Christie Ambrosi

Christie Ambrosi (born December 21, 1976)^[1] is an American, former collegiate All-American, gold-medal winning Olympian, right-handed softball player and current Head Coach, originally from Overland Park, Kansas.^[2][3] She attended high school at Blue Valley Northwest High School.^[4] Ambrosi was a shortstop and outfielder for the UCLA Bruins in the now-named Pac-12 Conference from 1996-97, 99, winning a national title in her final year and was named All-Tournament.^[5][6][7] She later helped Team USA to a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics. Ambrosi held several coaching positions and is now head of the SVSU Cardinals softball team.^[8]

Christie Ambrosi

Personal information
Born	December 21, 1976 (1976-12-21) (age 47) Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Medal record Women's softball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Softball

Career

She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal as a member of the American winning team.^[9] Ambrosi contributed a hit and RBI at the games.^[10]

Christie attended UCLA,^[4] where she was All-American all four years, and won the division 1 National Championship. She has a gold medal from the 2000 Olympic Games, and the Pan-American Games.

Christie recently played in the Celebrity All-Star slow pitch game hosted at Community America Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

No longer with SVSU^[11]

Statistics

UCLA Bruins

^[12][13][14]

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
1996	58	178	35	55	.309	35	1	0	6	64	.359%	18	11	3	3
1997	58	204	43	70	.343	22	0	6	10	92	.451%	13	7	5	6
1999	68	240	65	103	.429	48	10	4	14	155	.646%	19	14	25	28
TOTALS	184	622	143	228	.366	105	11	10	30	311	.500%	50	32	33	37

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christie Ambrosi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
2. "1997 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
3. "1999 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
4. "Christie Ambrosi". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
5. "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
6. "UCLA WCWS Stats 1999". Ncaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
7. "Division I Championships" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
8. "Christie Ambrosi". Svsucardinals.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
9. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
10. "2000 Olympic Games". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
11. Rounding Third Softball April 24, 2022
12. "Final 1996 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
13. "Final 1997 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
14. "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

External links

• Christie Ambrosi Interview on YouTube
• Christie Ambrosi at Olympics.com
• Christie Ambrosi at Olympedia
• Christie Ambrosi at Team USA (archive July 12, 2022)