Michelle Venturella
American softball player and coach
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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.[2][3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]
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| Born | May 11, 1973[1] Gary, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Durham Dragons | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | WPSL Gold | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Catcher | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Northern Illinois (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Iowa (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | UIC | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Washington University in St Louis | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 238–233 (.505) | ||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | NCAA Division I: 0–2 (.000) NCAA Division III: 1–2 (.333) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal with the American team.[7]
Ventruella played NCAA softball at Indiana University. She was the head coach of the Washington University in St. Louis softball team.[8]
