Michelle Ruether Venturella (born May 11, 1973) is an American, former collegiate All-American, gold medal-winning Olympian, left-handed softball player and former Head Coach. Venturella played for the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Conference, being named a three-time all-conference honoree and the 1994 Player of The Year. She later served as an alternate for the 1996 Olympics and then winning a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for Team USA softball. She is the former head coach at Washington University in St. Louis.
Career
She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal with the American team.
Ventruella played NCAA softball at Indiana University. She was the head coach of the Washington University in St. Louis softball team.
Statistics
Indiana Hoosiers
Year G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA 1993 52 157 29 55 .350 26 3 3 15 85 .541% 23 17 1 3 1994 65 182 57 76 .417 65 16 4 17 149 .818% 56 19 4 5 1995 55 151 38 57 .377 51 9 0 12 96 .636% 40 11 9 10 Totals 172 490 124 188 .383 142 28 7 44 330 .673% 119 47 14 18
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