Jenny Topping
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| Born |
May 30, 1980 Whittier, California |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
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| College team | Cal State Fullerton Titans |
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| Women's softball | ||
Representing the  United States
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2004 Athens | Team competition |
Jenny Louise Topping (born May 30, 1980) is an American, former collegiate 4-time NCAA Division I First Team All-American, left-handed hitting softball player originally from Whittier, California. She suited up primarily at the catcher's position for the University of Washington from 1999-2000 and Cal State Fullerton for the seasons 2001–2003. She is best known for being a member of the 2004 Athens Olympics Gold Medal winning Team USA. She also played professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch for the Akron Racers in 2005–2006, 2009. Currently she holds numerous school records for both universities and is the Big West batting champion in just three seasons of play. Finally, she is one of eight NCAA players to bat .400, drive in 200 RBIs on at least 50 home runs and an .800 slugging percentage for a career.
Topping began her career by playing in only 9 games before tearing her ACL and having to red-shirt the 1999 season. She did hit three home runs, bringing in 11 RBIs and had career single game highs with four base on balls vs. the UIC Flames on February 6 and four hits vs. the Michigan Wolverines a week later on February 19.
In her first full season, Topping earned 2000 First Team All-American citation, along with All-Pac-10 honors and was named "Newcomer of The Year." Setting school records for RBIs (NCAA all-time Freshman Class record), home runs, slugging percentage, walks, grand slams (4) and on-base percentage (.565%), while ranking top-5 in average and doubles. Topping led the NCAA in the first three categories and placed herself in its top-10 all-time season rankings for the grand slams, RBI and home run totals. She also led the Pac-10 for the RBI and home run totals that year.
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