Jennifer Spediacci

Jennifer Ann Spediacci (born 5 April 1978) is an Italian-American, former collegiate All-American, 2004 Olympian, right-handed batting softball pitcher, originally from Fremont, California. She was a student athlete for the Washington Huskies from 1997 to 1900 in the Pac-12 Conference, competing in four Women's College World Series and holding the school ERA record. She also who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/jennifer-spediacci-1.html |accessdate=20 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215132516/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/jennifer-spediacci-1.html |archivedate=15 December 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://gohuskies.com/news/2013/4/18/208227722.aspx |title=Player Bio: Jennifer Spediacci |location=Gohuskies.com |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}

College

Spediacci was a Second Team All-Pac-12 as a freshman and a three-time First Team in her other years. She was named Pitcher of the Year in 2000.{{cite web |url=https://gohuskies.com/documents/2020/2/6/Record_Book_2020.pdf |title=Husky Softball Records & History |location=Gohuskies.com |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}} Spediacci was also a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches All-American for both the Second Team in 1998 and First Team as a senior.{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/awards-history/1998-di-all-american-teams-4428 |title=1998 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/awards-history/2000-di-all-american-teams-4366 |title=2000 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}} She led the Huskies to four straight college World Series and a national runner up finish in the 1999 Women's College World Series and a No. 1 ranking in 2000. As a senior, Spediacci struck out a career best 18 batters in a win against the Oregon State Beavers on May 13. She also won her 100th game on May 25 against the DePaul Blue Demons at that year's World Series.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/2000/2000gm01.htm |title=DePaul vs Washington (May 25, 2000) |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}

Spediacci's career record at the World Series includes: going 7–2 with 57 strikeouts in 61.1 innings, surrendering 34 hits, 14 earned runs, 10 walks for a 1.60 ERA and 0.72 WHIP. She also contributed 4 hits, 5 walks and an RBI at the plate.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/1997/wash.htm |title=Washington WCWS Stats 1997 |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/1998/wash.htm |title=Washington WCWS Stats 1998 |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/1999/wash.htm |title=Washington WCWS Stats 1999 |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/2000/wash.htm |title=Washington WCWS Stats 2000 |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}

Statistics

{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WSB/Softball_Women's_Division%20I_1997_756_University%20of%20Washington.pdf |title=Final 1997 Softball Statistics Report |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WSB/Softball_Women's_Division%20I_1998_756_University%20of%20Washington.pdf |title=Final 1998 Softball Statistics Report |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WSB/Softball_Women's_Division%20I_1999_756_University%20of%20Washington.pdf |title=Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WSB/Softball_Women's_Division%20I_2000_756_University%20of%20Washington.pdf |title=Final 2000 Softball Statistics Report |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2020-07-13}}

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align=center

| YEAR

| W

| L

| GP

| GS

| CG

| SHO

| SV

| IP

| H

| R

| ER

| BB

| SO

| ERA

| WHIP

align=center

| 1997

| 15

| 7

| 32

| 23

| 10

| 5

| 2

| 139.0

| 125

| 55

| 39

| 43

| 116

| 1.96

| 1.21

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| 1998

| 27

| 6

| 41

| 31

| 23

| 8

| 2

| 213.1

| 127

| 46

| 35

| 37

| 212

| 1.15

| 0.77

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| 1999

| 24

| 9

| 41

| 34

| 20

| 11

| 1

| 226.1

| 112

| 50

| 32

| 44

| 250

| 0.99

| 0.69

align=center

| 2000

| 34

| 5

| 45

| 36

| 27

| 16

| 1

| 241.1

| 135

| 30

| 23

| 53

| 316

| 0.67

| 0.78

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| TOTALS

| 100

| 27

| 159

| 124

| 80

| 40

| 6

| 820.0

| 499

| 181

| 129

| 177

| 894

| 1.10

| 0.82

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align=center

| YEAR

| G

| AB

| R

| H

| BA

| RBI

| HR

| 3B

| 2B

| TB

| SLG

| BB

| SO

| SB

| SBA

align=center

| 1997

| 42

| 97

| 7

| 27

| .278

| 11

| 0

| 1

| 4

| 33

| .340%

| 10

| 18

| 2

| 3

align=center

| 1998

| 54

| 125

| 18

| 37

| .296

| 23

| 0

| 2

| 8

| 49

| .392%

| 20

| 13

| 7

align=center

| 1999

| 61

| 146

| 23

| 45

| .308

| 27

| 4

| 2

| 9

| 70

| .479%

| 32

| 19

| 6

| 10

align=center

| 2000

| 48

| 115

| 18

| 34

| .295

| 31

| 6

| 2

| 3

| 59

| .513%

| 18

| 22

| 4

| 5

align=center

| TOTALS

| 205

| 483

| 66

| 143

| .296

| 92

| 10

| 7

| 24

| 211

| .437%

| 80

| 72

| 19

| 25

References

Category:1978 births

Category:Living people

Category:Softball players from California

Category:Italian softball players

Category:Olympic softball players for Italy

Category:Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Washington Huskies softball players