Delaney Lyn Spaulding (born May 9, 1995) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball shortstop. Spaulding played college softball for the UCLA Bruins in the Pac-12 Conference from 2014 to 2017. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
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Born | Rancho Cucamonga, California | May 9, 1995||||||||||||||
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Country | USA | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Softball | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSpaulding has been named a Second Team and three-time First Team All-Pac-12 player.[1] She was also chosen twice as a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American.[2][3]
Personal life
editDelaney has a sister who also played college softball at North Carolina, Danielle Spaulding.
International career
editDelaney has played for Team USA since 2016 and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.[4] During the tournament, she recorded a double and four walks for the team. During the gold medal game against Team Japan, Spaulding recorded one walk in a 2–0 loss.[5][6]
Statistics
editYEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
2014 | 60 | 173 | 59 | 61 | .352 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 106 | .612% | 40 | 33 | 18 | 24 |
2015 | 63 | 189 | 69 | 75 | .397 | 72 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 161 | .852% | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 |
2016 | 57 | 170 | 52 | 58 | .341 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 118 | .694% | 27 | 32 | 6 | 7 |
2017 | 63 | 205 | 58 | 78 | .380 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 146 | .712% | 22 | 21 | 6 | 6 |
TOTALS | 243 | 737 | 238 | 272 | .369 | 229 | 61 | 7 | 62 | 531 | .720% | 126 | 106 | 37 | 47 |
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB |
2021 | 22 | 55 | 7 | 15 | .272 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27 | .710% | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Olympics | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .143% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 28 | 69 | 7 | 16 | .232 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 31 | .449% | 10 | 9 | 1 |
References
edit- ^ "Delaney Spaulding". uclabruins.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "2015 All-American Awards". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "2016 All-American Awards". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-27. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ "Spaulding". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-27. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
External links
edit- Delaney Spaulding at USA Softball
- Delaney Spaulding at Team USA (archive February 4, 2022)
- Delaney Spaulding at Olympedia
- Delaney Spaulding at Olympics.com
- Delaney Spaulding at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archive)
- Delaney Spaulding on X