Stéphanie Savoie
{{short description|Canadian baseball catcher from Quebec (born 1989)}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's baseball }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Women's Baseball World Cup }}
{{MedalSilver | 2008 Japan | Team competition }}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 Canada | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Toronto | Team competition }}
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Stéphanie Savoie (born September 11, 1989) is a Canadian baseball catcher from Quebec. She is a member of the Canada women's national baseball team which won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/baseball/event-overview-women.htm |title=Baseball - Event Overview - Women |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=Pan American Games |access-date=January 13, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/BB/TO2015_BB_C33_BBW400000C_CAN.pdf |title=Baseball: Women: Team Roster: CAN - Canada |format=PDF |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=Pan American Games |access-date=January 13, 2016}}{{cite news |last=Faucher |first=Alexandre |date=May 9, 2015 |title=Stéphanie Savoie cumule les responsabilités |url=http://www.journalexpress.ca/Sports/Baseball/2015-05-09/article-4141173/Stephanie-Savoie-cumule-les-responsabilites/1 |newspaper=L'Express de Drummondville |access-date=July 18, 2015}}
She was named twice best catcher of the Women's World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball.ca/savoie-named-worlds-best-at-womens-baseball-world-cup |title=Savoie named world's best at Women's Baseball World Cup |author= |date=September 7, 2014 |website=Baseball.ca |access-date=July 18, 2015 }}
Playing career
Savoie has competed at the catcher position in four IBAF Women's World Cups (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). At the 2012 IBAF Women's World Cup, she batted .520, while at the 2014 edition, she posted a .450 batting average, complemented by 7 RBI's. Also in 2014, she threw out six attempted base stealers, leading all catchers in the tournament.
Competing with Team Alberta, she helped the squad capture the gold medal at the 2014 Senior Women's Invitational (also known as the Canadian women's baseball championships).
Awards and honours
- 2012 IBAF Women's World Cup All-Tournament Team (Catcher)
- 2014 IBAF Women's World Cup All-Tournament Team (Catcher)
- Finalist, 2014 Tip O’Neill Award
- 2019 inductee, Baseball Québec Hall of Fame (Temple de la renommée du baseball québécois RDS)
Personal
Savoie is employed as a physical education teacher. Her favorite baseball player is catcher Russell Martin.
References
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External links
- {{Team Canada|stephanie-savoie}}
- {{2015 Pan American Games profile|baseball/athlete-profile-n10174818-savoie-stephanie}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Bas-Saint-Laurent
Category:Canadian women baseball players
Category:Baseball people from Quebec
Category:Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:Pan American Games medalists in baseball
Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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