-winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games, where she went 4-0, including a shutout of Canada in the championship game Member of the gold medal-winning Canada Cup team, where she went 3-0, with a 0.47 ERA Four-time ASA All-America selection ASA Softball Sportswoman of the Year in 1993 and '94
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	Michelle Venturella
Age: 27 Height: 5'10" Weight: 158 Birthdate: May 11, 1973 Hometown: South Holland, Ill. Position: Catcher Olympic History: Competing in her first Olympics after serving as an alternate on the 1996 team Accomplishments: Member of the 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup Team, posting a .333 batting average Played on Team USA Blue, which finished third at the 1999 Canada Cup The only Indiana University player ever to surpass 100 career RBI and the second to surpass 200 career hits
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	Christa Williams
Age: 22 Height: 5'7" Weight: 170 Birthdate: Feb. 8, 1978 Hometown: Houston, Texas Position: Pitcher Olympic History: Competing in her second Olympics after going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA for the gold medal-winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Games Accomplishments: Gold medalist at the 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, were she pitched a complete-game two-hitter against Australia in the championship game Member of Team USA Blue, which finished third at the 1999 Canada Cup, where she struck out 41 in 27.1 innings Three-time NCAA All-American
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Assistant coaches: Margo Jonker, Shirley Topley

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