Shelly Stokes (born October 26, 1967) is an American, former collegiate All-American and Olympic champion, right-handed softball player originally from Sacramento, California. Stokes was a catcher for the Fresno State Bulldogs in the Big West Conference from 1987-90. She led them to three back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 1988, 1989 and 1990 Women's College World Series, also being named All-Tournament in the 1989 series. Stokes would go on to win gold with Team USA in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Career
She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team. Stokes had a hit, RBI and walked twice at the games.
Stokes played NCAA softball for California State University, Fresno.
Statistics Fresno State Bulldogs
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA 1989 72 228 30 64 .280 28 1 6 13 92 .403% 24 10 2 3 1990 77 233 26 58 .249 22 2 1 8 74 .317% 19 13 0 1 TOTALS 149 461 56 122 .264 50 3 7 21 166 .360% 43 23 2 4
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