Amanda Freed
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| Full name | Amanda Louise Freed | ||||||||||||
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December 26, 1979 (age 37) Fountain Valley, California |
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| Education | UCLA ('02) | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
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Amanda Louise Freed (born December 26, 1979) is an American softball player.
Freed was born in Fountain Valley, California. She went to George S. Patton Elementary, Bell Intermediate, and Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California. Freed later attended UCLA where she played softball.
The UCLA Bruins have one of the best softball traditions in the nation, having won 10 of 24 championships. Freed led the Bruins back in 2000 while striking out 13 (second best record for a championship; Bruins alum Debbie Doom notched 15 to win the 1984 title) only to lose to first-time winner Oklahoma.
Freed was also part of the 2004 gold medal winning United States softball team.
High School
1998 Gatorade Circle of Champions National Softball Player of the Year. …named First-Team All-American her junior & senior seasons…..Two-Time California State Player of the Year, CIF Southern Section Player of the Year and Orange County Player of the Year.
A 64-5 overall high school pitching record, including a perfect 20-0 slate her junior year with a .362 Batting average… . Led Pacifica to a NO. 1 National Ranking and a Prep Softball National Championship her junior season. Posted a 17-2 record her senior season, helping her team to a Division III championship and a No. 8 National Ranking. Graduated with a 4.1 overall GPA. 1998 named Orange County and California Athlete of the Year. Awards, in addition to above mentioned also included All-Southern Section in Soccer and Garden Grove League MVP honors in three sports – league MVP in Volleyball, league MVP in Soccer & league MVP in Softball.
UCLA Bruins 1998-2002
UCLA Coach Sue Enquist-“Amanda has left her name in softball as one of the greatest change-up pitchers to ever be in the circle” When not in the circle, Amanda started for four years in center field hitting over .300 each season. Pitched a no-hitter in her first collegiate game.
Some career highlights While at UCLA include: Freed was a top 25 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (2002) and led UCLA to the NCAA WCWS in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and a title in 1999 with a same year batting average of .357. Freed was a NFCA first-team All-American (2002, 1999) and four-time first team All-Pac 10 (2002, 2001, 2000, 1999). First Team All-Pacific Region awards, 3 Times College World Series and NCAA Regionals All-Tournament Team. same year batting .357. 2001 Amanda Freed was the NCAA Division I NCAA Division I National Softball ERA Champion with a 0.46 ERA.
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