Marti Sementelli (born November 17, 1992, in Boston) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1][2]

Marti Sementelli
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing  United States
Women's Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Japan Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Venezuela Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2012 Canada Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2014 Japan Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team competition

Playing career

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Sementelli played Little League Baseball in Sherman Oaks, California, earning All-Star honors. During high school, she spent two years on the baseball team at Burbank High and two playing for Matt Mowry at Birmingham High.[3] While at Birmingham, she pitched a complete game against San Marcos High School of Santa Barbara, throwing 102 pitches.[3] At 15 years of age, she competed with Team USA at the Women's World Cup of Baseball. Of note, she was the youngest player on the US roster.[4]

In 2011, she earned a baseball scholarship to Montreat College in North Carolina, played for coach Michael Bender.[5]

Awards and honors

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  • 2008 World Cup All-Tournament Team (Best Righthanded Pitcher)[4]

Personal

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She was once interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel.

Bibliography

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  • Ring, Jennifer (2015). "Chapter 12: Marti Sementelli". A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 195–210. ISBN 978-0803244801.

References

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  1. ^ "SEMENTELLI, Marti". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Baseball - Event Overview - Women". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Ring, p. 202.
  4. ^ a b Ring, p. 203.
  5. ^ Ring, p. 206.