Stacey Porter

Stacey Porter

Porter in March 2012 during a photoshoot
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982 (age 35) Tamworth, New South Wales
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in) (2004)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Softball
Event(s)	Women's team
College team	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Club	Hills Softball Club
Medal record Softball Representing  Australia Olympics 2004 Athens National team 2008 Beijing National team Canada Cup 2008 Cup National team

Stacey Porter (born 29 March 1982) is an Australian professional indigenous softball first/third baseman. She represents New South Wales in Australian national competitions, where she has won several national championships on the junior and senior team. She played university softball for the University of Hawaii from 2001 to 2003 where she set several records and was named to the All-American team. She plays professional softball in Japan. She represented Australia at the junior level and continues to represent Australia at the senior level and is current Australian Captain. Stacey competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal and the 2008 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal and has competed in multiple world softball championships.

Porter, an Indigenous Australian, was born on 29 March 1982 in Tamworth, New South Wales. She is 183 centimetres (6 ft 0 in) tall. She attended Peel Technology High School, while playing club field hockey. She later attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and was a freshman in 2001, and a junior in 2003. Growing up, she wanted to be a travel agent.

Porter has moved around. From 2001 to 2003, she was in Hawaii, U.S., where she attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In 2006, she was living in Stanhope Gardens, New South Wales and in 2008, she was living in Glenwood, New South Wales. She moved to the Sydney area from Tamworth to gain access to better training facilities.

Porter plays first and third base. The Eastern Reporter and Stirling Times describe her as the "woman regarded as the worlds best batter". In 2008, she played for had a scholarship with and played for the Australian Institute of Sport team. In 2012, she coached the Western Desert softball team in an exhibition match in Perth, Western Australia. The Desert team was created by Indigenous Sports Program, part of the Western Australian Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) run with Softball Western Australia and Newcrest Mining. The team she coached drew players from Parnngurr, Warralong, Jigalong, Kiwirrkurra, Nullagine and Punmu. She plays Australian club softball for the Brisbane Panthers Softball Club. In 2008, she was playing professionally in the Japanese Softball League.